Too often, this Wiz seems to skimp on magic. Director Schele Williams’s production has toured 13 cities since last fall, lumbering onto Broadway with the look and feel of a touring production, with streamlined sets (by Hannah Beachler) and colorful projections (by Daniel Brodie) that feel decidedly low-fi and paint-by-numbers. (Still, a hat tip to Beachler for putting a ‘227’ address label on one of the brownstones when Dorothy first lands in Oz.) This is an affectionate but underwhelming revival that too often feels like it’s easing down a road that it should be tearing up.
You can read my full review in the June/July issue of Musicals magazine.
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