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Article: a yellow brick road less traveled: 'Late Bloomer' taking stage for first time in production of 'The Wiz'

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May 5, 2005
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* The Wiz is the urban update of The Wizard of Oz, featuring an all African-American cast. In this version, Dorothy is a schoolteacher who is whisked from her inner city home in a snowstorm to the magical land of Oz. The cast: Tanayia Simpson is Dorothy, Reggie Parks is the Tinman, Walter Carter is the Lion, Michael Barnes is the Scarecrow, Will Taylor is the Wiz, Cindy Moss is Aunt Em, Cheryl Plear is Evillene, Janelle Williams is Glinda, Leisha Gibson is Addaperle, Darnell Perry is the Gatekeeper, L. Shawn Coleman is the Winged Monkey/Yellow Brick Road, Kevin Swafford is the Yellow Brick Road, Rufus Norman is the Yellow Brick Road, Kaye Parks is Kalidah Queen and Wesley ...

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