The Wiz Live!
  • Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Dec 3, 2015
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16

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  1. cindii
    Dec 20, 2015
    9
    I watch The Wiz both nights and I loved it! I went in with low expectations because I did not like the one with Donna Ross and Michael Jackson. I saw small clips of it when it first aired some 40 yrs ago and I did not like what I saw. I guess I just didn't care for the ghetto theme and setting.Also I thought Diana Ross was waaaay too old to be playing Dorothy. However the Wiz live with theI watch The Wiz both nights and I loved it! I went in with low expectations because I did not like the one with Donna Ross and Michael Jackson. I saw small clips of it when it first aired some 40 yrs ago and I did not like what I saw. I guess I just didn't care for the ghetto theme and setting.Also I thought Diana Ross was waaaay too old to be playing Dorothy. However the Wiz live with the new cast was entertaining and fun. What was missing was the warm claps of appreciation from a live audience after each spectacular performance. Kudos to the girl who played Dorothy who held her own surrounded by the mega talent on that stage. I look forward to seeing more of her in the near future.Of course it wasn't a perfect show with few obvious things to nitpick about but why when IMO, the fun out weighed the bad. :)… Expand

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Dec 11, 2015
    50
    The Wiz Live! was certainly not transcendent, or even anything that I’d ever want to watch again. But it was Citizen Kane compared to the twin rancid garbage pile that were Sound of Music and Peter Pan.
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  2. We Got This Covered
    Reviewed by: Samantha White
    Dec 9, 2015
    80
    While it may not be enough to renew every musical-lover’s faith in live-to-TV performances, The Wiz Live! certainly proves that musicals have a place on television right now – and not just in late-night monologue jokes.
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  3. Sioux City Journal
    Reviewed by: Bruce Miller
    Dec 8, 2015
    70
    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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