The Wiz
The Wiz
bwayguy2
Swing Joined: 8/8/04
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#2re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:26pmMary-Bond Davis (SP-Motormouth Mabel in Hairspray) MAY be playing Evelyne (SP), The Wicked Witch of The West. Updated On: 8/27/04 at 01:26 PM
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#3re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:26pmshouldn't he be scaring children in La Jolla instead of lending his considerable talents to shows that probably won't make the most of them?
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#4re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:26pmWill there be nudity and flying then?
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#6re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 1:47pmI wonder what he will do with the tornado. I thought the original tornado was pretty cool. Didn't Geoffrey Holder direct the original?
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#7re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:15pmYes, Holder was the original director and costume designer. The tornado was a brilliant effect.
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Phantom487
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/04
#8re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:22pmHow did they do the tornado in the orginal? Someone tell me about it... I didn't see it! Updated On: 8/27/04 at 02:22 PM
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#9re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:29pm
dancers.
i didn't see the original staging, but i DID see the last tour which reunited stephania Mills and Andre deShields...
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
#10re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:31pmStop making fun of Des. He is a great director and the league/wing gave him a Tony TWICE and he did an amazing job on THE WHO'S TOMMY.
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#11re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 2:34pmyou can't judge a director from one show. Dracula may have been a fluke...
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#13re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 3:01pmDRACULA's faults have nothing to do with Des' direction. Don't be rude.
Derek2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/10/04
#14re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 3:06pmYeah I know, that is kinda mean. Ive seen some of his shows where his direction is GREAT! Tommy for one. Also Draculas faults (I have not yet seen the show) are probably from whoever wrote the script. It probaby says where they would fly or strip lol. :)
#15re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 3:13pmWell yes they used dancers for the tornado, but it was a lady with this incredibly long piece of material trailing behind her and as she walked around the stage, it wrapped around pieces of the set and then trailed off of the stage with her. It was cool. Only Geoffrey Holder!
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OhSoWicked
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/04
#16re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/27/04 at 6:41pm
"dancers."
hehe!! I did the Wiz my junior year of high school and the dancers played every inanimate object in the show, lol. We were the tornado, the yellow brick road, the poppys...(and then the slaves and emerald city people obviously).
I love it.
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#18re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/28/04 at 10:09amI saw a production of the Wiz just recently, and using the dancers like that is what they did as well.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#19re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:32amthe tornado, poppies, and yellow brick road are NON inanimate in THE WIZ.
ImmaCurbsideProphet
Swing Joined: 8/28/04
#20re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:36amIs the sow going to eb traveling, or no? Just wondering.. :o)
ImmaCurbsideProphet
Swing Joined: 8/28/04
#23re: The Wiz
Posted: 8/28/04 at 11:43amoooh, I hope Marcy Harriel is still in this!?! I ADORE her!! (just look at my picture! lol)
BwayLeadman
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
#24re: The Wiz
Posted: 9/29/04 at 10:11pm
Many people are interested in the Revival of
The Super Soul Musical The Wiz
I am proud to say that I was the
"Omnipotent" Wizard in a production
of The Wiz
Here is what I found about the Revial
(Not Much)
THE WIZ
Theatre: TBA
First Preview: Spring 2005
Opening: Spring 2005
Director: Des McAnuff
Cast: TBA
A new revival of the "Wizard of Oz"-inspired musical
2005
I am totally fasinated with the Tornado.
In my production, it was a success
The musical director of my performance is
going to audition for The Wiz Revival
and says that Dorothy may have been casted already!
I wonder who?
As for M.B.Davis, I think she would be a
great Evillene!
I saw her in Hairspray
Updated On: 9/29/04 at 10:11 PM
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