Singer/songwriter, actress and author Ashanti will make her stage debut as Dorothy in the New York City Center Encores! Summer Stars production of The Wiz, June 12 - July 5 at New York City Center (W. 55th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues).The Wiz, the 1974 rock and soul musical based on the beloved L. Frank Baum story about Dorothy and her adventures in Oz, will be directed by Thomas Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, with music direction by Alex Lacamoire, (the team responsible for the Tony-winning In the Heights).
This marks the second most esoteric adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” she has been attached to; she also played the role of Dorothy in the made-for-television movie “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz.”
Watch Ashanti as Dororthy in the 2005 television movie “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz”, below:
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