The Wiz Returns to the Orpheum

The musical ends the theater’s Broadway season with contemporary take on the Wizard of Oz.


Cal Mitchell as The Lion, Dana Cimone as Dorothy, D. Jerome as The Tinman, and Elijah Ahmad Lewis as The Scarecrow in the North American Tour of The Wiz (Photo: Jeremy Daniel)

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