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Critic Reviews
Dec 4, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Pulsing with life and fun, sparked by energetic dances and colorful costumes, and driven by Charles Smalls's still sturdy score, NBC's The Wiz Live! Thursday night was charmed from start to finish. And were that not enough, viewers got to witness the launch of a scintillating new performer in Shanice Williams.
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Dec 7, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Newcomer Shanice Williams--all of 19--had to capture a butterfly by the name of Dorothy. And if the butterfly occasionally eluded her grasp, her voice did not.... Leon, a veteran Broadway and TV director, decided we all needed a little dose of happiness instead. We do. He and the terrific cast of The Wiz Live! delivered.
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Dec 4, 2015
Season 1 Review:
The musical profited from great casting, with newcomer Shanice Williams (outstanding on all her solos) as Dorothy and a rich supporting ensemble including Stephanie Mills (Dorothy on Broadway) as Aunt Em.... The Wiz Live! (its script updated with humorous touches by Harvey Fierstein) seemed contemporary and relevant, a musical for a time when issues of race and diversity are at the forefront of our culture.
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Dec 4, 2015
Season 1 Review:
Aside from a couple of odd pop-culture references (characters played by Amber Riley and the Common busted out glittering iPads at different points in the show) NBC's The Wiz Live! was far tighter and far more fun to watch than last year's awkward production of "Peter Pan" and 2013's high-rated but wooden "The Sound of Music."
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Dec 8, 2015
Season 1 Review:
The costumes, sets, choreography and makeup were incredible. And newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy? Outstanding. The only problem? The show was so packed with commercials the actors barely sang a song and it was time to cut to five or six ads. As a result, the story (what little there was) was impossible to track.
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Dec 4, 2015
Season 1 Review:
In the end, those hate-watchers had little to complain about other than occasional uneven camera angles, a missing Toto (he disappeared after the first scene) and the long three-hour running time; strong performances, fun dialogue and dazzling numbers rounded out an overall solid outing this time around.
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