THE WIZ
Composer: Charles
Smalls
Lyricist: Charles Smalls
Opened: January 5, 1975, Majestic Theatre, N.Y.C.; moved
on May 25, 1977 to the Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 1672 (combined run)
Note: Only material not found on the original Broadway cast
album and (with one exception) the movie soundtrack are noted
below.
Bows:
1. The Wiz, CD/Pocket
Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
Entr'acte:
1. The Wiz, CD/Pocket
Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
Everybody Rejoice (Exit) (M/L: Luther
Vandross):
1. The Wiz, CD/Pocket
Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
Exit Music:
1. The Wiz, CD/Pocket
Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
Funky Monkeys:
1. The Wiz, CD/Polygram
Theaterpln019 (Dutch cast with orchestra conducted by Ad Maas)
2. The Wiz, CD/Pocket Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
Munchkin Entrance:
1. The Wiz, CD/Pocket
Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
Overture:
1. The Wiz, CD/Polygram
Theaterpln019 (orchestra conducted by Ad Maas)
2. The Wiz, CD/Pocket Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
3. The Wiz, MCA (S) 2-14000 (orchestra conducted by Bobby
Tucker, Quincy Jones, and Robert Freedman) (film overture
including music by Quincy Jones) [reissued as CD/MCAD2-11649]
Promenade:
1. The Wiz, CD/Pocket
Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
A Rested Body Is A Rested Mind:
1. The Wiz, CD/Polygram
Theaterpln019 (Judith van de Wijngaart with orchestra conducted
by Ad Maas)
2. The Wiz, CD/Pocket Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
We Got It (M/L: Ne-Yo) (written for the
2015 tv version):
1. The Wiz, CD/Masterworks/Broadway Records
88875 18787 2 (Shanice Williams, Ne-Yo, Elijah Kelley, David
Alan Grier, and Ensemble with musical direction by Stephen
Oremus)
Who Do You Think You Are?:
1. The Wiz, CD/Universal
170942-4 (Nurlaila Karim, Danny Yanga, and Jeroen Phaff with
orchestra conducted by Jeroen Sleyfer)
2. The Wiz, CD/Pocket Songs JTG 021 (karaoke)
You Can't Win (cut; reinstated for the
film and the 2015 tv version):
1. 45/77 Records (S)
SV-907-N (Ann Sexton) [reissued on You're Gonna Miss Me,
CD/Charly Records 8012]
2. 45/Epic Epic 8-50654 (Michael Jackson) [reissued on Michael
Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, CD/Epic 92600]
3. The Wiz, MCA (S) 2-14000 (Michael Jackson and Crows with
orchestra conducted by Bobby Tucker, Quincy Jones, and Robert
Freedman) [reissued as CD/MCAD2-11649]
4. When I Grow Up: Broadway’s Next Generation, CD/Broadway
Records BR-CD54B-005 (Caleb McLaughlin with musical direction by
Michael J. Mortiz, Jr.)
5. The Wiz, CD/Masterworks/Broadway Records 88875 18787 2
(Elijah Kelley and Male Ensemble with musical direction by Stephen
Oremus)
Unrecorded Material:
Emerald City Ballet
(inst.) (M: George Faison; Timothy Graphenreed)
Girl Don't Cry (cut)
Kalidah Battle
Lion's Dream
Which Witch (cut)