The Wiz Live!
| The Wiz Live! | |
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| Based on | The Wiz by William F. Brown The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum |
| Written by | Harvey Fierstein |
| Directed by | Kenny Leon Matthew Diamond |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Craig Zadan Neil Meron |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Production companies | Universal Television Sony Pictures Television Storyline Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | December 3, 2015 |
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The Wiz Live! is an American television special that aired live on NBC on December 3, 2015. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, it was a performance of a new adaptation of the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, a soul/R&B reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The broadcast was performed live from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York. This adaptation of the musical combined aspects of both the Broadway play and its 1978 film adaptation.