"Ease on down the road to Oz!"03 December 2015Music, TV Movie111 mins
Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.
Ripley is now an ordained minister and owner of the Chapel of Love. He's on a search for the prize that will bring him untold riches - the Jules Rimet trophy.
This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when Mary Lindley Murray, under orders from General George Washington, detained General William Howe and his British troops by serving them cake, wine and conversation in her Kips Bay, Manhattan home long enough for some 4,000 American soldiers, fleeing their loss in the Battle of Brooklyn, to reassemble in Washington Heights and join reinforcements to make a successful counterattack.
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
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The Wiz: Live! - Trailer
Following the success of "The Sound of Music Live!" and "Peter Pan Live!" multi-award winning executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron return to ...
Take a First Look at "The Wiz Live!"
"The Wiz Live!" featured a star–studded cast including Queen Latifah Mary J. Blige Ne-Yo Uzo Aduba Amber Riley ...
The Wiz Live! NBC's live event of the holiday season
The Wiz Live! NBC's live event of the holiday season The Wiz Live! NBC's live event of the holiday season The Wiz Live! NBC's live event of the holiday season.
The Wiz LIVE! - TV Spot
Originally aired on December 3 2015. All rights reserved to NBC and NBC/Universal.
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THE WIZ LIVE! - Prologue
The Wiz Live! is a live-television adaptation of the broadway show by NBC. It aired on December 3rd 2015. The show was co-produced with Cirque du Soleil.
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