This is the original story of The Wiz. It starts off with Dorthy being a fourteen year old on a farm in Kansas...That sucked so we changed into the movie version which would make Dorthy in to a 25 year old who is too timid to become a highschool teacher and leave her job of being a kindergarden teacher. And instead of her being in Kansas (or New York as it was in the movie production) Dorthy is a kindergarden teacher from Detroit, Michigan.
To not give anything away, Dorothy played by Diana Ross (not giving away any real names since i don't have their permission to do so) gets caught in a tornado which is dubbed the Tornado Ballet (which I am in ^^). Next, Dorthy meets with The Good Witch of the North or you may know her better by her stage name 'Ms. One, the Feel Good Girl played by Thelma Carpetner. After being directed (confused) by Ms. One (and given some some powerful purple shoes)to follow the yellow brick road to see The Wiz, Dorothy meets a talking Scarecrow (Micheal Jackson). After he sings his miserable predicament, Dorothy invites him to join her meet the Wiz. He gladly accects and after being taken down from his pole, they both go off on the yellow brick road. Soon, they are greeted by a Tinman (Nipsey Russel) and after he tells him of how he came to be, Dorothy and The Scarecrow invite him to go meet the Wiz. Not long after (not long at all) they get a scare from a Lion (Ted Ross). He bursts into song how all should fear him, but it is all a show for the only one getting scared was the Cowardly Lion himself. Again, Dorothy invites the Lion to join their "little foursome" and they all Ease on Down the Road to the great Emerald City where they encounter the pompous gatekeeper. After a few minutes, the gatekeeper reluctantly lets the group pass, on the one condition that they must wear a pair of green glasses. The group enter the beautiful city to find beautiful people in a beautiful formation as they go into beautiful dance. It's just beautiful.
After talking to the bipolar citizens, they go into the tower where the Wiz slumbers. They can not see the person, but they see a mask instead. Each one tells the Wiz what each wants and each time, the Wiz refuses them. When the Wiz gets to the Tinman, the Tinman sings passionately about how it would be if he were to have a heart of his own, which is what he desires. The Wiz, still not wanting to give them what they want, finally submits and says he would give them all what they wish for, on one condition. Dorothy and her friends must go and kill the most evil and most wicked witch in all of Oz. Evilene, the Wicked Witch of the West(Mabel King).
We enter the lair of of Evilene where her workers called Winkies, work in an exhausting but continuous fashion as to not anger their mistress. Evilene orders (sings) to them that if they were to bring her any sort of misfortunate news, she would have them all hanged. The gang enters the lair, having already been captured by the evil witch and they beg to be released. When Evilene threatens to skin the Cowardly Lion of his fur, Dorothy has had enough and throws water on her, the only thing that Evilene is powerless against. After a celebration with the winkies, the four friends make their way back into Emerald City, only to find the mask missing. When they ask where the Wiz is, a voice calls them to go away. They search and they find a normal looking man who they claim to be the fake Wiz (Richard Pryor). The Wiz was really from Chicago that was taken away by a hot air balloon into the land of Oz in Emerald City. And since no one has seen a hot air balloon before, they all assumed that this must be some powerful Wizard, which he found no shame of being called known as. But the Wiz does give the Scarecrow a brain (bran...) the TinMan a heart and the Cowardly Lion some courage (whiskey). But to Dorothy, he could offer nothing. Until the Scarecrow has a brilliant idea of having them both fly off in the Wiz's hot air balloon. The Wiz is at first hesitant, but when Dorothy tells him that he would not have to live in solitude anymore, in fear anymore, and have friends (along with a pair of powerful purple slippers) he decides to go ahead.
So after a powerful speech he gives his civillians, the Wiz leaves the land of Oz, accidentally also leaving Dorothy behind. A distraught Dorothy cries into the arms of her friends of how she wishes she were home, when what would appear but another witch. This time it is the Good Witch of the South (Lena Thorne) who has come to solve of Dorothy's woes. She tells her that all she needed to get back home was with her all along. The purple slippers were the key home and finally, Dorothy is able to return to her home in Detroit, determined to make a better future for herself.
This is going to be sooooo great!!! Not only am I glad that the opening is here, but I'm also glad it's almost over. I am really tired of all of the dancing. It was fun, sure, but very exhausting on my part. COME THE SHOW!! OR FACE THE WRATH OF
THE WICKED WITCH OF THE CATS!!!!
LOL
See ya at the show!!!
