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#the wiz#musicals#broadway#the wiz musical#ease on down the road#dorothy#lion#tin man#scarecrow#can you feel a brand new day#brand new day#no bad news#the wiz tour#the wiz broadway
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Catching up on posts for things I have seen recently —
The Wiz at the Pantages Theatre in February:
(My memory of this show is a bit fuzzy so comments are kind of vague)
I was looking forward to this show since it's a well-known show that somehow I have never seen in any form, so I have no comparisons except the other adaptations of The Wizard of Oz. It was often campy and over-the-top but once I got a feel for the tone, I didn't find it overbearing. (For comparison, examples of fun shows that nevertheless felt like a little too much: Moulin Rouge! and Beetlejuice.)
There were three things that worked in sequence to get me on board with the show:
The orchestra
The orchestra sounded great and set the tone with the overture. Sometimes I want to leave as soon as possible after bows but in this case I also stuck around to hear the exit music.
Addaperle's escalating series of jokes about Evamene
The show had jokes that I actually found funny (!) which is not something I expect in comedies, because humor is subjective, etc. etc. (I sometimes brace myself for disappointment going into comedic shows. Little worried about Shucked next year.)
The repeated iterations of "Ease On Down The Road"
The riff that opens the song is cool and catchy and full of anticipation. As a viewer who is familiar with source material and characters, seeing the band of travelers built up one by one with a joyful & hopeful song is really enjoyable setup. Each of them has great individual moments (particularly liked Kyle Ramar Freeman as Lion) but it is most fun to see them all together.
(Honorable mention: the "Emerald City" dance sequence that opens Act II)
The audience was very responsive and I think it really improved my viewing experience. One couple to my right seemed to be on a date night and were evidently having a great time; they got "RIP Evamene" t-shirts at intermission. (I do wish the guy hadn't sung along to part of "Home" but oh well.)
Several of the songs were familiar to me outside the context of the show, and in this case seeing them as part of the show was a pleasant surprise (contrast with "Don't Rain On My Parade" in Funny Girl).
Projections worked reasonably well in Oz to illustrate a mood; the semi-realistic landscapes that represented Kansas were a bit anticlimactic after all the wonder of Oz. It still felt like a touring show more so than a Broadway show, possibly due to sets that felt scaled down. Would that be less of an issue in a significantly smaller Broadway theater?
Overall, performances were good, I had a good time, and I was glad I didn't miss it.
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#art#wiz art#rum tum tugger#cats musical 1998#cats#cats movie#cats the musical fanart#cats musical art#cats musical#cats the musical#fan art#yamzanimatics
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#best musical world cup#2024 best musical world cup#musicals#broadway#musical theater#musical theatre#theater#theatre#polls#matilda the musical#the wiz
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Michael Jackson & former girlfriend, singer Stephanie Mills, attending an event for the Good Scout Humanitarian Award (1990).
#michael jackson#stephanie mills#singers#icons#legends#king of pop#bad era#music#1990#boy scouts of america#the wiz#black woman#black women#african american#pop#black culture#r&b#black music#rare#photo#sbrown82
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#company musical#godspell#jesus chris superstar#grease#a funny thing happened on the way to the forum#pippin#a little night music#the rocky horror show#the wiz#a chorus line#chicago musical#evita#evita musical#musicals#musical theatre#polls
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idk if we appreciate the wiz & pirate 101 soundtracks enough. Why are they such bangers. Like you would only hear the Golem Tower theme for less than 20 seconds in your average wiz playthrough and yet. It's such a masterpiece
#wiz101#pirate101#wizard101#p101#idk i love videogame music#and i'm pretty sure wiz is the basis for nearly everything I adore in a videogame nowadays
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Lena Horne
Believe in Yourself
The Wiz-1978
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Hinton Battle was the original Scarecrow in The Wiz, Mabel King was the original Evillene* (in both the stage show AND the movie), and Tasha Thomas was the original Aunt Em.
*Evillene is the name of the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wiz, so this is a picture of two Wicked Witches of the West meeting (!!!!!!!!!)
