Charlie Smalls
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Biography
Charlie Smalls (October 25, 1943 – August 27, 1987) was an American composer and songwriter, best known for writing the music and lyrics for playwright William F. Brown's 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz and the 1978 film version of the same name. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charlie Smalls, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series.
The Monkees
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
The Wiz
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
Drum
Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of showstoppers designed to create an eye-popping new take on the musical unlike anything ever seen.
The Wiz Live!
This re-telling of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz comes to the Hope Mill Theatre, the first major UK staging of the 1975 musical in 10 years. Ease on down the road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion in this super soul musical.