Twitter Watch: Shanice Willams & Neil Meron Prep for THE WIZ at Promo Shoot!

By: Sep. 22, 2015
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On Twitter, THE WIZ LIVE! producer Neil Meron had this to say @neilmeron:

Me & #Dorothy @LuvbeingShanice at promo shoot for #TheWizLive today @nbc @iamKENNYLEON

NBC's THE WIZ LIVE!, its highly anticipated holiday production, will air on Thursday, December 3 -- and winter can't come soon enough! Shanice Williams will be joined by Queen Latifah as the Wiz. Mary J. Blige will play Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, David Alan Grier will play the Cowardly Lion, Uzo Aduba will play Glinda, THE GOOD WITCH of the South, Amber Riley will play Addaperle, Common will play the Bouncer, Ne-Yo will play the Tin Man, and Elijah Kelleywill play the Scarecrow. Stephanie Mills will portray Auntie Em -- she is best known to many for playing Dorothy in the original Broadway production of THE WIZ.

THE WIZ LIVE! is adapted from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum, with a book by William F. Brown, and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls. The production opened on Broadway in 1975 at the Majestic Theatre and won seven Tonys, including Best Musical.

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