From executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron comes the most highly anticipated television event of the year, The Wiz LIVE! Rising star Shanice Williams leads an all-star cast featuring Queen Latifah (The Wiz), Mary J. Blige (Evillene), David Alan Grier (Cowardly Lion), Ne-Yo (Tin Man), Elijah Kelley (Scarecrow), Uzo Aduba (Glinda), Amber Riley (Addaperle), Common (Bouncer), Stephanie Mills (Auntie Em) and Circque du Soliel. The Wiz LIVE! Will be broadcast nationwide on NBC in a three-hour live broadcast on December 3, 2015. The album is the companion piece to this sure-to-be-spectacular event and includes the hit songs “Ease on Down the Road, " "Brand New Day” and “Home.” Winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit that ran for over four years, made a star of then-unknown Stephanie Mills and spawned a feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Now, a Tony-winning creative team, the imaginative Cirque du Soleil Theatrical and a diverse cast of show-stoppers create an eye-popping new take unlike anything ever seen.
