Broadway’s outstanding new revival of “The Wiz,” in the words of its director Schele Williams, “feels like we’re giving you a hug.” A treasured story of Black Americana since the 1978 ...

it’s a Wiz-sper of what it should be. Still, the Emerald City offers occasional shimmers of hope. The all-black riff on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz,” which was made into a 1978 movie ...

Universal Pictures has announced the nationwide theatrical re-release of The Wiz, the 1978 Oscar-nominated musical starring music legends Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, screen icon Lena Horne ...

Universal Pictures has announced the nationwide theatrical re-release of The Wiz, the 1978 Oscar-nominated musical starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor. The film ...

“The Wiz” runs from Tuesday ... I remember listening to the soundtrack of the 1978 musical film directed by Sidney Lumet. I knew who both Diana Ross and Michael Jackson were, of course ...

The Wiz is a then-contemporary, all-Black revamp of the Wizard of Oz story which ran on Broadway for four years and received a film version in 1978, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.

Lena Horne in The Wiz (1978) Lena Horne portrayed Glinda in the 1978 film adaptation of the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz: ...

It was Broadway Week at The Today Show, and for the Friday finale, the cast of The Wiz dropped by to perform "Ease On Down the Road" and "He's the Wiz." Watch the performances below.