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 ...

Battle made his Broadway debut in the original production of The Wiz in which he portrayed the scarecrow—a role that Michael Jackson stepped into for the 1978-released feature film of the same ...

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.

In keeping with the Oz theme, the Oscar nominee performed Ease on Down the Road from the Broadway musical The Wiz. Watch it now! In addition to his work as a musician on numerous film soundtracks ...

Erivo then belted her version of “Home” from the 1975 Broadway musical “The Wiz,” a Dorothy number originally performed by Stephanie Mills onstage and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film ...

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 ...