He was great. As creepy as The Wiz was, he was great. I should rent that movie again. Diana Ross was waaaaay too old, but the whole concept was pretty cool.
I've never seen the show, only the movie as a kid. I guess the concept that I liked was probably from the show--the whole idea of Manhattan being Oz, and this incredible fantasy land--and they have to cross over the GW Bridge or something, right? I remember the subway scene (?) being scary--there were some weird intense moments in it--not sure if that's from the show.
Even as a child, though, I didn't buy Diana Ross as this frail young girl. I was like "didn't that girl with the ponytails, Stephanie Mills, do this on Broadway?"
In the '90s, I was doing a rock-and-roll revue at a theme park, and one day during the Elvis segment when we really bopped out, I realized my dance partner looked just like Nipsey Russell--big, black, kind of square face. His name was David Something. I said "I'm dancing with Nipsey Russell!" to him and he laughed (we always traded shit back and forth during the show, as long as we didn't have the hot mikes).
Oh yeah--and that was when MJ was normal! And had his cute, normal nose! That we all loved! He was such a good-looking man back then. Aside from his whole child-molestin' ass, another thing that bothers me so much about him is how he felt he was so ugly before--he was SUCH a good-looking man. Such a sweet smile, and I LOVED his nose back then.
It was my senior musical in high school. We had the actual costumes from the tour as they had been struck at Clowes Memorial Hall which was the closing tour performance venue. We were VERY lucky in that. The play has as much to do with the movie as Diana Ross's NYC teacher character has to do with a little girl from Kansas. The play is about the same in form as the Judy Garland movie but updated and soulified! It's a friggin' HOOT. Pick up the script next time you're in Theatre Circle or somewhere. You won't be sorry.
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Even as a child, though, I didn't buy Diana Ross as this frail young girl. I was like "didn't that girl with the ponytails, Stephanie Mills, do this on Broadway?"
In the '90s, I was doing a rock-and-roll revue at a theme park, and one day during the Elvis segment when we really bopped out, I realized my dance partner looked just like Nipsey Russell--big, black, kind of square face. His name was David Something. I said "I'm dancing with Nipsey Russell!" to him and he laughed (we always traded shit back and forth during the show, as long as we didn't have the hot mikes).
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I was the Scarecrow...have pics to prove it!
The play has as much to do with the movie as Diana Ross's NYC teacher character has to do with a little girl from Kansas. The play is about the same in form as the Judy Garland movie but updated and soulified! It's a friggin' HOOT. Pick up the script next time you're in Theatre Circle or somewhere. You won't be sorry.