This past summer, actor Phillip Johnson Richardson found himself back home, again, living in Charlotte, North Carolina, and waiting tables at a small-town pizza joint. Everyone treated him well at the ...

Just over a half century ago one of the greatest figments of imagination in literary history got a makeover as L. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz” became “The Wiz.” Baum’s story of Dorothy, whisked ...

As a kindergartener, Caleb Wertz attended his first musical at the Shikellamy auditorium — the school’s 2009 production of “The Wiz.” “My mom took me and I loved it. I kept singing ‘Ease on Down the ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The third time's the charm for NBC. An exuberant, inventive "The Wiz Live!" on Thursday night breathed new life into the notion of full-scale musicals on live TV with a happy serving ...

Summer has barely begun, and we’ve already enjoyed three productions exhibiting some extraordinary young talent. In mid-May, Second Stage Playhouse presented 50 talented youngsters in “The Wizard of ...