Get ready to ease on down the road! NBC will air the highly anticipated holiday production THE WIZ LIVE! on Thursday, December 3, with an encore telecast set for Saturday, Dec. 19 (8-11 p.m. ET). Below, check out just-released art that celebrates the show's 40th anniversary!
The man who brought funk and soul to Broadway got his big break on THE MONKEES.
On Thursday, October 22 (8PM) join executive producer Neil Meron and actors Shanice Williams, Elijah Kelley, David Alan Grier, and NE-YO for a discussion and Q&A about 'The Wiz Live!', at the Apple Store, Soho (103 Prince Street). NBC embarks on its latest musical holiday tradition with a live TV production of the groundbreaking Tony Award-winning Broadway show that gave a new voice to the vivid world of Oz in a fresh, funky, sing-a-long journey down the yellow brick road. To attend the special event, register at https://s.apple.com/dE0c9J2R7g
'A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House' is a PBS music special taped in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama will host the all-star music tribute celebrating the cultural resonance of art and literature in unique American musical forms.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: THE GIN GAME and ECLIPSED bring big screen stars to Broadway, A WONDERFUL LIFE takes a classic to Connecticut and more!
Following up NBC's early peek at the highly stylized costumes for NBC's THE WIZ LIVE!, go behind the scenes at the photo shoot with Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow, NE-YO as the Tin Man, David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion, and Shanice Williams as Dorothy! THE WIZ LIVE! airs Thursday, December 3rd.
The American Music Awards, the world's biggest fan-voted award show, announced today the “2015 American Music Awards” nominees.
NBC has shared a special video entitled 'Live A Day In The Life With Shanice Williams' which chronicles the 19-year-old star of THE WIZ LIVE! from audition day to first table read.
Enjoy more Tweets and photos as the company gets ready for the December 3rd telecast.
Producer Neil Meron posts a pic of the company getting to work and reports on their reaction to hearing Stephanie Mills sing.
The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Live Nation, presents Nephew Tommy appearing at 8:00 p.m. in the Walt Disney Theater tonight, October 2, 2015.
NBC's THE WIZ LIVE!, its highly anticipated holiday production, will air on Thursday, December 3. Click below for the latest behind-the-scenes look at star Shanice Williams and her journey from Rahway, New Jersey, to her starring role as 'Dorothy' in the iconic musical!
Wife of Paul Simon's bass player Bakithi Kumalo, aka Robbi K, shares her wisdom on life's major events that fly past you quickly. She'll be kicking off her next 50 years on this planet with a celebration of song and humorous stories that will make you laugh and cry while celebrating life with this one-woman show that promises to inspire and motivate.
Robbi Kumalo shares her wisdom on life's major events that fly past you quickly. She'll be kicking off her next 50 years on this planet with a celebration of song and humorous stories that will make you laugh and cry while celebrating life with this one-woman show that promises to inspire and motivate.
On Twitter Watch, Neil Meron wrote '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! ACCESS HOLLYWOOD just unveiled a new interview with star Shanice Williams. Click below to hear her talk about 'her first job' playing 'Dorothy' in the iconic musical!
If you took a poll just a year or two ago asking people if they knew who Uzo Aduba was, I'm fairly certain that only a select group of Godspell-loving Broadway buffs would be able to answer that question with a confident 'yes.' If you were to take that same poll today, however, the answer would likely be quite different, thanks to a little show called ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. Oh, how quickly things change in Hollywood!
Become a part of the phenomenon that captivated the nation when 'TV's biggest smash of the past decade,' (Robert Rorke, New York Post) arrives on Blu-ray and DVD today, September 15th from Twentieth Century FOX Home Entertainment.
More than 100,000 fans watched last night's Season Two EMPIRE live event featuring cast members Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, and Trai Byers
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