The Wiz” runs from Tuesday, March 4, to Sunday, March 9, at Shea’s Buffalo Theatre (Shea’s Performing Arts Center), 646 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. For details, call 716-847-0850 or ...

The Criterion Collection has revealed the June 2025 lineup of Blu-ray titles, which includes the 1978 musical film adaptation ...

But the 1978 film adaptation, directed by Sidney Lumet (who had never directed a movie musical before), lost a reported $10.4 million (approximately $48.4 million today). At the time, The Wiz was ...

Last week I caused a bit of an uproar by telling my truth. I said(with my chest) that the movie “The Wiz” is boring. My reasoning was simple. I find the pacing of ...

The song was adapted for “The Wiz” movie in 1978 by the great American musical producer, Quincy Jones, who passed away in November 2024. Erivo is up for the Best Actress award after her ...

honored her fellow multi-hyphenate talent by singing the song “Ease on Down the Road” from “The Wiz" (watch below). Jones, who was 91 when he died Nov. 3, produced the 1978 movie.

A 1978 film adaptation starred Diana Ross, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Richard Pryor and Lena Horne, and marked Quincy Jones’ first collaboration with Michael Jackson. THE WIZ premiered on Broadway in ...