"THE WIZ JR."

"The Wiz" is the winner of 7 Tony awards including "Best Musical" and nominated for four Academy Awards, the 1975 Broadway hit and 1978 film The Wiz is coming to New York in a gritty new production that is sure to knock your socks off and change the way you think about these classic characters. Packed full of incredible songs like "Ease on Down the Road," "Home," "Be a Lion," and "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News," The Wiz is an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's turn of the century novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, placed in the context of modern African-American culture. “Ease on Down the Road” to The Oberia Dempsey Theater and enjoy the music with a stellar cast of powerhouse singers and dancers and the classic story of a girl on a journey through Oz with wonderful characters only to find out there is no place like home!