NBC’s ‘The Wiz Live!’ Finds Its Dorothy In New Jersey
Shanice Williams, an 18-year-old New Jersey native raised and trained in musical theater, has been cast as Dorothy in NBC's upcoming holiday production of The Wiz Live!, set for Thursday, December 3....
View ArticleNBC’s ‘The Wiz Live!’ Casts Uzo Aduba &‘Glee’s Amber Riley
Orange Is The New Black‘s Uzo Aduba and Glee‘s Amber Riley have joined the cast of NBC’s holiday production of The Wiz Live! set for Thursday, December 3. The final two witches to fly into the project,...
View ArticleNBC’s ‘The Wiz Live!’ Adds Ne-Yo, Common & Elijah Kelley – TCA
Ne-Yo and Common have joined the cast of NBC's upcoming holiday production of The Wiz Live!, set to air December 3. Additionally, Elijah Kelley (Lee Daniels’ The Butler) has been cast as the Scarecrow,...
View ArticleUzo Aduba: Three Years Ago “I Was Crying On The Subway–I Quit” – Emmys
Less than three years ago Uzo Aduba was crying on the subway. Returning from an audition, she resolved to give up acting and re-train as a lawyer. Just 45 minutes later, she got a phone call. "It was...
View Article‘The Wiz Live’ Key Art: Stars Ease On Down The Road To NBC Production
Here is our first look at the key art for NBC’s latest live production of a Broadway musical. The Wiz Live! stars — from left to right below — David Alan Grier as Lion, Shanice Williams as Dorothy,...
View ArticleCraig Zadan & Neil Meron Look To Recapture ‘The Wiz’ Wow Factor
EXCLUSIVE: The Wiz was a wow — that’s what you read on every bus and Broadway poster back in the mid-1970s (the ubiquitous pitch line came from Marilyn Stasio’s review in the long-gone Cue magazine)....
View Article‘The Wiz Live!’ First Live Entertainment Show Accessible To Visually Disabled...
Comcast announced this afternoon it will include a national video description pilot program with NBC's broadcast of Broadway musical The Wiz Live! on December 3, making it the first live entertainment...
View ArticleGerard & Roth On Fixing The Tony Awards, ‘The Wiz Live!’ And Broadway Vs....
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred. GERARD: I figure...
View Article‘The Wiz Live!’ With Ne-Yo & Mary J. Blige Eases On Down The Road To...
Phenomenal star casting and a young newcomer with killer vocal chops and eyes ripe for close-ups made Thursday night’s telecast of The Wiz Live! NBC’s smoothest outing yet in what should become a...
View ArticleNBC Sets Repeat For ‘The Wiz Live!’ After Original Hits 11.5M Viewers, Over...
3RD UPDATE, 10:38 AM: In case you missed it or care to ease on down the road again, NBC said this morning that it will air an encore of The Wiz Live! fron 8-11 PM on Saturday, December 19. 2ND Update,...
View ArticleRyan Gosling’s Scarecrow Sharpens ‘Saturday Night Live’ Parody Of ‘The Wiz...
UPDATE, 9:30 AM: Adds full cast of The Wiz Live! parody, below. EARLIER: The cold opening — Taran Killam and Cecily Strong as Donald and Melania Trump at Christmas — sucked, and even the addition of...
View Article‘Grease Live’ Demo Ratings Close In On ‘Sound Of Music Live!’– Update
UPDATE, 8:27 AM: The Sound Of Music Live! still reigns supreme through the ratings hills by its fingertips but Grease Live has got some hydromatic fuel of its own and isn't far behind – at all. With a...
View ArticleNotes On The Emmys: JLo Vs The GOP, Aaron Paul Breaking Back To TV & More As...
A new column chronicling events of the Emmy Awards season. We have Oscar season barely in the rearview mirror when all of a sudden this week Emmy Season kicked in with ABC and the Television Academy’s...
View ArticleMary J. Blige Joins Cast of ‘Mudbound’ With Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke,...
EXCLUSIVE: Soul singer Mary J. Blige has joined the cast of Dee Rees’ Mudbound alongside Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund and Carey Mulligan. The project, which starts filming soon in New...
View ArticleMary J. Blige On Her Inner Witch And Working With Kanye West: “We Sound Great...
As a nine-time Grammy winner with 30 noms, Mary J. Blige certainly didn't need to pursue a career in acting. But, as she says, it was "something I've always wanted to do”. As the Wicked Witch of the...
View ArticlePaul Tazewell On Costume Design For ‘Hamilton’ And ‘The Wiz Live!’: “There...
Paul Tazewell, costume designer for The Wiz Live!, is at the top of his game. Fresh off a Tony win for his work on Hamilton, Tazewell says he feels as though he's "on a cloud" right now. Hamilton's...
View Article‘The Wiz Live!’ EPs Discuss The Upcoming ‘Hairspray Live!’ And The Return Of...
Dedicating their lives to the pursuit of every iteration of the musical—from Broadway, to film and TV—Neil Meron and Craig Zadan have successfully reinvigorated a cultural phenomenon that has laid...
View ArticleDouble Emmy Nominee Derek McLane on ‘Hairspray Live’, Lady Gaga And ‘The Wiz!’
When I sat down early this week with Derek McLane, nominated for his sets for both the 2016 Academy Awards and NBC's presentation of The Wiz Live!, I took out my camera to shoot some candids as we...
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