The Wiz

Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) is living in Harlem with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt), and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). While cleaning up after thanksgiving dinner, Dorothy's dog Toto slips out the back door and into a snowstorm. Dorothy gives chase, but winds up lost in the storm, only to wake up in Oz. Dorothy falls through an electric sign, which kills Evermean, the Wicked Witch of the East, freeing the Munchkins who have been trapped as graffiti. With the help of the Good Witch of the North (Thelma Carpenter), Dorothy is told to find the Emerald City to meet with the "Wiz" who can send her home. Along her way, she meets a Scarecrow (Michael Jackson), Tin Man (Nipsey Russell), and the Cowardly Lion (Ted Ross). Along their musical journey, they face perils and try to escape the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West (Mabel King), in this modernized retelling of the classic "The Wizard of Oz."