THE WIZ: 2015 NBC LIVE MUSICAL — Page 61

"I will miss not having the yellow Brick Road as dancers in Yellow tails sporting yellow Afros and walking sticks!"

Best12bars and CarlosAlberto i agree with you, but keep in mind that in the making of The Wiz Live special that Kenny Leon did say that when the production goes to Broadway way that he would explore different ways to do the yellow brick road and that it would be done in a more creative way than it is on the live tv special.

I think there is a big difference from having the yellow brick road live on a stage verses it being filmed for the small screen. I get way that they are probably not using dancers for the yellow brick road for the live TV special. In the past as we all know when it comes to filming large dance numbers on TV it just ends up looking like a hot mess with bad camera angles and horrible close ups, so i am sure that they purposely decided not have dancers as the yellow brick road for this live TV production because it might look to crowded and cluttered on film with the 4 main lead plus 6 or 8 dancers as the yellow brick road dancing around the them the whole time. It is just cleaner on film for the camera and audience just focus on the main characters and not all the extra stuff moving around them. They did say they wanted the focus to be on the characters in the making of special.

Keep in mind that this is for TV so they have to think about close ups and camera angels to create those intimate moments ; things have to be streamlines because the audience is not getting the full stage picture view as if they were sitting in the theatre which is a wide open view and you can see everything all at once.

Maybe for the Broadway production they will use more of the Cirque Du Soleil performers for the yellow brick road? Also in another interview Kenny said that he is watching to see what parts of the live TV production and creative team he wants to take with him for the Broadway production.

I am sure that once this production moves to broadway a lot of changes will be made. I am sure they want to make it look somewhat different than what will air tonight because why would people buy a ticket to go see it on broadway when they can just watch the DVD at home for free. Kenny is a smart and creative man , I trust he knows what he is doing.

Updated On: 12/3/15 at 09:17 AM

"Best12bars and CarlosAlberto i agree with you, but keep in mind that in the making of The Wiz Live special that Kenny Leon did say that when the production goes to Broadway way that he would explore different ways to do the yellow brick road and that it would be done in a more creative way than it is on the live tv special."

Yes, and he further went on to say that they were looking at doing it with light being projected onto the floor. A technical tweak.

So no dancers. They lose that creative genius in favor of modern science.

I wonder if Shanice Williams will reprise her "Dorothy" for the upcoming Broadway revival.

I am looking forward to this but am really concerned about the updating thing again...

remember the Diana Ross was a bomb and that was "updated" ....I loved the original ...and seeing the outfit that Dorothy has on in this already has me very skeptical...the need to make things that work "better" always scares me

My guide says TBA at 9:45 (Central Time) and news is starting at 10 as usual.

Interesting. It seems every cable & satellite provider is handling those mysterious 15 minutes differently.

"Yes, and he further went on to say that they were looking at doing it with light being projected onto the floor. A technical tweak. So no dancers. They lose that creative genius in favor of modern science. "

I do remember him saying that . Lets just hope that Kenny or someone in is camp is reading this board and will change their minds and add dancers as the yellow brick road for broadway!

I think it would have made more since to have light projected on the floor or a floor that lights up as the yellow brick road for the live tv production since the production value and budget is probably bigger and could be be technically elaborate to do it on a large sound stage verses trying to do it on a smaller broadway stage.

musicaltheatreman2 said: "Brandy was on Wendy Williams this morning and said she wants to play Dorothy when the Wiz comes to Broadway LOL she also said that she really wanted to play the part in the live TV production, but "they changed the script and made Dorothy a 18 year old girl instead of a 31 year old teach" LOL she needs to stop!!! clearly she does not know that Dorothy was never a 31 year old teacher in the broadway production!"

The character was never 31 years old in any version. In the 1978 film adaptation Dorothy is 24 years old.

"The character was never 31 years old in any version. In the 1978 film adaptation Dorothy is 24 years old."

Theatre_Nerd: I know that, I am just telling you what Brandy said!

"The character was never 31 years old in any version. In the 1978 film adaptation Dorothy is 24 years old. I mean, does it really even matter? Brandy needs to learn that her dream of being Dorothy isn't going to happen. I'm surprised no one has corrected her by now."

RW3: EXACTLY, THANK YOU!!!

musicaltheatreman2 said: ""The character was never 31 years old in any version. In the 1978 film adaptation Dorothy is 24 years old."

Theatre_Nerd: I know that, I am just telling you what Brandy said!

"The character was never 31 years old in any version. In the 1978 film adaptation Dorothy is 24 years old. I mean, does it really even matter? Brandy needs to learn that her dream of being Dorothy isn't going to happen. I'm surprised no one has corrected her by now."

RW3: EXACTLY, THANK YOU!!!"

I'm not understanding the defensive tone from either one of you as I was just stating a fact. I am aware that you were only quoting Brandy musicaltheaterman2.

I know that in the grand scheme of things it may not matter to you RW3, or to anyone else for that matter. Again, I was only stating facts.

There's really no need to be unpleasant about it.

Updated On: 12/3/15 at 02:02 PM

The yellow brick road lighting effect is absolutely magical.

Was just going through this thread again and had to chuckle a bit as the very first comment on page one was "EVERYBODY REJOICE"!