*NBC’s live version of “The Wiz” has found its Tin Man and Scarecrow. Ne-Yo has been cast as the Tin Man, while Elijah Kelley comes on as the Scarecrow – joining David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion ...

NEW YORK — Peek behind the curtain at “The Wiz Live!” and you’ll find there is indeed a wizard — or three. They are costumer Paul Tazewell and makeup artists Dave and Lou Elsey, who are turning actors ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — From the church pews of Winston-Salem to the bright lights of Broadway, D. Jerome has followed his heart every step of the way — and this week, that journey has brought him home.

For all its color and motion and bombast, the latest revival of “The Wiz” — like the Tin Man of its story — is sadly lacking heart. The 1974 musical, which reimagines L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful ...

Brett Cullum: I am happy to have you here in Houston! THE WIZ is a cultural phenomenon. I am old enough to remember when it first came out. I was a kid, but I still remember it, and people were just ...