The Wiz Broadway 2024 Review. Now “the wiz” returns to broadway in a revival directed by schele williams and an updated book by amber ruffin, with the aim of creating a take “through the blackest of black. Plus, get the best of broadwayworld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe.
Since becoming a broadway hit in 1975, “the wiz,” a gospel, soul and r&b take on dorothy’s adventures in oz, largely composed by charlie smalls, with a book by william f. The wiz — broadway review (4/20) i have never seen the wiz and just saw snippets of the live nbc version a few years ago, so i went in blind (obviously knowing it followed a similar story.