Star Deborah Cox and costume designer Sharen Davis collaborated on a grand dress that contained gold, mirrors, and magic.

Lempicka's cast recording has surprise released early following two delays.

Lempicka's cast recording has surprise released early following two delays.

The 2024 Broadway cast recording of THE WIZ is now available on all streaming platforms. Enjoy the latest renditions of this classic musical's beloved songs performed by the new Broadway cast.

In this video, watch as hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo, sit down with the charming and multi-talented Avery Wilson. Making his Broadway debut as the ‘Scarecrow’ in the hit musical The Wiz, Aver…

Alan Mingo Jr. will reprise his title performance in The Wiz, joining the featured Broadway cast at the Marquis Theatre on June 13. He replaces Wayne Brady, who played his final performance on June 12. Mingo …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Ready to ease on down the yellow carpet for opening night of The Wiz? In this video, Watch as BroadwayWorld takes you inside the big night with the cast and creative team or The W…

Alan Mingo, Jr., who played the title role for most of the revival's pre-Broadway tour, will succeed Brady.

The full release is coming June 14.

Two new singles, “Be a Lion” and “Home”, have been released from the upcoming The Wiz (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) available on all streaming platforms digitally next Friday, June 14.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Singer/songwriter, actor and author Ashanti will make her stage debut as Dorothy in the New York City Center Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz, June 12 - July 5 at New Yo…

June will be an excellent month for Broadway fans when it comes to new cast albums!

The Wiz original Broadway cast to Hermes in Hadestown pipeline is strong! #Stephanie Mills returns to Broadway July 2nd at The Walter Kerr Theatre. In addition to André de Shields & Stephanie Mills at The Wi…

Ben Platt starts his 3 week residency: Live At The Palace tonight, reopening The Palace Theatre. @bwaySHO filmed this moment between ​⁠@bensplatt & Noah Galvin at The Wiz opening night on Broadway #BenPl…

The Tony-winning musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Stephanie Mills, best known for her performance as Dorothy in the original 1975 production of The Wiz, will return to Broadway as Hermes in the Tony-winning musical Hadestown. She replaces current cast memb…

The veteran and the newcomer each had their own fears as they joined the Broadway revival of the beloved all-Black musical.

See photos of the celebrities that paid a visit to The Wiz on Broadway!

The director juggled two Broadway shows this season, along with publishing a new children's book.

The Chita Rivera Awards, an annual celebration of excellence in dance and choreography in film and theater, had its 2024 ceremony on May 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The event was prod…

The 90th Annual Drama League Awards were held on May 17 at a luncheon ceremony at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. Broadway.com was there to celebrate and capture all the glamorous attendees—and provide them with a ro…

  With a new Covid variant seeming to be on its way four years later,  Remembering on our parody-song timeline  Our May 2020 seven-minute  short parody-song musical film  "When I'm Stuck at Home"  h…

Ben Cameron's Broadway Sessions at The Green Room 42 on May 23 will feature cast members from the hit Broadway revival of THE WIZ.

Mingo originated the titular role in the production’s pre-Broadway tour.

Alan Mingo Jr. will reprise his title performance in The Wiz, joining the featured Broadway cast at the Marquis Theatre on June 13. He replaces Wayne Brady, who plays his final performance on June 12. Mingo p…

The new revival at the Marquis Theatre closed out the morning show's Broadway Week.

As part of TODAY's 'Best of Broadway Week,'  the cast of The Wiz stopped by the show on Friday to perform the song 'He's the Wiz' from the new production of the classic musical. Before the performance, Debora…

Alan Mingo, Jr., who played the title role for most of the revival's pre-Broadway tour, will succeed Brady.

As part of TODAY's 'Best of Broadway Week,'  the cast of The Wiz stopped by the show on Friday to perform the song 'Ease on Down the Road' from the new production of the classic musical. Before the performanc…

Alan Mingo Jr. will return to the title role of ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway beginning Thursday, June 13, 2024. Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play his final performance in the rol…

The eye-filling sets by Hannah Beachler and video and projection design by Daniel Brodie include subtle tributes to Black Culture that not all theatergoers may notice on a first look. When Dorothy first lands i…

By: David Sheward March 15, 2024: Theater award season is in full swing. The Lortels, Outer Critics Circle and New York Drama Critics Circle Award winners have been announced. Joining them are the 78th annua…

The Theatre World Awards' board of directors has announced the 2024 honorees for the Theatre World Award, recognizing an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. In addition, A.J…

The 2024 Honorees have been announced for the Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production. Learn more about the honorees here!

Cole Escola, J. Harrison Ghee, the cast of The Wiz, and other stage stars were among the attendees at fashion's biggest night.

The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?

New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a vital incubator for new theatrical works, has announced its 2024 summer season, including a number of new works by artists familiar to Broadway audiences. The season will kick…

On Friday, The Today Show visited The Wiz on Broadway for a special behind-the-scenes look at the revival of the classic musical. In the interview, Wayne Brady, who plays The Wiz, talked about the formative exp…

A “new old talent,” Brooklyn-born Matthew Rosenstein emerged from the pandemic like a baritone butterfly onto the stages of cabarets across NYC – and sold-out his debut one-man show at The Green Room 42…

Broadway’s busy, busy spring of new shows came to an end today with this morning’s Tony nominations announcement, and while the impact, if any, of the nominations won’t be felt at the box office for a whi…

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4/28/2024.

