Broadway's THE OZ PROJECT: A Tribute to The Wizard of Oz & The Wiz

The Oz Project, a love letter to The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz, was created and performed by Broadway’s diehard Oz fans, including Kate Rockwell, Joshua Henry, Rob McClure and more. The video was released on August, 25th, 2016 - the same date The Wizard of Oz hit movie theatres nationally in 1939.

Directed by Sean Barrett, the cast includes Rockwell and Brynn Williams as Dorothy, Henry and Ben Jacoby as the Lion, McClure and James T. Lane as the Scarecrow, Grasan Kingsberry and Ryan VanDenBoom as the Tin Man, Nancy Opel and Jennie Harney as Glinda, Liz Larsen as the Wicked Witch of the West, Mykal Kilgore as Evillene and Patrice Covington as Addaperle with Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Natalie Joy Johnson, Ashlee Dupre, Alan Wiggins, Julia Knitel, Marty Thomas, Louis Jones and Gabrielle Reed.

The ten-minute music video follows the parallel journeys of Dorothy in each adaptation as they both get whisked away in the same tornado, land in their respective versions of Oz and follow their own yellow brick road. Their stories are interwoven with highlights from each classic score to show that everyone goes on the same journey regardless of their race, religion, gender, or sexuality in search of the same ideals: Love, Home, Wisdom, and the Courage to be yourself.

The creative team also includes Matt DiCarlo (assistant director), Jason Michael Webb (musical arrangements) and James Harkness (choreography). Walter Krueger is the project’s producer.