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THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/04
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#325
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#326
Posted: 7/30/15 at 11:03amI'm really not understanding how this is lazy.
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#327
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
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#328
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.
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#330
Posted: 8/4/15 at 4:19pm
Dorothy to be revealed tomorrow. https://twitter.com/neilmeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#331
Posted: 8/4/15 at 5:15pm
Audra McDonald on The Wiz Rumors: "Don't Believe Everything You Read on the Internet"
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#332
Posted: 8/4/15 at 7:56pm
Three-Time Tony Nominee David Alan Grier Will Play 'The Lion'!
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#333
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?!
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#334
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?
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#335
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.
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#336
Posted: 8/4/15 at 8:27pm
I wanted James Monroe Iglehart to be the Lion so bad :/
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#337
Posted: 8/4/15 at 8:29pm
I don't see anyone but Audra as Glinda :/ How can they not offer it to her?
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#338
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.
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#339
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.
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#340
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?
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#341
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.
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#342
Posted: 8/4/15 at 11:58pm
I still want Tituss Burgess to be in this so badly!
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#343
Posted: 8/5/15 at 12:45am
I heard rumors of Corbin Blue was pretty much locked in for the Scarecrow. Anyone know anything?
Swing Joined: 8/3/15
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#344
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#346
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 AMBroadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#347
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#348
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...
THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL#349
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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