"The Wiz" revival- Page 2

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 12:15pm

Nope, you're still off the mark. It's telling the story in a different way, with a different style. There's no satire or parody involved, just a lot of fun and one kick-#$@ score.

Posted: 7/18/04 at 12:16pm

ok... i'm sorry for speaking when i don't know. I was a little boy when i saw the musical in TX... so... yup...

Posted: 7/18/04 at 12:21pm

~hangs head in Bway shame...~

Posted: 7/18/04 at 12:26pm

but i do hope this revival of the Wiz is a hit. Cuze i wanna see it!

[MattJSour]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 1:11pm

I have an idea. Why don't we create a verison of the Wiz that is told through the eyes of the Wicked Witch (Like Wicked) that way neither play will lose money. We can call it "The Wizicked".

Posted: 7/18/04 at 1:15pm

haha! good idea!

[localonecrew]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 1:23pm

be prepared for vanessa williams.

Posted: 7/18/04 at 1:31pm

NOOOOOO! Don't talk like that! haha!

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 1:49pm

But it would be a hoot to have Stephanie Mills playing Evilene. What a Broadway return... :)

[Matt_G]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 1:50pm

Love it! It's like Carol Burnett playing the Queen in the new MATTRESS movie they're making.

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 2:01pm

THE WIZ!!! Ahhh I love The Wiz. I did it in my junior year of high school and its my favorite show out of all the ones I've done. Wow I can't wait.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 6:31pm

I hope someday the Arlen/Harburg RSC version of THE WIZARD OF OZ gets to play a Broadway house. It's on my list of things to do if I ever become a Broadway producer. A mix between the original London version and the MSG version which had the witch sing the beginning of "The Jitterbug". That was genius. The costumes and sets for the original London stage version were very "WIZ" like, which is also an interesting way to approach it... Plus the score is so classically beautiful. The movie doesn't do the score justice. The London cast orchestrations are great. The cast just lacks a little....

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 6:40pm

Gah. Sorry, but no. The RSC added dialogue to fill the show out and, in the process, added scenes and lines that were embarrassingly bad, on par with those from a British Christmas panto. Putting the Jitterbug back in was wonderful, but the rest? Bleach.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 9:09pm

Well, obviously if I or anyone were to mount a huge Broadway production the book would be revised. I know exactly which lines you're referring to and yes they are pretty bad, but some of it can be worked into the script and some lines need to be removed entirely. I just felt that the Madison Square Garden version removed too many of those lines and dumbed it down by removing the intermission and the Emerald City dance sequence and the beautiful Entr'Acte that had been written which was removed because the intermission was taken out. Basically what I'd like to do is mount an extended MSG version with some of the costumes and sets looking a lot like the London production. Is that better??? lol. It would have been nice if Tams-Witmark released the MSG script so we wouldn't have to put up with these amature RSC and even WORSE the MUNY version!!! *shudders* THAT version is awful... Updated On: 7/18/04 at 09:09 PM

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 7/18/04 at 9:16pm

I have such good ideas for the design aspects of this musical. All graffiti and street culture inspired, which nowadays is colourful and fun as ever. Hah the lion on a pimp getup...

Akiva