Now, let's get down to business, honey. Make way! LION: Well, yeah. (he's the wizard) Just take your dilemma, child And lay it on the wizard He'll fix you a drink that will bubble and foam And in a flash you will be home He's the wiz He's the wizard of oz He's got magic up his sleeve (he's the wizard) And you know without his help Twould be impossible to leave Fantastic power at his command And i'm sure that he will understand He's the wiz And he lives in oz He's the wizard--he's the wizard DOROTHY: He's the wizard!! Some loose bread? (She clicks her heels three times and the curtain opens to reveal Kansas and her home.

TINMAN: We'll do our best, sir. That means that she must be ..... And if they did that to her.... and I tell them that they can't ....Oh!

MUNCHKIN: Watch out for them terrible flying monkeys! Look! SCARECROW: Say what? DOROTHY: Your stage name? DOROTHY: No! DOROTHY: And, Scarecrow, you sure kept your cool, too. So I went to this here Tinsmith I knew, and I said: "Hey, man...do you think you could fix me up with a tin leg?" LION: Alright!! WIZ: Now you have got to do it! SCARECROW: Tell me, my good fellow, do you still have that balloon that brought you here from Nebraska? (To DOROTHY) Tell her! DOROTHY picks up the bucket and throws the contents on the WICKED WITCH.) DOROTHY: Who? Burning in the heat of your own lies..when you oughta be reaching up...up...up! (Hides behind curtain.) Get that water out of my sight! MESSENGER: A message, your Evilness. DOROTHY: Alright! ADDAPERLE: My magic slate. (MUSIC: "EMERALD CITY BALLET") DOROTHY: Which way to the Wiz? I'm through being Mr. Nice Guy. DOROTHY: Mr. Wiz...Mr. Wiz... ACT TWO; SCENE SEVEN; Somewhere else in Oz. DOROTHY: But I couldn't do something like that!!! LION: Dorothy!

Child, you know that lady is so afraid of water, she don't even take a bath? ADDAPERLE: What a way to go, baby!! He shakes and grits his teeth in anticipation of pain. )No, wait!!! SCARECROW: And at least you get a brain.

Wait for me. (MUSIC CUE: "TORNADO BALLET") DOROTHY: (Running around) Aunt Em! DOROTHY: They got you carrying water? Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted.

You want to see the Wiz? And before you could say "wizard"...they promoted me all over town, and sold tickets for a benefit, at which they said I was going to perform another miracle. DOROTHY: If what?? Man, it sure feels good to stand on my own two feet again! TINMAN: Well, I wasn't always made outta tin, you know. A time when we must stop...holding on to the things that make us feel safe!

Wiz!! Dorothy! Amber Riley will star as Addaperle in NBC's upcoming holiday production of "The Wiz Live!" LION: Because we want to see the wizard again, big dummy!

Are you a coward, too? SCARECROW: Well, then, I guess we'd better leave the money and go. How come you joined the circus, child? (MUSIC: I WAS BORN ON THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY") (Woo woo woo woo woo woo) I was born on the day before yesterday I had holes in my shoes, i was crying the blues And i didn't have no place to stay But somehow i know I know, i'm gonna make it this time Yes, somehow i know I know i'm gonna make it this time, yeah. Toto! Who is the Great...the Terrible...the Omnipotent Wizard of Oz in reality? DOROTHY: Well, my name is... ADDAPERLE: Wait!

WIZ: I don't gotta do anything.

But I don't wanna be around when you wake him up. The three Munchkins, played by Orla Delaney, Jarrett Strzepek and Tyler Bracket — with their heads atop puppet bodies and masterful facial expressions — were a huge hit for the audience. She tolerates the moaning and crying of the WINKIES for just so long, and then:) EVILLENE: Shut up!

MOUSE: Look, I wanna tell ya, your cat there was really flying. We all know the story of the Wizard of Oz and the adventures of Dorothy and her dog, Toto, but “The Wiz,” which premiered on Broadway in 1975 and took home seven Tony awards including one for best musical, is far different from what we were used to growing up watching Judy Garland star as Dorothy. SCARECROW AND TINMAN: King Fu????? (LION is seen also carrying a large bucket of water. GLINDA: Well, it may be so, but it's costing me a fortune to do it. CITIZENS: Uh!! DOROTHY: You mean your big old empty room, where nobody comes to see you, and you're afraid to go out, 'less people find out you're foolin' them.

This is the poppy field. WIZ: Tell me...Where did you get such a marvelous pair of silver pumps? MOUSE: You're under arrest! Glinda! Always daydreaming and stuff. In 2012, she made her New York stage debut to strong reviews in New York City Center's Duke Ellington's "Cotton Club Parade.".

TINMAN: What happened? (MUSIC: "EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD #3") DOROTHY, TINMAN, SCARECROW, LION, YELLOW BRICK ROAD, COMPANY: Come on Ease on down, ease on down the road Come on Ease on down, ease on down the road Don't you carry nothin' That might be a load Come on Ease on down ease on down the road Cuz there may be times When you wish you wasn't born And you wake one morning Just to find your courage gone But just know that feelin' Only lasts a little while And just stick with us And we'll show you how to smile... Come on... Ease on down, ease on down the road Come on Ease on down, ease on down the road Don't you carry nothin' That might be a load Come on Ease on down, ease on down... Ease on down, ease on down... Ease on down, ease on down... ACT ONE; SCENE FIVE LION: Wait a minute, y'all. Can't you feel a brand new day? ... "Lick behind your ears, child, or you don't get no dessert." I'm gonna get my brains!!! WIZ: So I rented myself a hot air balloon. I think the feeling is fear. (Then, to LION:) And you! TINMAN: You better let us in, or I'm gonna chop down this gate. SCARECROW: Of course not! WIZ: Ah, Addaperle.

