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the WIZ According to NBC, the network’s live musical, “The Wiz Live!,” brought in 11.1 million viewers on Thursday December 3, 2015. This adaptation, based on the 1975 Broadway show “The Wiz”, serves as the second best non-sports airing for the Peacock network in six years. The viewership number was also better than NBC’s live musical last year “Peter Pan Live!” which brought in 9.2 million viewers. However, it was behind NBC’s first live TV musical, “The Sound of Music Live!” which brought in 18.6 million viewers in 2013. The musical starring Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, and newcomer Shanice Williams was a ratings success for NBC, and it was celebrated on social media.
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“The Wiz” accounted for 128 million Twitter impressions on Thursday night, a total more than both “Peter Pan Live!” and “The Sound of Music Live!” The live adaptation of the Broadway show, which itself is a take on “The Wizard of Oz” but with an African American cast, was also a hit with critics. “‘The Wiz’ is by far NBC’s most sophisticated live musical broadcast yet; it’s also one that felt, movingly, of its time,” wrote Daniel D’Addario, Time’s TV critic. The big ratings also speak to another fact: Live TV events are growing increasingly important in the current TV media landscape. With delayed and on-demand viewing becoming more the norm in TV households across the country, NBC’s “The Wiz” showed that live TV can still bring in a big audience. “Yes, as you might expect, there were some glitches: a stray camera, a balky effect, some moments of empty sound — and a missing in action Toto,” wrote Robert Bianco, USA Today’s TV critic. “But that’s part and parcel of doing and paying for live TV on this ambitious a scale. Luckily this time, with this production, those ambitions bore fruit.” The-CNN-Wire/ By Frank Pallotta
“And In This Corner…Cassius Clay” is a play by award-winning playwright Idris Goodwin. Based on the true early life of Muhammad Ali – Cassius Clay, Jr. – in Jim Crow Louisville, the play tells the story of a young man who believes his potential is unlimited despite the segregation and racism he is surrounded by. With the help of his first boxing coach, Joe Martin, a white police officer, Cassius starts the journey toward fulfilling his boxing dreams. But through the course of the play, he comes to understand there are more important things than personal success – he must also use his gifts to work for the good of his community. Presented by Metro Theater Company as the mainstage production of its 2015-16 season, “And In This Corner…Cassius Clay” has only been performed in one other city. It premiered in Louisville, Kentucky in January 2015 at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. This powerful project is an opportunity to begin long-term change in St. Louis and address youth disenfranchisement. It offers a series of community programs, wrap-around tools and resources in conjunction with the play that will educate audiences and empower them to find ways to get involved in making St. Louis a stronger community. For more information, please visit cassiusproject. com. WHEN: February 12-28, 2016 Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. WHERE: Missouri History Museum (Lee Auditorium) Lindell & Debaliviere in Forest Park, 314-746-4599 www.mohistory.org