Not on display

Poster

1984 (made)
Artist/Maker
The Drawing Room (designers)
Place of origin
Warwick (made)
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic.

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Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Musical Theatre
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printing Ink
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising The Wiz at the Lyric Theatre, 1984
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 51cm
  • Poster width: 31.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Stamped with Theatre Museum, V.A.M. stamp.
  • Transliteration
Gallery label
(2022)
Re:Imagining Musicals, 15 October 2022 - 4 February 2024

The Wiz
The Wiz was one of the first large-scale Broadway shows to feature an all-Black cast, with soul, funk and disco providing inspiration for musical numbers. The show was later adapted into a film starring Diana Ross as Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy. In the 2021 revival, designer Simon Kenny drew inspiration from 1970s and ’80s New York graffiti artist Michael ‘Iz the Wiz’ Martin and paid homage to previous iterations of The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz by incorporating cultural iconography into the set.

Original Broadway cast recording of The Wiz
1975
Cover illustration by Milton Glaser
Museum no. BMT/2/1/3133
Given by Overtures: The Bunnett-Muir Musical Theatre Archive Trust

Poster for The Wiz, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London
1984
Designed by The Drawing Room, Warwick
Museum no. S.2894-1994

Set model for The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
2021
Designed by Simon Kenny
Glitter, foamboard, mountboard, printed and painted paper, cardboard, metal
Museum no. NCOL.219:1, 2-2022
Object history
Associated Production: The Wiz. Adapted by: William F. Brown. Composer and lyricist: Charlie Smalls. Choreographer: Stewart Avon Arnold. Choreographer: Claud Paul Henry. Director: Peter James. Costume designer: Elaine Gerrard. Set designer: Roger Glossop. Actor: Clem Curtis. Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London. 8.12.1984. Performance category: musical. The play was adapted from the book 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' written by L. Frank Baum.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2894-1994

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Record createdJuly 27, 2010
Record URL
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