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The Wiz - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

L. Frank Baum Source Material
(Based on novel)
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William F. Brown Bookwriter
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George Faison Composer
(Additional)
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Timothy Graphenreed Composer
(Additional)
Timothy Graphenreed, (8-26-1951 to 3-1-2020) Composer/Lyricist/Co-Author/Musical Director.Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator/Show Pianist, is best known for composing "The Tornado", "The Funky Monkey", and "Emerald City Ballet" in the Mega Broadway hit “The Wiz”. He is a member of ASCAP and worked with several multi-talented Directors/Choreographers including Michael Peters, Maurice Hines, Pat Birch, Hinton Battle, Lee Summers, Louis Johnson, Debbie Allen, Otis Sallid and of course, Tony Award-winning George Faison. He has also worked with or created arrangements for several Notables including the late Gregory Hines; Jennifer Holiday; Phylicia Rashad; Jeff Goldblum; Robert Downey, Jr.; Maya Angelou; Valerie Simpson; Darlene Love; ... read more
Charlie Smalls Composer
Lyricist
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Luther Vandross Composer
(Additional)
The Merlin Group, Ltd. General Press Representative
Press Representative
Emanuel Azenberg General Manager
Mr. Azenberg's producing credits on Broadway include Ragtime, The Lion in Winter, Mark Twain Tonight, Ain't Misbehavin', Children of a Lesser God, Master Harold...and the boys, Stoppard's The Real Thing, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Sunday in the Park With George, Whoopi Goldberg, Long Day's Journey into Night, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Side Show, The Iceman Cometh, Stones in His Pockets, Private Lives and Movin' Out. He has produced Neil Simon's work since 1972, including The Odd Couple,The Sunshine Boys, Chapter Two, They're Playing Our Song, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, Broadway Bound, Lost in Yonkers. Film: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are ... read more
Susan Bell Company Manager
Charles Blackwell Production Stage Manager
Bob Burland Stage Manager
Donald Christy Stage Manager
Charles H. Coleman Vocal Music Arranger
Musical Director
Robert Currie Production Stage Manager
George Faison Choreographer
Milton Glazer Poster Designer
(Pushpin Studios)
Poster Designer
(Pushpin Studios)
Timothy Graphenreed Dance Music Arranger
Timothy Graphenreed, (8-26-1951 to 3-1-2020) Composer/Lyricist/Co-Author/Musical Director.Vocal Arranger/Orchestrator/Show Pianist, is best known for composing "The Tornado", "The Funky Monkey", and "Emerald City Ballet" in the Mega Broadway hit “The Wiz”. He is a member of ASCAP and worked with several multi-talented Directors/Choreographers including Michael Peters, Maurice Hines, Pat Birch, Hinton Battle, Lee Summers, Louis Johnson, Debbie Allen, Otis Sallid and of course, Tony Award-winning George Faison. He has also worked with or created arrangements for several Notables including the late Gregory Hines; Jennifer Holiday; Phylicia Rashad; Jeff Goldblum; Robert Downey, Jr.; Maya Angelou; Valerie Simpson; Darlene Love; ... read more
Merlin Group Press
Ken Harper Producer
Geoffrey Holder Costume Designer
Director
Stanley James Make-Up Designer
Wig Designer
Wigs
Tom H. John Scenic Designer
Jerry Laws Stage Manager
Press Representative
Richard J.C. Miller Sound Designer
Tharon Musser Lighting Designer
John Parks Assistant to Choreographer/Dance Captain
Matthew Serino Advertising
Serino founded Serino Coyne, the nation's longest-running live-entertainment advertising agency, with Nancy Coyne in 1977. He departed as President in 2007. In the three decades that he spent with the company, it worked on such iconic shows as A Chorus Line, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Grand Hotel, Miss Saigon, Angels in America, Sunset Boulevard, Rent, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Thoroughly Modern Mille, Hairspray, Wicked, and many more. He died in June 2023. ... read more
Earl Shendell Musical Coordinator
Yvonne Stoney Wardrobe Supervisor
Martha Swope Production Photographer
Jose Véga General Manager
Manager
Henry Velez Stage Manager
Ronald Vitelli Special Effects Designer
Harold Wheeler Orchestrator
Orchestrator
Wheeler is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, musical director, musical supervisor, and musician. Perhaps best known for his 17 seasons as musical director of the ABC show Dancing with the Stars, he has enjoyed many years of success over several mediums. His Broadway credits include Side Show, Hugh Jackman - Back on Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony Award nomination), Never Gonna Dance, Hairspray (Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk Award), The Full Monty (Tony Award nomination), Swing! (Tony Award nomination), Little Me (Tony Award nomination), The Life (Tony Award nomination), Dreamgirls, The Wiz, The Tap Dance Kid, and Lena Horne: The ... read more
Eugene V. Wolsk General Manager

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Awards and Nominations

1975 Tony Awards
Best Choreography: George Faison won.
Best Costume Design: Geoffrey Holder won.
Best Direction of a Musical: Geoffrey Holder won.
Best Musical: Ken Harper won.

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