Variety reports the casting for the upcoming La Jolla production of The Wiz, directed by Des McAnuff. The show will feature Wayne Brady (Scarecrow), David Alan Grier (the Wizard), Nikki M. James, (Dorothy), Tituss Burgess (the Lion) and Michael Benjamin Washington (Tin Man).
On his website, Tituss Burgess--currently on Broadway in Jersey Boys--has announced his casting in the La Jolla Playhouse's upcoming revival of The Wiz, which is possibly Broadway-bound.
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The highly anticipated Broadway-bound revival of The Wiz will premiere at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse this fall, and the new musical Zhivago as well as a new Aaron Sorkin play will also be a part of the line-up
The highly anticipated revival of The Wiz will bow at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego this spring; Zhivago and a new Aaron Sorkin play will also be part of the season line-up
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