Deeann Latashia

The Wiz 2024 Broadway. Meet the original broadway cast of the wiz on broadway, and find out who was in the original cast, what parts they played and more. 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.

Since becoming a broadway hit in 1975, “the wiz,” a gospel, soul and r&b take on dorothy’s adventures in oz, largely composed by charlie smalls, with a book by william f. 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.