The Wiz > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: The Wiz (18)
Music: Charlie Smalls (12)
Lyrics: Charlie Smalls (12)
Book: William F. Brown (6)

Recording Details

Date: 1975
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Majestic Theatre
Recording Studio: A&R Studios
Music: Timothy Graphenreed (4), Luther Vandross (4), Harold Wheeler (45)
Lyrics: Luther Vandross (4)
Producer: Jerry Wexler (8)
Engineer: Phil Ramone (60)
Liner Notes: William F. Brown (6)
Director: Geoffrey Holder (5)
Choreography: George Faison (6)
Music Director: Charles H. Coleman, Harold Wheeler (45)
Orchestrations: Harold Wheeler (45)
Vocal Arrangements: Charles H. Coleman
Dance Music: Timothy Graphenreed (4)
Performer: Hinton Battle (15) — Scarecrow,
Danny Beard — Gatekeeper,
Dee Dee Bridgewater (7) — Glinda,
André DeShields (27) — The Wiz,
Ronald Dunham — Yellow Brick Road,
Wendy Edmead (6) — Crow,
Frank Floyd (4) — Pit Singer,
Sam Harkness — Pit Singer,
Tiger Haynes (12) — Tinman,
Mabel King (6) — Evillene,
Eugene Little (2) — Yellow Brick Road,
Stephanie Mills (13) — Dorothy,
Frances Morgan — Crow,
John Parks (2) — Yellow Brick Road,
Jozella Reed — Pit Singer,
Ted Ross (8) — Lion,
Kenneth Scott (3) — Yellow Brick Road,
Clarice Taylor (2) — Addaperle,
Tasha Thomas (2) — Aunt Em/Pit Singer,
Andy Torres (3) — Winged Monkey,
Carl Weaver — Soldier Messenger,
Ralph Wilcox (2) — Uncle Henry/Crow/Lord High Underling,
Phylicia Ayers-Allen (14), Lettie Battle, Phillip Bond, Leslie Butler, Pi Douglass (4), Rodney Green (4), Eleanor McCoy, Joni Palmer (3), Evelyn Thomas
Shortcode: [r2370]

Releases (5)

Format: CD
Label: Atlantic 18137-2
Release Date: 1992-09-15
UPC / EAN: 0075678149429
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# Tracks: 16
Lists: 304 collectors / 15 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl2019]

1.	Prologue -- Orchestra
2.	The Feeling We Once Had -- Tasha Thomas
3.	Tornado -- Orchestra
4.	He's the Wizard -- Clarice Taylor
5.	Soon As I Get Home -- Stephanie Mills
6.	I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday -- Hinton Battle
7.	Ease on Down the Road -- Stephanie Mills, Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, Hinton Battle
8.	Slide Some Oil to Me -- Tiger Haynes
9.	I'm a Mean Ole Lion -- Ted Ross
10.	Be a Lion -- Stephanie Mills, Ted Ross
11.	So You Wanted to See the Wizard -- André DeShields
12.	What Would I Do If I Could Feel -- Tiger Haynes
13.	Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News -- Mabel King
14.	Everybody Rejoice -- Company
15.	Y'all Got It! -- André DeShields
16.	If You Believe -- Dee Dee Bridgewater
17.	Home (Finale) -- Stephanie Mills