ORCHESTRATION: Percussion I-II, guitar, bass, drums, reed I-II (flute, alto sax), reed III (clarinet, alto flute, tenor sax), reed IV (oboe, baritone sax), horn, trumpets I-II, trumpet III, trombone I, cello, violins I-Il, piano also acoustic piano and moog, piano, conductor's score. PERIOD AND COSTUMES Farm overalls and dresses, Dorothy's Sunday dress. Tornado and dancers dressed as wind, hip Munchkins, and queenly rags for Addaperle, silver slippers, Yellow Brick Road (4), Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion costumes with upbeat, urban flavor added to the traditional. The Wicked Witch of the West, earthly rags (lots of layers, dark colors, coarse textures). Kalidahs, weird, frightening swamplike creatures. Poppies, beautiful, sinuous streetwalkers. Green costumes for Wiz, gatekeeper, and the people of Oz. Winkies (the witches' stooges), appropriately dressed. Winged monkeys. Wiz's white flightsuit, goggles, and jeweled cape. Fantasy costumes for townspeople, the good and bad witches. CHOREOGRAPHY: Jazz, modern, ballet, rock, production numbers. LIGHTING AND SPECIAL EFFECTS: Tight, controlled, colorful lighting throughout. Special projection effects for the Wizard, "Flying" Mon-keys, melting witch, tornado, and many other magical effects such as smokepots, CO2-fog, ascending hot-air balloon, and magic tricks. NOTES: The movie version of The Wiz departed significantly from the musical's story line. With the classic Judy Garland version before them, the film company apparently felt they could not just remake a black version. In the movie all action takes place in New York City. DISCOGRAPHY: The Wiz Original Broadway Cast CD
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