The Wiz News

Welcome to BWW's ON THIS DAY Series celebrating theatrical birthdays, openings and special events that took place on this day in theatre history! Today 1985, the first Broadway revival of The Wiz opened at the Lunt-Fontanne THeatre, where it ran for 13 performances.

So it went between murder suspect Sharon Stone and the detectives grilling her in Basic Instinct .

Augustine Preparatory Academy of Atlanta, 4650 Flat Shoals Parkway, Decatur will present Charlie Smalls' "The Wiz" on May 17, 7 p.m. This play originally premiered in 1975 on Broadway in New York City and opened to critical acclaim, later being made into a film starring multi-Grammy award winner Diana Ross and the late "King of Pop" Michael ... (more)

Multi-award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt , along with noted costumes designer Patricia A. Hibbert, and acclaimed lighting designed by Ryan O'Gara will head the design team for the upcoming Billie Holiday musical "Lady Day" starring Tony and multiple Grammy Award-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater .

The man with the white walrus mustache and ergonomic cane sat at the front of the Minneapolis recording studio he founded.

In this May 5, 2005 file photo, defense witness Wade Robson, center, along with an unidentified woman, is escorted into the Santa Barbara County Courthouse by a member of Michael Jackson's security force, in Santa Maria, Calif.

The far-reaching success of The Wiz guaranteed the show many revivals in the years to come.

The Wiz is this year's exciting high school musical pick. No less than 25 of our district students will take the stage under the leadership of Julie Colangelo for their three-show version of this classic.