With the annual announcement of the Tony nominations comes the yearly list of snubs and surprises, as this season’s shows see their dreams realized — or their hopes dashed — and prognosticators chatter ov…

Stereophonic became the most nominated play in Tony Awards history on Monday, scoring a surprisingly strong 13 nominations, including acting nods for almost the entire cast. Several other shows also saw most of…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Stereophonic, Uncle Vanya, Suffs, The Wiz, Patriots, Mary Jane, and The Heart of Rock and Roll (Inspired by the Songs of Huey Lewis and The News)…

The Wiz has returned to Broadway, and boy is it fun - and boy is it exhausting.  Director Schele Williams has taken a "more is more" attitude to this classic show, with emphasis on bright color, brassy sound a…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the fourth and final time during the 2023-2024 Broadway season on April 26, to discuss eligibility of 12 productions for the 77th Annual Tony Awards in 2024. The…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met on April 26 to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2023-2024 season. This was the fourth and final time the Tony Awards Administration …

The production opened in April at the Marquis Theatre.

Kyle Ramar Freeman as Lion, Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Phillip Johnson Richardson as Tinman, Avery Wilson as Scarecrow. Photo by Jeremy Daniel, (c) 2023.jpg Interscope Records and The Wiz Producers Kristin C…

The Wiz, now running at the Marquis Theatre, will release a 2024 Broadway Cast Recording on July 12 through Immersive/Interscope Records. The Broadway revival, directed by Schele Williams, opened April 17 foll…

The 2024 cast recording of The Wiz will be released this summer! Learn more about The Wiz here!

Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown is currently lighting up both sides of the Atlantic, enjoying a record-breaking run at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York (having just celebr…

This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping 70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to fin…

Phillip Johnson Richardson goes on a quest for a heart eight times a week at the Marquis Theatre as The Wiz's beloved Tinman. The role marks Richardson's Broadway debut, and a star-making one at that given the…

Watch an exclusive performance of "To Be Able to Feel (What Would I Do If I Could Feel)" from THE WIZ's Tinman, Phillip Johnson Richardson. Get tickets to THE WIZ: https://www.broadway.com/shows/the-wiz/

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both on and off the stage…

Opening-night celebrations abound this week on The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. But amid all the carousing, we still found time to check in on old friends, peek inside Broadway’s glitziest new musical and…

The 1975 musical favorite has returned to Broadway at the Marquis Theatre, where a new revival opened April 17.

The Wiz—the beloved, Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—celebrated its official Broadway opening at the Marquis Theatre on April 17. Settling into their Broadway home on the hee…

Amber Ruffin, Deborah Cox, Kyle Ramar Freeman, Nichelle Lewis, Phillip Johnson Richardson and more welcome THE WIZ back to Broadway on opening night. Get tickets to THE WIZ: https://www.broadway.com/shows/the…

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4/21/2024.

Four musicals and a play that has a lot of original music in it, opened on Broadway this past week, and two plays opened Off Broadway. By the end of the day Thursday, which marks the official end of the Broadwa…

Everybody rejoice! After a whirlwind national tour, the revival of The Wiz, the all-Black retelling of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, celebrated its opening night at the Marquis Theatre on April…

Theater Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . . A brief (but incomplete) timeline: 1900: L. Frank Baum publishes his fantasy novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; 1903: a hit musical version of the book, The Wizard of …

“I think it’s just about discovering yourself and knowing that who you are is enough,” says Nichelle Lewis when summing up the major themes in “The Wiz.” The actress is making her Broadway debut playi…

 Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Seen You Before: This week's game asks you to pick the one show each Broadway luminary below didn't work on. 1. Jason Robert Brown A. Broadway: The Last Five Years B. Bro…

Join the company of The Wiz as they celebrate opening night on Broadway. Filmed & edited by @bwaySHO #thewiz #broadway #openingnight

From ruby reds to glimmering greens, the evening was certainly an Oz-ian affair.

“I’ve been directing for 20 years, and to finally have this moment happen is just extraordinary,” confesses Schele Williams. While she has previously appeared on Broadway as an actor, she suddenly finds h…

Go inside opening night, where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Common, Sherri Shepherd, and Ben Platt and Noah Galvin were in attendance.

“The Wiz” celebrated its return to Broadway on Wednesday night, but where was Toto? One of the most notable changes in the new revival, a re-imagining of “The Wizard of Oz” with a Black cast, is that Do…

The new revival opened at the Marquis Theatre April 17.

Ready to ease on down the yellow carpet for opening night of The Wiz? In this video, Watch as BroadwayWorld takes you inside the big night with the cast and creative team or The Wiz on Broadway.

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The talk of the town last night was The Wiz, which officially opened at the Marquis Theatre following months touring the country. The cast and creative team walked the red yellow carpet before the curtain went …

The Wiz officially opened at the Marquis Theatre and the best of broadway was on hand for the celebration. Check out photos of special guests, including original stars Stephanie Mills and Dee Dee Bridgewater, K…

The Wiz officially opened on Broadway last night at the Marquis Theatre. Check out photos of the cast taking their bows here!

Adaptations are common in theater and often popular shows are revised and modified to reach different audiences. Shakespeare is a favorite source of material.“Hamlet” inspired “Fat Ham” and “Romeo and…