Opened on January 5, 1975. Closed January 28, 1979 after 1,672 performances — 4.1 years. 7 Tony Awards in 1975, including Best Musical; 5 Drama Desk Awards in 1975, including Outstanding Musical; Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album in 1976 The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) in the context of contemporary African-American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974, at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, and moved to Broadway's Majestic Theatre with a new cast on January 5, 1975. Wiki link