Also credited on2 works
The Wiz
The Wiz (2024 Revival)
These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.
In the literature7 passages
- Similarly, The Wiz (1974), a slick Harlem Oz, turned itself into a one-joke event, although Charlie Smalls’ score reminds us how much variety lives in the term “rhythm and blues.” On one hand is the irresistibly exuberant “Ease on Down the Road,” with Oz’s famous yellow-brick highway portrayed by four men in gold tailcoats bearing staves…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt
- 54. The Wiz, book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1974, 1979 [rev]).ebooks/Wolf, Stacy/Changed for Good_A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical - Stacy Wolf.txt
- THE WIZ Book, William F. Brown; Based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; Music and Lyrics, Charlie Smalls; Director, Geoffrey Holder; Choreography and Musical Numbers staged by George Faison; Musical Direction, Tom Pierson; Settings, Tom H. John; Costumes, Geoffrey Holder; Lights, Tharon Musser; Orchestrations, Harold Wheele…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
- Book, William F. Brown; Based on L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"; Music and Lyrics, Charlie Smalls; Direction and Costumes, Geoffrey Holder; Setting, Tom H. John; Lighting, Tharon Musser; Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements, Charles H. Coleman; Choreography and Musical Numbers staged by George Faison; Manager, Jose Vega.…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
- THE WIZ Book, William F. Brown; Music and Lyrics, Charlie Smalls; Suggested by “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum; Director, Geoffrey Holder; Choreography, and Musical Numbers, George Faison; Settings. Peter Wolf, Costumes, Geoffrey Holder; Lighting, Tharon Musser; Orchestrations, Harold Wheeler; Vocal Arrange-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
- Harlem Repertory Theatre Artistic Director, Kieth Lee Grant; www.harlemrepertorytheatre.org The Wiz Book by William F. Brown, music & lyrics by Charlie Smalls; Director, Keith Lee Grant; Cast: Danyel Fulton, Roderick Warner, Alexandra Bernard, Lynnette Braxton, Natalya Peguero, Eric Myles, Jimmie Mike, Kyria Cameron, Yaritza Pizarro, Mabe…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt
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