Poster, The Wiz
date: label: Date made
content: 1974
name: label: bequest
content: Estate of Steven W. Brown
label: associated institution
content: Majestic Theatre
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The design of this poster, by artist Milton Glazer, for the 1972 Broadway musical, The Wiz, has as its central graphic the image of an African American woman, in full torso profile, with a swirling headdress. The image is based on a dancer in the original production, who simulated a tornado in a dance where she wore a long piece of black cloth worn on her head and suspended from the flies of the theater. The Wiz is based on the Frank Baum novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Performed by an all-African American cast, the show is infused with the sound of soul music and contemporary urban slang through the score by Charlie Smalls and script by William F. Brown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater
label: used
content: Musical Theater
label: referenced
content: Wizard of Oz
label: Subject
content: African American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Rogen S. (Steven W.) Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0044.02
label: accession number
content: 1994.0044
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0044.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 147 cm x 104.5 cm; 57 7/8 in x 41 1/8 in