The song was adapted for “The Wiz” movie in 1978 by the great American musical producer, Quincy Jones, who passed away in November 2024. Erivo is up for the Best Actress award after her ...

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 ...

In time for tonight’s bold and brave The Wiz Live, here are seven fun facts about the Broadway production, which debuted in 1975, the subsequent 1978 movie and NBC’s updated TV incarnation.

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.

The Wiz, currently playing in a newly-mounted ... the execrable dinge-colored movie version directed by Herbert Ross (1978). The cast is phenomenal, R&B belters all, and young lead Dana Cimone ...

Yes, it bombed, and yes, a lot of people think it’s awful. They’re wrong, although the between-songs stuff isn’t as good as the too-much-is-not-enough production numbers. There’s a crazy ...

The Wiz is a widely beloved movie today, but, would you believe that it was a commercial failure upon its initial release? No matter, since The Wizard of Oz is now a classic, and so is The Wiz.

About the Album: Get ready to click your heels-the smash-hit 1978 soundtrack to The Wiz is finally on CD! Quincy Jones, along with Ashford & Simpson, adapted the Tony Award-winning score for the ...