In December, NBC will air live The Whiz Live. It has just completed casting the show and after it's TV run will go on to Broadway for a theatrical run. Dorothy is being portrayed by some new chick named Shanice Williams, 19 yrs olds, dont confuse her with 40 something Shanice Wilson who is married to Fletch. If you check YouTube, you can see video of Shanice Williams singing a little snippet of "Be a Lion". Elijah Kelly will be portraying the Scarecrow, Ne-Yo will be portraying the tin Woodsman, David Allen Greer will be portraying the Lion, Uzo Adoba (from Orange is the New Black) will be portraying Glinda the Good Witch, Queen Latifah will be portraying the Whiz, Mary J Blige will be portraying Evillene the bad Witch, Amber Riley will be portraying Addaperle (Miss One), and the Legendary Stephanie Mills will be portraying Aunti Em. Common will be portraying the Bouncer dude at entrance to The Wiz's Tower.
I love some of the cast, but this cast is jacked up smooth. Uzo Adoba is too dark and too young! to play Glenda the Good With, originally portrayed by the legendary Miss Lena Horne!!! Can that bitch even sing? Lena slayed this role!!! And she didn't sing that song, she SANG that song!!! I think Stephanie Mills should portray Evillene or Glinda the Good Witch. And Queen Latifah should be Addaperle or Evillene. David Allen Greer should be portraying the Whiz. And maybe Queen Latifah could be the Lion. Sigh. Ah, I know, Mary J Blige should portray Glinda! You need someone who can belt out a song with feeling!!! Sigh!
I am not mad at the new Dorothy, she has a lovely little voice. And she looks the part. It's just almost all of the other choices that I am questioning and not happy with. Maybe they will surprise me and do an amazing job. I wasn't happy when the picked Diana Ross to portray Dorothy in the movie version of The Whiz but she did a pretty good job of it. All except for when she sang "Home" at the end of the movie and her voice was crack a lacking all over the place. Give me emotion while you sing, but please please above all else stay on pitch! hahahaha
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