I’ve Never Seen The Wiz… Live on Stage @SegerstromArts #thewiz #broadway #theatre #nostalgia
Episode Title: I’ve Never Seen The Wiz… Live on Stage @SegerstromArts #thewiz #broadway […]
https://astrocohors.me/2026/01/17/ive-never-seen-the-wiz-live-on-stage-segerstromarts-thewiz-broadway-theatre-nostalgia/ #BlackNerdComedy #broadway #nostalgia #theatre #thewiz
“if you’re listening, God, please don’t make it hard to know if we should believe the things that we see
Tell us: should we run away? Should we try and stay? or would it just be better just to let things be?”
this line from Dorothy‘s headline song “home” from “The Wiz” never really resonated with me … until recently
now, I think about it all the time
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Currently re-watching on #AMC +on #Comcast) the original #WizardOfOz (1939) starring #JudyGarland, which was released 86 yrs ago, for the umpteeth time, which (for me) never gets old & ii's still far better IMO than all of the late variations, including but not limited to #TheWiz & #Wicked 1& 2.
Mostly, no. In some adaptations, such as The Wiz, and in some of the novels, it's either multiple guardians of the gate or identifiably another named character (e.g. Faramant).
In the first Baum book, the Guardian of the Gates has xyr own living quarters away from the wizard's palace, which they have to go back to in order to set off to the Wicked Witch of the West, and doesn't have the appearance of the wizard, being described as Munchkin-sized.
https://oz.fandom.com/wiki/Guardian_of_the_Gates
https://newwwoz.blogspot.com/2015/02/volkov-thon-wizard-of-emerald-city.html
#WizardOfOz #GuardianOfTheGates #AlexanderVolkov #MagicLand #TheWiz #LFrankBaum
The Guardian of the Gates is a very jolly and friendly little man who guards the emerald studded gates of the Land of Oz's imperial capital known as the Emerald City. In Baum's original book he is described as rather short, being the same height as a Munchkin, even though it does not clarify if he is of Munchkin blood or a native Munchkin who came from the eastern quadrant known as the Munchkin Country. In appearance he is said to be a older man but very jolly and round, with a chubby fat...
#TheWiz: great show, great dancing, good music, but only one tune
Which will be stuck in my head for the foreseeable future
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The Rage of the Stage Players put on a phenomenal show over the weekend! Go see Dorothy in Oz if you can!
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