The Wiz
Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls
Book by William F. Brown
Based on the story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by Frank Baum
Moe Coutu Dramatics Director
Robert C. Babb Musical Director
Debra Gunning Choreographer
source: Concord Theatricals
Performances at
Elm Street Auditorium
May 16-18, 1986
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Acknowledgments
Group 5 Communications – Rick Otte
Indian Head Bank
Allyn Associates
Party-Time, Inc.
Act I Video
Little Shoe Store
The Carpet Center
Barlo Signs
Peter Brady – Photographer
Accurate Printing
Polson Bros. Painting
Scenes and Musical Numbers
Act One
Prologue Kansas
“The Feeling We Once Had” Aunt Em
“Tornado Ballet” Dance Corps
Scene 1 Munchkin Land
“He’s the Wiz” Addaperle, Munchkins
Scene 2 Oz Countryside
“Soon As I Get Home” Dorothy
“I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday” Scarecrow, Crows
“Ease on Down the Road” Dorothy, Scarecrow, Yellow Brick Road
Scene 3 Woods
“Slide Some Oil To Me” Tinman, Dorothy, Scarecrow
“Ease on Down the Road” (reprise) Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Yellow Brick Road
Scene 4 Jungle
“Mean Ole Lion” Lion
“Ease on Down the Road” (reprise) Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion, Yellow Brick Road
Scene 5 Kalidah Country
“Kalidah Battle” Friends, Kalidahs, Yellow Brick Road
“Be a Lion” Dorothy, Lion
Scene 6 Emerald City
“Emerald City Ballet (Pssst)” Friends, Company Music by Timothy Graphenreed and George Faison
Scene 7 Throne Room
“So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard” The Wiz
“To Be Able to Feel” Tinman
Act Two
Scene 1 West Witch Castle
“No Bad News” Evillene, Company
Scene 2 Courtyard
“Everybody Rejoice” Friends, Winkies, Company Music and Lyrics by Luther Vandross
Scene 3 Emerald City Gate
Scene 4 Throne Room
“Who Do You Think You Are?” Friends
“Believe In Yourself” The Wiz
Scene 5 Fairgrounds
“Y’all Got it!” The Wiz
Scene 6 Outskirts
Scene 7 Quadling Country
“A Rested Body is a Rested Mind” Glinda
“Believe in Yourself” (reprise) Glinda
“Home” Dorothy
“The Wiz” is presented by the Actorsingers by arrangement
with Samuel French, Inc., New York, New York
