Wayne Brady & Deborah Cox on How They’re Reviving & Updating ‘The Wiz,’ Nichelle Lewis’ Talent & More | Billboard NewsWayne Brady, Deborah Cox, JaQUEL Knight and Amber Ruffin talk about how they’re reviving and updating ‘The Wiz’ for today, why it is important to the culture, the talent of lead Nichelle Lewis, being able to break barriers on Broadway with the show and more!This is really the first major revival that’s happened of the show since the original production in the ’70s.
What did it mean to all of you growing up as people in entertainment and the arts loving the movie?Loving the movies, having the movie being this inspirational and aspirational thing. We’re like, oh, people that look like me can do that thing. And I want to do that thing. And the songs are so amazing and you can get lost in it. And so I know for me, it was definitely one of the drivers that made me go, Oh, I think I can do this.It means everything to me to be in the show, really.
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