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The Impending Wizard of Oz Renaissance
When it comes to American pop culture, few things rival the collective love for L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. So for most people, news that all 14 of Baum’s Oz stories are now in the public domain...
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Mind-Blowing Matte Paintings From Classic Movies
Before 3D modeling came along, filmmakers had to rely on simpler means to give the illusion of a lavish set: paint. To create a dystopic city or elegant hall without spending the entire budget on a...
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NBC’s Next Live Musical May Be ‘The Wiz’
While it’d been known for a while that NBC got the rights to perform The Music Man as their next live musical (following the somewhat soporific, if occasionally campily amusing, Sound of Music and...
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Queen Latifah Gets Title Role, Mary J. Blige Is the Wicked Witch in NBC’s...
A great deal of interest was sparked when it was announced the NBC’s next live musical would be The Wiz (especially considering tepid ratings and responses to Peter Pan). Between the more socially...
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Uzo Aduba and Amber Riley to Play the Good Witches in NBC’s ‘The Wiz’
It seems NBC’s live musical series is really upping its game post-Peter Pan. Orange Is the New Black‘s Uzo Aduba and Glee‘s Amber Riley have been added to the already impressive cast of NBC’s upcoming...
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‘The Wiz’ Brought Some Much-Needed Color to NBC’s Live Theater Broadcasts
It’s a little easier to find black people on film and television in 2015 than it was in the ’70s, when the original Broadway and film productions of The Wiz debuted. But the “urbanized retelling” of L....
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‘The Wiz’ Outdid ‘Peter Pan’ in More Than Just Critical Acclaim
Not only is last night’s live broadcast production of The Wiz on NBC garnering far better reviews than Peter Pan — the Allison Williams-starring spectacle NBC put on last year as part of this...
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