The Latest Revival of ‘The Wiz’: A Pleasurable Experience or Missed Artistic Vision?
The latest revival of “The Wiz” just wants to be fun. And that’s a problem.
The Importance of “The Wiz”
The original production of “The Wiz” in 1975 was truly groundbreaking. It not only won the Tony Award for Best Musical but also showcased an all-Black ensemble, a rarity at the time on Broadway. This soulful and vibrant musical introduced songs like “Home” and “Ease on Down the Road,” which have become iconic pieces in the American songbook.
Now, the new revival of “The Wiz” has hit Broadway, promoted as a celebration of Blackness viewed through “the Blackest of Black Lenses.” While it aims to deliver an enjoyable experience, it falls short on several fronts.
A Missed Artistic Vision
This adaptation follows Dorothy (Nichelle Lewis) on her journey with her friends (Avery Wilson, Phillip Johnson Richardson, and Kyle Ramar Freeman) to find the great Wizard (Wayne Brady). The ensemble’s talent is undeniable; their harmonies and solos frequently receive rapturous applause. Lewis portrays a delicate Dorothy, delivering an emotional rendition of “Home.” Melody A. B
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The Latest Revival of ‘The Wiz’: A Pleasurable Experience or Missed Artistic Vision?
“There was a family with Ginta and no more.” Kristaps Krievkalns openly about the broken marriage
Krivkalns will celebrate his 50th birthday in May. Kristaps says about the last ten years of his life: “In general, my whole life has completely changed during this time.”
When asked what has changed, he says: “Everything. Both family status and… In general – storms have come and gone here (spreads his hands).” Purinat is real. There was a family with Ginta and no more. The divorce was done
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Suspect lawyer Inez Weski releases a book about her arrest
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Lawyer Inez Weski is publishing a new book about the time she spent in captivity as a suspect. The book entitled ‘The sound of silence’ will be published next Friday.
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Absurd
In the book, Weski talks about a lawyer’s duty of confidentiality and the consequences associated with it. She also shares the ‘traumatic but sometimes absurd events’ that followed her arrest. The book itself was also prepared in complete secre
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War in Ukraine: Zelensky promulgates controversial law on military mobilization
It is a controversial text in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promulgated the law on Tuesday to mobilize more men in the face of the Russian invasion. A law contested because it does not provide for a demobilization period for soldiers.
According to a notice published on the website of the Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament, the text was submitted on Tuesday to the president who then signed it. The Ukrainian Parliament adopted this bill with 283 votes in favor on April 11.
The Ukrainian army, weakened by a failed counter-offensive in the summer of 2023 and dwindling Western aid, is trying to contain Russian assaults at multiple points on the front. For this, it needs men and ammunition. Struggling to find volunteers, kyiv has
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War in Ukraine: Zelensky promulgates controversial law on military mobilization
Kim Moo-yeol, the villain of Crime City 4, owes his skills to the dagger martial arts he learned in his twenties.
“I hope you enjoy the movie and get rid of all your stress.”
In the series ‘Crime City’, where actor Ma Dong-seok plays the powerful detective Ma Seok-do, a character as important as the main character Ma Seok-do is the villain who faces him.
Jang Chen (Yoon Kye-sang) in ‘Crime City’ (2017), Kang Hae-sang (Son Seok-gu) in ‘Crime City 2’ (2022), Joo Seong-cheol (Lee Jun-hyuk) and Ricky ( Aoki Munetaka) in ‘Crime City 3’ (2023) It’s them.
The final battle they had with Maseokdo is etched in the memories of movie fans.
Since the “Crime City” series has undergone repeated changes by replacing villains, it is no exaggeration to say that villains play a vital role in forming the identity of a work.
In “Crime City 4”, which will be released on the 24th, actor Kim Moo-yeol (42), known for his acting skills, will play a villain named Baek Chang-gi.
Baek Chang-gi, who freely uses a dagger and moves nimbly, is a stark contrast to Maseok-do, whose main weapon is a single heavy fist.
“I learned dagger martial arts when I was in my twenties.
I can’t say I’m good at using a dagger, but I know how to use it. This time I got a lot of help in creating the character Baek Chang-gi.
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Kim Moo-yeol, who we met at a bar in Samcheong-dong, Seoul on the 18th, responded to a question about the secret of showing spectacular action scenes in “Crime City 4” as follows.
The dagger martial art mentioned by Kim Moo-yeol is a traditional Filipino mar
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Youngpa Group’s New Song ‘XXL’ Goes Viral on Global Charts
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Youngpa group’s new song ‘XXL’ is going viral by word of mouth and is showing on domestic and international charts.
Youngpa released his second EP ‘XXL’ on the 20th of last month, and the album’s eponymous title song ranked 18th on the global short-form mobile video platform TikTok music chart ‘Viral 50’ ‘ on the 17th. Since the rankings are based on the number of video views and user participation, it shows the level of global interest in Youngpa.
‘XXL’ was also ranked 24th in Japan on Spotify’s ‘Viral 50’, the world’s largest music streaming company, on the same day. ‘Viral 50’ is a chart which calculates the 50 most shared songs in the region based
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The Remote Future has primordial roots
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Among the thousand proposals in Venice during the Biennale, you happen to come across a very particular exhibition, which lasts just ten days (from 18 to 27 April), open only after sunset, with free entry but only by reservation, to see ” casts of light from the darkness”.
“Futuroremoto” occupies the main floor of Palazzo Erizzo, home of the Foundation dedicated to the paleontologist Giancarlo Ligabue. His son Inti Ligabue, president of the Foundation, had long been pursuing the dream of opening the magnificent palace on the Grand Canal to the public as an exhibition venue, and he succeeded in these very special circumstances, a sort of dress rehearsal for what in 2025 will be the “Palace of Arts”.
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The 140th anniversary of Zulfugar Hajibeyov was celebrated at the Niyazi House Museum
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On April 16, an event dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding composer, Honored Artist Zulfugar Hajibeyov was held at the Niyazi Museum-Apartment – a branch of the State Museum of Musical Culture of Azerbaijan.
As Day.Az reports with reference to AZERTAC, the head of the museum’s department, Khanym Abdinova, spoke about the life and work of Zulfugar Hajibeyov, his
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A quarter-century later, trauma still accompanies survivors of the Columbine massacre
2024-04-18 04:58:01
DENVER (AP) — Hours after escaping the Columbine High School massacre, Missy Mendo slept in her parents’ bed. The 14-year-old girl was still wearing the shoes she wore that day when she ran out of her math class. She wanted to be ready to flee.
Twenty-five years later, the trauma of that horrendous day still haunts her.
It came to light in 2017, when 60 people were massacred at a country music festival in Las Vegas, a city he had visited several times when he worked in the gambling sector. It surfaced again in 2022, when 19 students and two teachers were shot to death at a school in Uvalde, Texas.
Mendo was filling out her daughter’s enrollment application for daycare when news of the shooting in Uvalde broke. He could barely read a few lines before bowing his head and bursting into tears.
“I felt like nothing had changed,” he remembers thinking.
A quarter-century has passed since two young gunmen shot and killed 12 of their classmates and a teacher at Columbine in suburban Denver, an attack broadcast live on television that ushered in the modern era of school shootings. . Since then, the traumas of that day have haunted Mendo and others who survived the massacre.
It took years for some of them to see themselves as Columbine survivors, since they had not suffered physical injuries. However, the noise of, for example, fireworks can still trigger disturbing memories. The consequences—often ignored at the time, before mental health problems were more widely accepted—caused inso
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A quarter-century later, trauma still accompanies survivors of the Columbine massacre