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In anticipation of NBC's upcoming holiday production of THE WIZ LIVE!, some of the cast stopped by the set of another NBC show- THE VOICE. Watch below as Dorothy (Shanice Williams) shows her friends what she's got!

This morning's TODAY chatted with the THE WIZ LIVE! stars Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, David Alan Grier, Ne-Yo and Shanice Williams as they prepare for the big night.

Shanice Williams, Ne-Yo, David Alan Grier and Elijah Kelley stopped by WENDY WILLIAMS to dish about their special event airing live this Thursday on NBC.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, guest Queen Latifah talked about starring in and customizing her look for NBC's live production of THE WIZ LIVE!

NBC has shard an all-new extended trailer for the highly anticipated live broadcast of THE WIZ LIVE!, airing Thursday, December 3rd. Check it out below!

NBC will present THE MAKING OF THE WIZ LIVE tonight, November 25 on NBC (8-9 p.m. ET).

Roundabout Theatre Company has confirmed complete casting for the 50th Anniversary Season Benefit Reading of THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart starring Nathan Lane. Joining the celebrated cast are Austin Durant ('Expressman, Technician, Police Officer'), Peter Kim ('Sandy'), Mark Linn-Baker ('Dr. Bradley'), Ned Noyes ('Michaelson/Westcott/Expressman'), Harrison Unger ('Stage Directions'), Richard Poe ('Mr. Stanley'), Lee Wilkof ('Banjo') and Mary Louise Wilson ('Harriet Stanley'). Roundabout's Associate Artistic Director Scott Ellis will direct this one-night only reading.

BroadwayWorld was on set earlier this month as the company was readying for the big night and we checked in with animal trainer BIll Berloni, who is working with Toto (played by Scooter), to find out how rehearsals have been going so far. Check out the full interview below!

The big day has arrived! THE WIZ LIVE! airs tonight, December 3, at 8PM/7c. The production will star newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy alongside Grammy and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah as the Wizard, nine-time Grammy-winner Mary J. Blige as Evillene, original Dorothy, Stephanie Mills, as Auntie Em and David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion.

BroadwayWorld was on set earlier this month as the company was readying for the big night and we checked in with Harvey Fierstein to find out what kind of changes he made to the book to make it more modern. Check out the full interview below!

We are another day closer to NBC's highly-anticipated musical special, THE WIZ LIVE!, which airs Thursday, December 3, at 8PM/7c. The production will star newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy alongside Grammy and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah as the Wizard, nine-time Grammy-winner Mary J. Blige as Evillene, original Dorothy, Stephanie Mills, as Auntie Em and David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion.

The big day is her! THE WIZ LIVE! airs tonight, December 3, at 8PM/7c. The production will star newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy alongside Grammy and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah as the Wizard, nine-time Grammy-winner Mary J. Blige as Evillene, original Dorothy, Stephanie Mills, as Auntie Em and David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion.

Click below for all-new footage of NBC's THE WIZ LIVE!, featuring Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch! The upcoming holiday production will air Thursday, Dec. 3.

They're home (and we can't wait for them to invite us over)! Click below for all-new footage of Queen Latifah and Shanice Williams belting it out onstage in NBC's THE WIZ LIVE! The upcoming holiday production will air Thursday, Dec. 3.

NBC has just shared a first look at THE WIZ LIVE! star Mary J. Blige in action and we've got the  photos below! Plus, CLICK HERE to check out photos of Stephanie Mills, Amber Riley, Uzo Aduba and more in full costume for the highly anticipated December 3rd live telecast. 

NBC will go behind the scenes of its upcoming live musical in THE MAKING OF THE WIZ LIVE next Wednesday, November 25 (8-9 p.m. ET). Below, watch a new promo with special backstage footage and more!

Below, check out an all-new promo featuring the joyous number 'A Brand New Day'

Below, watch cast members Ne-Yo, newcomer Shanice Williams, Stephanie Mills, Amber Riley and David Alan Grier rehearsing the classic number 'Ease on Down the Road'!

One wonderful actor plays 36 wonderful characters in a clever and loving adaptation of the classic Frank Capra film, 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

Access Hollywood went behind-the-scenes of NBC's THE WIZ LIVE to speak with the cast of the highly anticipated live broadcast. The show will air live on NBC on Thursday, Dec. 3.

Today, March 16, 2015, Asolo Repertory Theatre and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training announced their highly anticipated 2015-16 seasons with a special presentation in the Mertz Theatre.

Shanice Williams, Ne-Yo, David Alan Grier and Elijah Kelley stopped by NBC's TODAY to talk about the upcoming television event 'The Wiz LIVE!' based on the Tony-winning Broadway hit.

Below, THE WIZ LIVE!'s Queen Latifah talks about NBC's exciting upcoming live broadcast of the musical classic, which she says will let you 'leave you world behind and escape reality for a bit'

Get ready for NBC's THE WIZ LIVE, starring Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Shanice Williams, David Alan Grier, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, Common and more. The live broadcast airs Thursday, December 3 at 8/7c on NBC. Below, check out an all-new promo!

The Irish Repertory Theatre (Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director and Ciaran O'Reilly, Producing Director) announces its first production of 2016, THE BURIAL AT THEBES written by Irish Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, based on Sophocles' Antigone.