| Show r The Wiz presented in Salt Lake f the one hes he's the HES HE'S I. I only one who can give your wish right to ya He can send you back thru time by running magic to ya All of the super powers power's his listen listen usten lis lis- us- us ten and Ill I'll tell you where he heIs heis heis is Hes He's the Wiz and he lives in Oz No Its It's not the Judy Garland Garland Garland Gar Gar- land The Wiz the musical version of The Wizard of Oz and its it's being produced right here in our own valley The Wiz opened on Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- way on January 1975 1975 a marvelously energetic spectacularly spectacularly spectacularly spec spec- colorful and thoroughly entertaining rock musical Newsweek critic Jack Kroll said Its lilts perfect nonsense nonsense nonsense non non- sense and one of the most cyclonic blasts of high energy I- I to hit Broadway in a long time Only a wicked witch or ora ora ora a pooped-out pooped drama critic could remain unmoved by byThe byThe byThe The Wiz's blazing high spirits its piping-hot piping servings of soul and its sly sagacity about the pleasures and perils of fan fan- tasy The Wiz began in the imagination imagination imagination im im- im- im of Geoffrey Holder You know him as the bald guy with the great laugh in inthe inthe inthe the Sprite commercials Holder directed choreographed costumed and designed the set for the show His production ion collected collected collected col col- col- col seven Tony awards including including in in- cl one for the Best Musical of the Season It was the first black all-black musical to w win a Tony William F. F Brown author of the book received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for forThe forThe forThe The Wiz and Charlie Smalls received a Tony award for the seasons season's best score as well as a 1976 Grammy Award for the years year's best original cast album Jona Jonathan han Stowers lan lan- fine arts coordinator and Spanish instructor is directing the show and Joyce Cottrell administrative assistant assistant assistant assis assis- tant to the president is music director and pianist for the production The Wiz is sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- by the Draper Arts Council and will run November November November Novem Novem- ber 9 10 12 15 16 and 17 at pm p.m. at the Draper Com Corn H Theater South East Tickets are 5 reserved seating 4 general admission 2 children 12 and under with a special family night rate of 10 for forthe forthe forthe the entire family on Monday night Nov Noy 12 For tickets contact Joyce Cottrell AD Follow Dorothy the best witch wicked-witch killer in the country and her friends the lion the tin man and the 1 scarecrow through the land landof j f of Oz as they meet flying monkeys r rand and three witches the Good i Witch of the North otherwise I known as the Feel j Good Girl Glinda the Good Witch of the South and Evil- Evil lene the Wicked Witch of the 1 West the woman who put the ug in ugly Come on I 1 and ease on down the road with us |