BONUS:
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#I'm Really Really Really Really Really Normal about this picture's existence friends#like. AAAAAAAA#it makes me so so happy that the 1939 people were largely supportive of The Wiz#need to get my hands on an original cast album of the wiz#the stage show not the movie. i already have the movie on cd and dvd#mabel king died in 1999 and margaret hamilton died in 1985 so they could have never met an elphaba. however if that ever would have happene#i'd be nonexistent#I'm Very Incredibly Normal about The Wiz and the 1939 movie as evidenced by the above#ozposting#the wiz#the wizard of oz (1939)#musical theatre#Youtube
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Liminal space in “The Wiz”
#The Wiz#liminal#liminal spaces#the backrooms#michael jackson#diana ross#musicals#black films#1970s#the wizard of oz
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You wouldn’t last an HOUR in the asylum where they raised me
#I’m throwing a FIT#broadway#musicals#harmony musical#how to dance in ohio#great gatsby#the wiz#chip zien#CHIP ZIEN MY KING#theatre
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Villain Song Showdown Preliminary Round #22
Top two will make it into the bracket
Songs below the cut
Maison des Lunes - Villain: Gaston
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Where's the Girl? - Villain: Chauvelin
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The Riddle - Villain: Chauvelin, in trio with Marguerite and Percy
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Falcon in the Dive - Villain: Chauvelin
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Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News - Villain: Evillene
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La Marseillaise Leitmotif - Villain: Napoleon and the French (Time indices for the motif are 5:25-5:50, 6:12-6:30, 10:00-10:15 and 11:31-12:16)
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Hello, Little Girl - Villain: The Big Bad Wolf
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Herbert Style - Villain: Herbert P. Bear
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You Wouldn't Know - Villain: GLaDOS
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#villain song showdown#preliminary round#the scarlet pimpernel#beauty and the beast#beauty and the beast musical#the wiz#tchaikovsky#into the woods#club penguin#lego dimensions#lego dimensions portal#portal#tournament poll
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Mr. Tugger…
#wiz art#cats#cats movie#cats musical#cats musical 1998#rum tum tugger#cats the musical fanart#fan art#yamzanimatics#art
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#best musical world cup#2024 best musical world cup#musicals#broadway#musical theater#musical theatre#theater#theatre#polls#the wiz#the lord of the rings musical#on your feet#bat boy
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Year-End Poll #63: 2012
[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Maroon 5, Ellie Goulding, The Wanted, Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, One Direction. End description]
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We're starting to see the sound of the 2010's differentiating itself from the 2000's. EDM and dance pop is still big, especially that "festival sound". Nicki Minaj's Starships and Rihanna's We Found Love are notable examples of the "wordless chorus" (where the song builds up to a drop or some other kind of musical phrase instead of a traditional chorus) that will continue to shape the decade's musical landscape. We'll also start to see more examples of songs being attributed to the producer in addition to, or in some cases instead of, the vocalist.
But what's especially interesting this year are the new ways artists are being able to grow an audience. Traditional methods of promotion like TV are still present, with Fun's We Are Young gaining widespread popularity from its cover on Glee and One Direction gaining their initial popularity off of The X Factor. But this is the year we're starting to see the trends shifting. While Carly Rae Jepsen was already making a name for herself in the Canadian music scene through her appearance on Canadian Idol, her debut hit Call Me Maybe, started to take off in the States after Justin Bieber tweeted about it. This wasn't the first time a song blew up online, and it wasn't even the biggest this year.
I won't bury the lead: this was the year Psy's Gangnam Style took off worldwide. However, the song is not featured on this poll, because it only made it to number 47 on the Billboard Year-End chart. This is notable for any Korean language song (especially at the time), but for a song that was so universally known and parodied, if feels odd that it wasn't bigger than it was. The reason for that is Gangnam Style became popular through its music video, and Billboard didn't factor YouTube views into their charts at the time. Billboard changed their data collection to include YouTube views later this year. Was it because of Psy? Maybe. But after this year, we'll start to see a lot more instances of songs taking off in part to the performance of their music videos -- even more than the peak of MTV in the 80's.
#billboard poll#billboard music#tumblr poll#music poll#2010s#2010s music#2012#gotye#kimbra#carly rae jepsen#fun#janelle monae#maroon 5#wiz khalifa#ellie goulding#the wanted#kelly clarkson#rihanna#calvin harris#nicki minaj#one direction
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One Dress a Day Challenge
August: Fantasy & Sci-Fi
The Wiz / Mabel King as Evillene (the Wicked Witch of the West)
The amount of detail in this costume is phenomenal. Every bit of the surface is covered with ornamentation of one sort or another. But somehow, despite the bright colors, it doesn't look cheery at all--quite the opposite, in fact. It seems at once junky and sinister, like a trash heap full of broken jewelry that has come to life.
Another detail that amuses me is that Evillene is wearing three crowns at once--one on the top of her head, and one over each ear.
#the wiz 1978#fantasy costumes#mabel king#one dress a day challenge#one dress a week challenge#movie costumes#musical costumes#evillene#the wiz#wicked witch of the west#1978 movies#1978 films#stylish villain#multicolored august#multicoloured august
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