DECO Entertainment

DECO Entertainment, based by Lascelles Stephens and Deborah Cox, will be part of the co-producing crew of the all-new revival of “The Wiz.” The manufacturing will launch a nationwide tour on Sept. 23, 2023 in Baltimore earlier than returning to Broadway for a restricted engagement in the 2023 t0 2024 season.

“We’re thrilled to lend support to a show that celebrates Black excellence which means everything to our culture,” stated Stephens and Cox. “We feel a deep sense of pride to be able to bring this reimagined version to a whole new generation on Broadway.”

DECO is becoming a member of a producing crew that features Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker. Other producers embrace Elizabeth Armstrong, James L. Nederlander, Hudson/Mann, Cody Lassen/Matthew D’Arrigo, Independent Presenters Network, Amanda DuBois Productions/Ari Edelson, Dori Berinstein, Spencer Ross/Stephanie Cowan, Terry Schnuck/Gabrielle Palitz, Pippa Lambert/Alissa Norby, Gina Vernaci, Common, MC Lyte, Patty Baker, Marlene & Gary Cohen, Concord Theatricals, The Fabulous Invalid, Fakston Productions, Brian & Nick Ginsberg, Gabrielle Glore, Grove Entertainment, Haffner-Wright Theatricals, House Woods Productions, John Gore Organization, Kawana Entertainment, Willette Klausner, MMC Productions, Lamar Richardson, Runyonland Productions, Erica Lynn Schwartz, The Shubert Organization, Lu-Shawn Thompson, Lana Williams- Woods, The Araca Group, Blakeman-Robinson Entm’t/Ricardo Marques, Robert Tichio/Score 3, Best Yet Entertainment/Branden Grimmett, Dkim Caldwell/Mickalene Thomas, DMQR Productions, Jason Turchin, Epic Theatricals/Jeffrey Grove, Joel Glassman/Westin Hicks, Jamrock Productions/Sonya Houston, Sally Johnston/Ann Scott, Judith Manocherian/Theatre Nerd Productions, and Alan Seales/Gonzalez-Leiba Jr.

The solid will embrace beforehand introduced Wayne Brady, who’s enjoying the Wiz on Broadway, in addition to within the San Francisco and Los Angeles engagements. Alan Mingo Jr. will star in the function of the Wiz in a number of cities together with Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago and San Diego.

The solid can even function Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Deborah Cox as Glinda and Melody A. Betts as Aunt Em and Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow. 

The present contains a e book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning rating by Charlie Smalls (and others). Schele Williams directs,  JaQuel Knight will deal with choreography, and the manufacturing will function extra materials by Tony-nominated and Emmy-nominated author and TV host Amber Ruffin.