Casting for The Wiz on NBC announced

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I think we talked about this here.  

Yaaaaas to Mary J. Blige as Evillene. I also like Queen Latifah as the Wiz, we had a female casting when I was in it in high school and I think it worked well. 

They had best not cast Bey as Glinda. 

www.themarysue.com/nbc-casts-the-wiz/

[elleblue]

Still pulling for Jill Scott as Glinda and Anika Noni Rose as Dorothy.

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Jul 30, 2015 13:03:18 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Still pulling for Jill Scott as Glinda and Anika Noni Rose as Dorothy.

I think Jill Scott would be great as Addaperle as well, though I'm assuming that's the role Uzo Aduba is in talks for. 

[busybodyk]

I LOVE MJB and Queen Latifah!

I would love to see Brandy cast as Dorothy. It doesn't matter who is in it I will be glued to the TV and tweeting about every moment! This will be an event!

[omgzombies]

I'm gonna have Ease on Down the Road stuck in my head tonight.

[secretlyevil]

So far so good. Please do not cast Bey.

[omgzombies]

Jul 30, 2015 20:42:22 GMT -5 @dontcallmeshirley1 said:

Jul 30, 2015 19:03:26 GMT -5 omgzombies said:

I'm gonna have Ease on Down the Road stuck in my head tonight.

As long as you don't carry nothing that might be a load, you're fine. 

Well don't nobody bring me no bad news.

[mbcdefg]

Bumping because I just saw this on my local news site. (Yay for a local girl!)

Dorothy has been cast - Shanice Williams from Rahway, NJ. A student at American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, and involved with Paper Mill Playhouse in NJ.

www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2015/08/the_wiz_live_dorothy_cast_shanice_williams.html#incart_river

www.people.com/article/wiz-live-dorothy-shanice-williams-cast

Also, David Alan Grier will play The Cowardly Lion.

[wambam]

I am pleased they cast someone with an actual theater background for Dorothy. It's really irritating that NBC has gone for the big name over the experience in the past. Go steal people from Broadway and theater schools!

[mbcdefg]

Another bump because photos have been released:

www.people.com/article/the-wiz-live-nbc-costumes-first-look




The Wiz Live! may not be airing until Dec. 3, but PEOPLE has the exclusive First Look photos of Dorothy and her friends in costume.



"We're creating a fantasy land that also is inspired by some of the imagery you'd see today," Tony-nominated costume designer Paul Tazewell says in the next issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday. "It's the edgiest of high-fashion from now but in the world of the Emerald City."



Shanice Williams as Dorothy


"It's greatly influenced by where we start: a contemporary Kansas," says Tazewell. "Dorothy is dressed as a modern teenager."



Elijah Kelley as the Scarecrow


"He's a fashion-forward scarecrow," says Tazewell. "His suit is something you would find at a secondhand store but when he embodies it, becomes much more hip – reminiscent of Basquiat character."



Ne-Yo as the Tin Man


"He is a woodsman translated into the world of tin," says Tazewell. "It's much more literal to work clothing than it is created out of a patchwork of metal. And it's topped off with a tree-worker's metal hat."



David Alan Grier as the Cowardly Lion


"We see him as a real lion," says Tazewell. "His updated look is a mane that is made out of dreads and a vest that is styled in a more contemporary way."

[sfy]

Well.

The costumes look good.

[omgzombies]

Yes! Love the look.

[2curlydogs]

Why does the Cowardly Lion look like a cross between a Wookie and a Ewok?

[pixy0stix]

Is it me, or did they really lighten her skin for the photos?

[2curlydogs]

Oct 14, 2015 10:04:37 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Is it me, or did they really lighten her skin for the photos?

Nope. Not just you.