On Dec. 3, NBC will air a live production of “The Wiz,” a musical that has been a huge audience draw for 40 years. But that Yellow Brick Road was nearly a dead end, because the show almost closed before it got to Broadway in 1975. And, interestingly, its savior was television. Producer Ken Harper came up... Read more »
SOURCE: Variety at 09:02PM on December 2, 2015