The Wiz
Original Broadway Production [1975]
Production Info
OPENING
:
January 5, 1975
CLOSING: January 28, 1979
Majestic Theatre [New York, NY]
1672 perf.
Opening Night Cast
- Tasha Thomas [Aunt Em]
- Nancy [Toto]
- Stephanie Mills [Dorothy]
- Ralph Wilcox [Uncle Henry]
- Evelyn Thomas [Tornado]
- Phylicia Ayers-Allen [Munchkin]
- Pi Douglass [Munchkin]
- Joni Palmer [Munchkin]
- Andy Torres [Munchkin]
- Carl Weaver [Munchkin]
- Clarice Taylor [Addaperle]
- Ronald Dunham [Yellow Brick Road]
- Eugene Little [Yellow Brick Road]
- John Parks [Yellow Brick Road]
- Kenneth Scott [Yellow Brick Road]
- Hinton Battle [Scarecrow]
- Wendy Edmead [Crow]
- Frances Morgan [Crow]
- Ralph Wilcox [Crow]
- Tiger Haynes [Tinman]
- Ted Ross [Lion]
- Phillip Bond [Kalidah]
- Pi Douglass [Kalidah]
- Rodney Green [Kalidah]
- Evelyn Thomas [Kalidah]
- Andy Torres [Kalidah]
- Lettie Battle [Poppy]
- Leslie Butler [Poppy]
- Eleanor McCoy [Poppy]
- Frances Morgan [Poppy]
- Joni Palmer [Poppy]
- Phylicia Ayers-Allen [Field Mouse]
- Pi Douglass [Field Mouse]
- Carl Weaver [Field Mouse]
- Ralph Wilcox [Field Mouse]
- Danny Beard [Royal Gatekeeper]
- Andre De Shields [The Wiz]
- Mabel King [Evillene]
- Ralph Wilcox [Lord High Underling]
- Carl Weaver [Soldier Messenger]
- Andy Torres [Winged Monkey]
- Dee Dee Bridgewater [Glinda]
- Lettie Battle [Emerald City Citizen]
- Leslie Butler [Emerald City Citizen]
- Wendy Edmead [Emerald City Citizen]
- Eleanor McCoy [Emerald City Citizen]
- Frances Morgan [Emerald City Citizen]
- Joni Palmer [Emerald City Citizen]
- Evelyn Thomas [Emerald City Citizen]
- Phillip Bond [Emerald City Citizen]
- Ronald Dunham [Emerald City Citizen]
- Rodney Green [Emerald City Citizen]
- Eugene Little [Emerald City Citizen]
- John Parks [Emerald City Citizen]
- Kenneth Scott [Emerald City Citizen]
- Andy Torres [Emerald City Citizen]
- Frank Floyd [Pit Singer]
- Sam Harkness [Pit Singer]
- Jozella Reed [Pit Singer]
- Tasha Thomas [Pit Singer]
Staff/Creatives
- Ken Harper [Producer]
- Geoffrey Holder [Director]
- George Faison [Choreography]
- Tom H. John [Settings]
- Geoffrey Holder [Costumes]
- Tharon Musser [Lighting]
- Richard J.C. Miller [Sound]
- Charles H. Coleman [Musical Director]
- Harold Wheeler [Orchestrations]
- Timothy Graphenreed [Dance Arrangements]
- Charles H. Coleman [Vocal Arrangements]
- Earl Shendell [Music Coordinator]
- Yvonne Stoney [Wardrobe Supervisor]
- John Parks [Assistant to Choreographer / Dance Captain]
- Stanley James [Wigs]
- Emanuel Azenberg [General Manager]
- Eugene V. Wolsk [General Manager]
- Jose Vega [Manager]
- Susan Bell [Company Manager]
- Merlin Group [Press]
- Sandra Manley [Press]
- Elizabeth Rodman [Press]
Authors
- William F. Brown [Book]
- Charlie Smalls [Music & Lyrics]
- Timothy Graphenreed [Music (additional)]
- George Faison [Music (additional)]
- Luther Vandross [Music & Lyrics (additional)]
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