#1
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:23pm
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.
Thomas Kail directs. Andy Blankenbuehler choreographs.
#3
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:25pm
hopefully this will turn into a full scale revival 
#4
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.
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.
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#5
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:31pm
The HEIGHTS team?
Yes please!
(Crosses fingers for Audra MacDonald, Andre Ward, Norm Lewis, Daniel Breaker...)
Yes please!
(Crosses fingers for Audra MacDonald, Andre Ward, Norm Lewis, Daniel Breaker...)
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#6
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:33pm
Audra as who? Glinda?
I hope you are not suggesting a mid-30's Dorothy.
I hope you are not suggesting a mid-30's Dorothy.
#7
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:35pm
Diana Ross was 34 when she did the movie...
#8
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
Anika Noni Rose - Dorothy
Loretta Devine - Addaperle
Sheryl Lee Ralph - Glinda
Phylicia Rashad - Aunt Em
Jennifer Holliday - Evilenne
Norm Lewis - The Wiz
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#9
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)
And we saw what THAT was. (I still lurve it though)
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#10
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:38pm
yeah, it wasn't too hot lol
I think Audra looks younger than she actually is
I think Audra looks younger than she actually is
#11
Posted: 2/24/09 at 12:39pm
Yea, but again, she's too trained, her voice isn't...soulful.
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#12
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
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
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#13
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.
#14
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!
#15
Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:15pm
I say Diana Ross gives us an encore.
#16
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
#17
Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:22pm
Forget Diana Ross. I want Michael Jackson back as the scarecrow!
#18
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.
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#19
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
#20
Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:37pm
Recent tours and other productions have had one actress double as Aunt Em and Glinda.
#21
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
#22
Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:54pm
Nikki Rene Daniels
PLEASE
PLEASE
#23
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.
I was not a fan of Daniels' Dorothy either.
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#24
Posted: 2/24/09 at 2:18pm
I bet it will be Anika as Dorothy.
#25
Posted: 2/24/09 at 2:23pm
Shoshana Bean!
I kid :)
I kid :)
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