article_snippet: The Wiz" is adapted from L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," with a book by Brown and music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls.
article_snippet: "The Wiz" is a retelling of "Oz" in an African-American/multicultural context.
article_snippet: The Wiz was adapted as a film in 1978 starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor.
highlights_snippet: "The Wiz" is a retelling of "The Wizard of Oz" in a multicultural context .