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A Black woman hasn't directed a Broadway musical in nearly 50 years; now Schele Williams is opening two

Schele Williams on directing both 'The Wiz' revival and 'The Notebook' in one season after no Black women had directed a Broadway musical for nearly 50 years

The Wiz, its first time on Broadway since 1984, is entirely an ode to Black women and culture as it features an all-Black cast and transforms the storytelling of The Wizard of Oz. Kyle Ramar Freeman as Lion, Nichelle Lewis as Doroth, Phillip Johnson Richardson as Tinman, Avery Wilson as Scarecrow. If we were going to talk to this generation, we needed the language of who do you fear and how do we create a world in which someone who does not immediately appear scary can actually reveal themselves to be the most dangerous?

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