THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars

[being.jeremiah]

THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#1

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:23pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/126631.html

[being.jeremiah]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#2

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:24pm

"The New York Times reports that the modern retelling of "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" — featuring an African-American cast — will play the famed New York venue June 12-July 3."

Thomas Kail directs. Andy Blankenbuehler choreographs.

[Pianolin717]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#2

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:25pm

hopefully this will turn into a full scale revival

[husk_charmer]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#3

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:29pm

!!!

I am def. making a trip this summer, even if it's for a weekend to see this.

Hopefully, Titus will be busy with Guys and Dolls and can't get anywhere near this.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#4

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:31pm

The HEIGHTS team?
Yes please!

(Crosses fingers for Audra MacDonald, Andre Ward, Norm Lewis, Daniel Breaker...)

Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

[Jon]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#5

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:33pm

Audra as who? Glinda?

I hope you are not suggesting a mid-30's Dorothy.

[Pianolin717]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#6

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:35pm

Diana Ross was 34 when she did the movie...

[husk_charmer]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#7

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:36pm

Audra is too...Julliard. My personal cast choice:
Anika Noni Rose - Dorothy
Loretta Devine - Addaperle
Sheryl Lee Ralph - Glinda
Phylicia Rashad - Aunt Em
Jennifer Holliday - Evilenne
Norm Lewis - The Wiz

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[husk_charmer]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#8

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:37pm

"Diana Ross was 34 when she did the movie..."

And we saw what THAT was. (I still lurve it though)

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[Pianolin717]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#9

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:38pm

yeah, it wasn't too hot lol
I think Audra looks younger than she actually is

[husk_charmer]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#10

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:39pm

Yea, but again, she's too trained, her voice isn't...soulful.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#11

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:43pm

Ooooo! Changed my mind! Anika would be freakin' awesome!

Dorothy: Anika Noni Rose
The Scarecrow: Chester Gregory II
The Lion: Norm Lewis
The Tin Man: Daniel Breaker
The Wiz: Hinton Battle
Glinda: Kecia Lewis-Evans
Evilene: Lillias White

Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

[Broadwayboy2631]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#12

Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:43pm

Audra could give more soul to her voice. She can also sh*t out rainbows and find a cure for cancer. She's that fierce.

[WhizzerMarvin]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#13

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:12pm

What a great choice for the summer! With the right cast this will be amazing.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[Scarywarhol]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#14

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:15pm

I say Diana Ross gives us an encore.

[givesmevoice]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#15

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:22pm

I'd love to see Anika as Dorothy, but you do realize she's 36, don't you? she reads much younger than that, but still.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[Sauja]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#16

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:22pm

Forget Diana Ross. I want Michael Jackson back as the scarecrow!

[husk_charmer]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#17

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:27pm

Wow, and to think that just 5 years ago she was playing a teenager. She really doesn't look 36 at all.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[Justin_Hall]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#18

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:30pm

Not a huge fan of The Wiz, but Audra could sing a grocery list and I'd be there.

Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored. - Alexander Chase

[Jon]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#19

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:37pm

Recent tours and other productions have had one actress double as Aunt Em and Glinda.

[gvendo2005]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#20

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:39pm

Recent? They were doing that as far back as the second national tour of the show.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#21

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:54pm

Nikki Rene Daniels
PLEASE

[husk_charmer]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#22

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:56pm

The double casting of Glinda/Aunt Em feels awkward to me, and for this production, I can see it staying seperate.

I was not a fan of Daniels' Dorothy either.

http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#23

Posted: 2/24/09 at 2:18pm

I bet it will be Anika as Dorothy.

[defyingravity11]

re: THE WIZ will be 2009 Encores! Summer Stars#24

Posted: 2/24/09 at 2:23pm

Shoshana Bean!



I kid :)