The Wiz

A BRAND NEW DAY, AT LAST!

PRE-BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR KICKS OFF IN BALTIMORE
FALL OF 2023

LIMITED BROADWAY ENGAGEMENT
SPRING OF 2024


ADAPTED FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ BY L. FRANK BAUM​
BOOK BY WILLIAM. F. BROWN
MUSIC & LYRICS BY CHARLIE SMALLS​
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR THIS PRODUCTION BY AMBER RUFFIN
SCENIC DESIGN BY HANNAH BEACHLER
COSTUME DESIGN BY SHAREN DAVIS
LIGHTING DESIGN BY RYAN O’GARA
WIG DESIGN BY MIA NEAL
SCENIC DESIGN BY HANNAH BEACHLER LIGHTING DESIGN BY RYAN O’GARA
COSTUME DESIGN BY SHAREN DAVIS WIG DESIGN BY MIA NEAL

MUSIC SUPERVISION, ORCHESTRATIONS, & MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS BY JOSEPH JOUBERT

CHOREOGRAPHED BY JAQUEL KNIGHT

DIRECTED BY SCHELE WILLIAMS

Everybody look around! The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back.

THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new Broadway-bound tour, the first one in 40 years. The tour begins in THE WIZ’s original home city of Baltimore, where the show made its world premiere 50 years ago. 

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 find her place in a contemporary world.

Conjuring up an Oz unlike anything ever seen before, the creative team is helmed by director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida) and includes choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”), William F. Brown (book), Charlie Smalls (music & lyrics), Amber Ruffin (additional material), and Joseph Joubert (music supervision, orchestrations, & music arrangements).  They are joined by scenic designer and Academy Award winner Hannah Beachler (Black Panther, Beyonce’s Black is King and Lemonade), costume designer and Emmy and two-time Academy Award nominee Sharen Davis (Ray, Dreamgirls), lighting designer and Barrymore Award winner Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and wig designer and Academy Award winner Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom).

A dynamite infusion of ballet, jazz, and modern pop brings a whole new groove to easing on down the road. So everybody rejoice! An all-new 21st-Century WIZ is sliding into an Emerald City near you.