DOROTHY: That's silly. (Pointing in direction of TINMAN.) GATEKEEPER: Oh, very well. Just clickin' my heels three times, and I'm home? Just show me the way. SCARECROW: You just told Dorothy that she had to do that!!

SCARECROW: (After a very long pause.) Although the pilot was not picked up to series, she was able to use that experience to land a role on the series "Cedric the Entertainer Presents. (Walks over to DOROTHY. A hilarious ghetto character from the hit broadway musical, "The Wiz" Addaperle is Glinda's sister.

(MUSIC: "EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD #2") DOROTHY, SCARECROW, TINMAN, YELLOW BRICK ROAD, COMPANY: Pick you right foot up When your left one's down Come on legs keep movin' Don't you lose no ground 'Cause the road you're walkin' Might be long sometime But just keep on steppin' And you'll be just fine... Come on and ease on down the road Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road Don't you carry nothin' That might be a load Come on Ease on down, ease on down the road. TINMAN: The call? When I get my hands on Dorothy's silver slippers...all of Oz will kiss my feet! EVILLENE: Well, what's the situation with Dorothy? SCARECROW: So when the man with the keys comes back....the money will be right here by the mail chute. TINMAN: Come on, honey! SCARECROW: Hold your nose!

A few days later. A couple of cats who need staightening out. DOROTHY: No. LORD HIGH UNDERLING: You summoned me, oh Beautiful Mistress? ADDAPERLE: Listen, child, I'm doing the best I can. ACT TWO; SCENE FIVE The throne room of the Wiz. (Exits) DOROTHY: (Entering with TOTO) Now what was it you wanted me to do? ADDAPERLE: I told you about my sister, Glinda. ADDAPERLE: Dorothy! How little we know ourselves. MUNCHKIN: In the Land of Oz, where the Munchkins live.

(She's melted completely.) SCARECROW: Cross your heart! DOROTHY: There you are. GLINDA: Why, honey, you got your silver slippers. EVILLENE: Look what you've done. ACT ONE; SCENE ONE The Land of the Munchkins. Well, between the gold and the silver, alone, I'd say somewhere in the vicinity of a round figure... TINMAN: I think there's at least twice that much! SCARECROW: And what kind of defense were you doin', O Mighty King of the Jungle? DOROTHY: But I was taught never to break a promise.
The next instant. I didn't... AUNT EM: ...think. As a matter of fact, the Wiz isn't here right now... SCARECROW: Then who are you?

Just let me say...my friends. DOROTHY: Now it's my turn, Mr. Wiz. Well, you can't win 'em all. When you know you oughta be up! ADDAPERLE: Oh, you saw him? ADDAPERLE: Well, listen. LION: I know!! WIZ: Dorothy...if you want to get back to Kansas bad enough, you're just going to have to pay for it! (She breaks into laughter at such an incredible idea.) DOROTHY: You know...I bet if you got started all over again someplace... WIZ: Oh, no.....no........... DOROTHY: You could do all this....and even have some friends. TINMAN: Will you dig that? LION AND SCARECROW: (Capturing the GATEKEEPER:) Gotcha!! WIZ: Oh, no? Anything till I get my head together?

WIZ: In order to dig inside my my own soul. Addaperle is the good witch of the north, and Glinda of the south. The Wiz Lillias D. White. TINMAN: Incredible. It had something to do with an urban renewal. Dorothy, wait! LION: (Recognizing him) A fake! As long as the Wicked Witch of the West still lives, none of you gets anything!! DOROTHY AND LION: I'm (you're) standing strong and tall I'm (you're) the bravest of them all If on courage you (i) must call Then i'll (you'll) keep on tryin' And tryin', and tryin' You're a lion In your (my) own way I'm (be) a lion! WIZ: I do not care how it happened. They came with me to see the Wiz, too. Come on, Dorothy, it's time to leave. The WIZ pours the '"All-Brain" which is really glitter, onto the SCARECROW who whirls his head four times, primarily to clear the excess glitter, and then rises, with a big grin, totally changed and refined, the epitome of self-assurance.) The offense always gets the headlines. See more ideas about The wiz, The wiz musical, Costumes.

SCARECROW: Open up in there! What money? WIZ: Well, the very next day, I read where five hundred folks were gonna get together at a county fair. (Addaperle enters from a cloud of smoke dazed and confused.) Work you show, baby! What kind of stuff is that? Don't you know i'm ready to fight I'll turn your day into night I'm a mean ole lion And if you're half bright You'll detour to the right I'm a mean ole lion All you strangers better beware This is the king of the jungle here And if i happen to let you slide Don't just stand there, run and hide Now, you just caught my better side I'm a mean ole lion Mean ole lion!!! The answer's just not in this box. ACT ONE; SCENE TWO A cornfield. LORD HIGH UNDERLING: Make way!

(Starts to cry) TINMAN: Awww! GATEKEEPER: You must be mad!
I thought so.

I think I found the engine room. UNCLE HENRY: You'd better hurry up, a big storm is heading this way.

EVILLENE: (Exploding) All right!! DOROTHY: You sure saved us all. I'll take my chances. SCARECROW: Well, I'd feel a whole lot better if I knew I had something upstairs besides a bunch of straw.