The wiz

I’ve been living in the Emerald City long enough to confidently inform you that YOU are the great and powerful Oz! I love, love, love music– as you may learn from browsing posts here on…

The Early Years 1972-1981 High Quality Pictures Pictures

" Ease on Down The Road " The Wiz is a 1978 movie musical released by Motown Records and Universal Pictures. It is based off the successful 1975 Broadway show of the same name. The film starred actress and singer Diana Ross as Dorothy Gale, Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man, Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion, Lena Horne as Glinda and Richard Pryor as The Wiz. The film was neither a critical, commercial or a box office success. However, it is still viewed by many…

Some people on Twitter are upset that "The Wiz Live!" musical features an all-Black cast. Really.

Tony Walton, costume designer for the film The Wiz (1978), enlisted the help of New York's biggest fashion designers for the hundreds of costumes for the Emerald City sequence.The scene was shot in the plaza between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC.

The Early Years 1972-1981 High Quality Pictures Pictures

"The Wiz", 1978

Robin Givens stopped by the Yes, Girl! podcast to discuss her journey turning acting from an extracurricular activity to a complete career.

Although NBC is set to release a revival of the 1978 cult classic The Wiz, one has to wonder if anyone can really outdo Diana Ross skipping down a yellow-brick road in metallic block-heeled pumps with such grace.

Hello my friends. It is that time of the year again. When the veil between the worlds grow thin. Today in The Bronx is a lovely gray day with peaks of sunshine coming through. I been having a lot going on here, still I can feel the mystical energy grow. Finally, I'm free to enjoy this day and lay down burdens I have been carrying. Here to join us on this day is the lovely Lena Horne as Glinda The Good Witch from The Wiz (1978). Reminding us that the strongest magic is our belief in…