The Wiz opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York on May 24, 2023 (after previewing from May 17, 2023). It closed on June 3, 2023 after 13 performances. The production stopped in New York after a lengthy tour.
Production Staff
Producers ...
- Tom Mallow
- James Janek
- Shubert Organization
Director ...
- Geoffrey Holder
Choreography ...
- George Faison
Settings ...
- Peter Wolf
Costumes ...
- Geoffrey Holder
Lighting ...
- Paul Sullivan
Sound ...
- Gary M. Stocker
Musical Director/Vocal Arrangements ...
- Charles H. Coleman
Orchestrations ...
- Harold Wheeler
Dance Arrangements ...
- Timothy Graphenreed
Original Cast
Aunt Em ...
- Peggie Blue
Toto ...
- Toto
Dorothy ...
- Stephanie Mills
Uncle Henry ...
- David Weatherspoon
Tornado ...
- Daryl Richardson
Munchkins ...
- Carol Dennis
- Ada Dyer
- Lawrence Hamilton
- Sam Harkness
- David Weatherspoon
Addaperle ...
- Juanita Fleming
Yellow Brick Road ...
- Alfred L. Dove
- Germaine Edwards
- Dwight Leon
- David Robertson
Scarecrow ...
- Charles Valentino
Sunflowers ...
- Carol Dennis
- Ada Dyer
- Sam Harkness
- David Weatherspoon
Crows ...
- Paula Anita Brown
- Marvin Engran
- Jasmine Guy
Tinman ...
- Howard Porter
Lion ...
- Gregg Baker
Strangers ...
- Carol Dennis
- Sam Harkness
- David Weatherspoon
Kalidahs ...
- Marvin Engran
- Jasmine Guy
- Lawrence Hamilton
- Raymond C. Harris
- Gigi Hunter
- Martial Roumain
The Wiz ...
- Carl Hall
Evillene ...
- Ella Mitchell
Lord High Underling ...
- Lawrence Hamilton
Soldier Messenger ...
- Marvin Engran
Winged Monkey ...
- Germaine Edwards
Glinda ...
- Ann Duquesnay
Poppies ...
- Sharon Brooks
- Paula Anita Brown
- Carla Earle
- Tanya Gibson
- Gigi Hunter
- Daryl Richardson
Chief of Field Mice ...
- Ada Dyer
Field Mice ...
- Lawrence Hamilton
- David Weatherspoon
Royal Gatekeeper ...
- Sam Harkness
Head of the Society of Emerald City ...
- Sharon Brooks
Emerald City Citizens ...
- Paula Anita Brown
- Roslyn Burrough
- Carol Dennis
- Alfred L. Dove
- Ada Dyer
- Carla Earle
- Germaine Edwards
- Marvin Engran
- Tanya Gibson
- Jasmine Guy
- Lawrence Hamilton
- Sam Harkness
- Raymond C. Harris
- Gigi Hunter
- Dwight Leon
- Daryl Richardson
- David Robertson
- Martial Roumain
- David Weatherspoon