We're going to Kansas City this weekend to celebrate Aunt Ann's "mortgage burning" (something I fear I may never celebrate myself), and one of the things we're going to do is see the Wiz. Do you know what the Wiz is? Because I had no idea. It started as a Broadway musical in the 70s, then in 1978, it was made into a movie with Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Nipsy Russell. It's kind of a modern-day African-American version of the Wizard of Oz. Bizarre, you say? I agree. Apparently, the Emerald City is the World Trade Center Plaza in New York City, and Dorothy is a shy schoolteacher from Harlem.
Link to the play: http://www.coterietheatre.org/the_wiz.aspx
Link to "Ease on Down the Road", a famous song from the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5teusS_zvMw&feature=related
Link to the Wikipedia entry about the 1978 film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_%28film%29
Just when you think you know everything there is to know about the Wizard of Oz (or Michael Jackson, for that matter), something like this pops up.
My Sarah LOVES the movie, The Wiz. I think the play sounds much better though. I always get creeped out by the movie. Although, Michael Jackson makes it worth the watch. Sarah just asked to watch it again this weekend. I told her NO because I'm selfish & it gives me bad dreams...but I told HER I said no because I didn't want HER to have bad dreams. ;) She just rolled her eyes. I'm willing to try the Broadway production though. Sounds like it was pretty good?
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