Oh,The Wiz?
a friend of his cried, eyes suddenly shining with delight.
The Wiztends to have that effect on people.
A BRAND-NEW DAYFrom left: Kyle Ramar Freeman (as the Lion), Nichelle Lewis (as Dorothy), Avery Wilson (as the Scarecrow), and Phillip Johnson Richardson (as the Tinman) in Sharen Davis’s costumes forThe Wiz. Sittings Editor: Edward Bowleg III.
COMPANY MENThe Wizs leading actors have grown close offstage.
Richardson wears a Hiro Clark T-shirt.
Wilson wears an A.P.C.
COMPANY MENThe Wiz’s leading actors have grown close offstage. Richardson wears a Hiro Clark T-shirt. A.P.C. jeans. Wilson wears an A.P.C. sweater. Todd Snyder pants. Freeman wears his own denim jacket from Duke.
Freeman wears his own denim jacket from Duke.
Thats certainly true for the people behind its new revival, now on a much-celebrated national tour.
Its like asking,When did you first become aware of the news?
STAR QUALITYLewis wears a Tory Burch shirt. Banana Republic jeans. G.H. Bass shoe.
It was utter joy, and I think thats why it stuck out so much.
Whatever Michael Jackson did, I dont want to see that.
I want to seeyou.
CASTING A SPELLWilson, Lewis, Richardson, and Freeman at the National Theater in Washington, DC.
The result is Little Richard meets Jennifer Lewis meets Beyonce, he says with a laugh.
All of that is me.
STAR QUALITYLewis wears a Tory Burch shirt.
Engaging a creative team for whom the conventions of musical theater were hardly a thought was another important step.
We got the best of everyones crazy ideas.
So too did they get a very fine set of actors to mold the piece around.
There is a youthfulness about her that made me want to fight for her.
I dont even know how to describe this cast, she says, beaming.
CASTING A SPELLWilson, Lewis, Richardson, and Freeman at the National Theater in Washington, DC.
So if we dont have our dynamics, the whole show doesnt really work.
I relish the opportunity for a show to grow, and for me to learn from the audience.)
To put it on again is both an act of faith and a gesture of gratitude.
I bet all of our lives would be different ifThe Wizdidnt exist, Ruffin reflects.
So were taking care of it the way it has taken care of us.
Character makeup, Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche and Jaylene Ogle.
Character hair and wigs, Marcia Baird, Ashley Wise, and Anita Solomon.
Previews at New Yorks Marquis Theatre begin on March 29.
