#326
Posted: 7/30/15 at 11:00am
Casting Latifah and Blige reeks of sheer laziness! I don't see why we need a female wizard anyway.
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#327
Posted: 7/30/15 at 11:03am
I'm really not understanding how this is lazy.
#328
Posted: 7/30/15 at 3:15pm
Apparently, Queen B passed on the role twice. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/30/beyonce-wiz
#329
Posted: 7/30/15 at 4:37pm
I would like Beyonce a lot more if it weren't for that select group of insane fans who literally call her the Lord. I'm not a major fan of her genre, anyway...I would only hope she'd be in The Wiz because it would get more non-thespians to watch.
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#332
Posted: 8/4/15 at 5:15pm
#333
Posted: 8/4/15 at 7:56pm
#334
Posted: 8/4/15 at 7:59pm
This cast is star studded for sure! I hope one of the major players ends up a being a Broadway performer. Joshua Henry, where you at?!
#335
Posted: 8/4/15 at 8:12pm
"This cast is star studded for sure! I hope one of the major players ends up a being a Broadway performer."
You mean like somebody who has five Broadway credits and three Tony Award nominations to their name?
#336
Posted: 8/4/15 at 8:16pm
^Calm yourself. Grier is an incredible stage actor, something I would never deny. I meant someone who is primarily a stage actor and is not famous for his work in other forms of media.
#337
Posted: 8/4/15 at 8:27pm
I wanted James Monroe Iglehart to be the Lion so bad :/
#338
Posted: 8/4/15 at 8:29pm
I don't see anyone but Audra as Glinda :/ How can they not offer it to her?
#339
Posted: 8/4/15 at 9:11pm
He is a "Grier-ate" choice! (Sorry, I guess I've morphed into Tony the Tiger.) I'm in love with this cast and can't wait to hear who they picked for Dorothy! If it's someone from the open casting calls, she is gonna be one lucky chick.
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#340
Posted: 8/4/15 at 10:13pm
I'm actually getting more excited for this with each bit of casting. We'll see how tomorrow goes.
#341
Posted: 8/4/15 at 11:17pm
What is everyone thinking they'll do? Find a COMPLETE unknown in the industry or a Broadway actress that's an "unknown" to the general public?
#342
Posted: 8/4/15 at 11:49pm
I saw David Alan Grier play the Wiz in the La Jolla Playhouse production and I actually really loved his interpretation. I can't really picture him as the Lion after seeing him as the Wiz, but I'm staying open minded.
#343
Posted: 8/4/15 at 11:58pm
I still want Tituss Burgess to be in this so badly!
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#344
Posted: 8/5/15 at 12:45am
I heard rumors of Corbin Blue was pretty much locked in for the Scarecrow. Anyone know anything?
#345
Posted: 8/5/15 at 12:50am
"What is everyone thinking they'll do? Find a COMPLETE unknown in the industry or a Broadway actress that's an "unknown" to the general public?"
I think it would be awesome to see a complete unknown get a big break like this! I guess we'll see tomorrow.
#346
Posted: 8/5/15 at 8:17am
Shanice Williams is Dorothy.
#347
Posted: 8/5/15 at 8:17am
So, after all that time, it's not a newcomer....it's Shanice Williams
http://playbill.com/news/article/shes-home-meet-the-actress-who-will-star-as-dorothy-in-the-wiz-356068
Updated On: 8/5/15 at 08:17 AM
#348
Posted: 8/5/15 at 8:20am
Errr.... She's not new. She is 42-years-old and had a couple of R&B hits in the early 1990s.
#349
Posted: 8/5/15 at 8:22am
If people thought Diana Ross was too old for Dorothy, I can't wait to read their reaction on a 42-year-old R&B singer from the early 1990s being cast...
#350
Posted: 8/5/15 at 8:23am
I think it might be a different person with the same name... that does not look like the gal who was on The Today Show. Though I may be wrong
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