The Wiz Revival Makes Broadway Home, Opening April 17
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Playbill— Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, and newcomer Nichelle Lewis lead the cast at the Marquis Theatre.
Daily Mail—Ben Platt and fiancé Noah Galvin lead the celebs attending opening night of Broadway revival The Wiz starring. The Wiz has already amassed $1,288,057 in ticket sales, and opening night was attended by Hillary Clinton, Anna Wintour, Sunny Hostin, Huma Abedin, and Andy Cohen
New York Daily News—PHOTOS: ‘The Wiz’ Broadway Opening Night in NYC. Stars attend the opening night of 'The Wiz' on Broadway at the Marquee Theatre on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in New York City.
Variety—‘The Wiz’ Review: In a New Broadway Revival, Dorothy and Friends Get Lost in a Hypercolor Whirligig. A flight of imagination born of the trippy 1970s, “The Wiz” can shoulder a lot of interpretation. Sidney Lumet’s shadowy film, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, sets the Black spin on L. Frank Baum’s children’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in a blighted, nearly bombed-out New York City. High schools and community theaters […]