The wiz
Contributors: Haynes, Tiger; Ross, Ted; Mills, Stephanie, 1957-; McQueen, Butterfly; Moses, Gilbert; Faison, George, Jr; Smalls, Charlie; Brown, William F. (William Ferdinand), 1928-; Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919; Coe, Richard L. (Richard Livingstone), 1914-1995, annotator; Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (Organization : Baltimore, Md.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1974
Language: eng
Description: Ken Harper presents "The Wiz," a new musical version of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, starring Stu Gilliam, Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, Clarice Taylor, Mabel King, Andre de Shields, Tasha Thomas, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Butterfly McQueen as the Queen of the Mice, also starring Stephanie Mills as Dorothy, setting designed by Tom H. John, costumes designed by Geoffrey Holder, lighting designed by Tharon Musser, orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, musical director Charles H. Coleman, dance arrangements by Timothy Graphenreed, sound designed by John C. Shearing, production stage manager Charles Blackwell, choreography and musical numbers staged by George Faison, directed by Gilbert Moses III.
Notes: Mechanic Theatre, 1974.

Title devised by Library staff.

"Playbill. 1974"--inside back cover.

Cast: Tasha Thomas, Megs, Stephanie Mills, Ralph Wilcox, Evelyn Taylor, Phylicia Ayers-Allen, Pi Douglass, Joni Palmer, Andy Torres, Carl Weaver, Clarice Taylor, Ronald Dunham, Eugene Little, John Parks, Michael Peters, Stu Gilliam, Arnetia Walker, Hinton Battle, Ralph Wilcox, Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, Phillip Bond, Evelyn Thomas, Lettie Battle, Leslie Butler, Eleanor McCoy, Frances Morgan, Butterfly McQueen, Danny Beard, Wendy Edmead, Michael Peters, Andre de Shields, Mabel King, Dee Dee Bridewater.

LC copy has notations by Coe. Accompanied by playbill advertisement for "The Wiz," Mechanic Theatre, Charles Center, Baltimore, Md., two weeks only Mon. Oct. 21 thru Sat. Nov. 2. Also accompanied by [3] copies of flyer with notes by Coe on verso. Also accompanied by photocopies of lyrics for "Which Where, Which What, Witch Why?" sung by Addaperle, "He's the Wizard" sung by Addaperle and chorus, and "I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday" sung by Scarecrow.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).