“THE WIZ” CELEBRATES THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY – SECOND LEG OF NORTH AMERICAN NATIONAL TOUR BEGINS FEBRUARY 2025
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
“THE WIZ”
CELEBRATES FINAL PERFORMANCE
ON BROADWAY
SECOND LEG OF ITS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
BEGINS FEBRUARY 2025
To download the curtain call social video, click here.
New York, NY (August 19, 2024) – Last night, after 143 performances and 18 previews on Broadway, the revival of The Wiz at the Marquis Theatre which has been playing to sold-out audiences and standing ovations nightly, celebrated their final performance on Broadway.
The Wiz (2024 Broadway Cast Recording) is available now on all streaming platforms digitally via Immersive/Interscope Records. Listen to the album here.
Following its Broadway run, The Wiz will ease on down the road once again for a second leg North American Tour beginning in February 2025 in Rochester, NY. For a full list of the 18 tour cities and dates, please visit wizmusical.com/tour-dates.
In 2023-24, The Wiz played to 13 sold-out cities across America on its pre-Broadway tour, playing 167 performances to more than 390,000 cheering fans from coast-to-coast. Following its Broadway run on August 18, The Wiz will ease on down the road once again for a second leg North American Tour beginning in February 2025.
This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world. A dynamite infusion of ballet, jazz, and modern pop brings a whole new groove to easing on down the road.
The Wiz is produced on Broadway by Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker.
Based on L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, The Wiz takes one of the world’s most enduring (and enduringly white) American fantasies, and transforms it into an all-Black musical extravaganza for the ages.
The Wiz premiered on Broadway in 1975 and became an instant sensation, going on to win seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Ted Ross), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Dee Dee Bridgewater), Best Choreography (George Faison), and in a Broadway first, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Costume Design (Geoffrey Holder). “Ease on Down the Road” became the show’s break-out single, and “Home” has since become a bona fide classic. That original production ran for four years (first at The Majestic Theatre and later at The Broadway Theatre) – and 1,672 performances – on Broadway. A 1978 film adaptation starred Diana Ross, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne, and marked Quincy Jones’ first collaboration with Michael Jackson.
Casting by: Tara Rubin Casting.
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