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The Wiz
Presented By Texas Southern University
Tuesday, October 19th at 7:00pm CST - Thursday, October 21st, 2021
Online sale ends: 10/21/21 at 7:00pm CST
Sawyer Auditorium
3100 Cleburne St
Houston, TX 77004
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Description
TSU Theatre presents “The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical,” with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown, directed by Rachel Dickson. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum’s children’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (1900) in the context of contemporary African-American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974, at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, MD, and moved to Broadway’s Majestic Theatreon January 5, 1975. The 1975 Broadway production won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
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