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THE GROUND-BREAKING, REVOLUTIONARY BROADWAY HIT MUSICAL “THE WIZ” IS COMING TO THE FOX THEATRE NOVEMBER 14-19
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roducers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Ambassador Theatre Group, and Atlanta’s own Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker are thrilled to announce that tickets for the national tour of THE WIZ are now on sale! Eight performances are scheduled at the Fox Theatre from November 14th-19th!
of 10 or more should contact sales@ foxtheatre.org. Following its run at the Fox Theatre, the tour will slide into Emerald cities across the country before it begins its limited engagement on Broadway in Spring 2024.
THE WIZ returns “home” to stages across America in an all-new Broadwaybound tour, the first one in 40 years. The Everybody look around! The Tony tour begins in THE WIZ’s original home Award®-winning Best Musical that city of Baltimore, where the show made took the world by storm is back. THE its world premiere 50 years ago. WIZ makes its return to Atlanta at the This groundbreaking twist on The Fox Theatre as part of the Regions Bank Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway in Atlanta 2023/2024 season. Broadway—from its iconic score packed Ticket prices start at $49. Additional with soul, gospel, rock, and 70s funk to ticket information at Foxtheatre.org/ its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to thewiz and wizmusical.com. Groups find her place in a contemporary world.
The extraordinary cast features Alan Mingo Jr. (Kinky Boots) as The Wiz, award-winning recording artist Deborah Cox as Glinda, Melody Betts (The Factotum, Lyric Opera of Chicago) as Aunt Em and Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman (A Strange Loop) as Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson (“Sharper,” A24), and recording artist Avery Wilson (“On Top of the World) as Scarecrow. Nichelle Lewis (Hairspray, National Tour) makes a star turn Broadway debut as Dorothy. Director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida) and choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyoncé’s ‘Single Ladies,’ Black is King) conjure an Oz unlike anything seen
