️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  NBC is upping its live musical game. (CNN) NBC is upping its live musical game. The Wiz" will be its next live musical performance <unk> with Cirque du Soleil boarding the project with plans to bring the show to Broadway in 2016. NBC's "The Wiz", set for Thursday, Dec. 3, will again be executive produced by Sound of Music and Peter Pan duo Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, with Tony-winning director Kenny Leon attached to direct both the live event as well as the Broadway revival in 2016-17. Tony®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® Leon won a 2014 Tony Award for directing "A Raisin in the Sun", and earned a nomination for "Fences".<unk> Leon won a 2014 Tony Award for directing "A Raisin in the Sun", and earned a nomination for "Fences".<unk> Fierstein, as a writer, won Tonys for "La Cage Aux Folles" and "Torch Song Trilogy".<unk> Fierstein, as a writer, won Tonys for "La Cage Aux Folles" and "Torch Song Trilogy". ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ We love this annual tradition and we're more excited than ever to not only bring another Broadway musical to America's living rooms, but also see it land on Broadway as well,<unk> said NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Cirque's incredible imagination will help bring the fantasy world of Oz vividly to life and give this great show a modern spin on the age-old story we all love.<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Zadan and Meron will reunite with Leon, with whom they worked on "Steel Magnolias" and "A Raisin in the Sun".<unk> Zadan and Meron will reunite with Leon, with whom they worked on "Steel Magnolias" and "A Raisin in the Sun". <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Casting for both the NBC telecast and Cirque's Broadway production will be announced at a later date.<unk> Casting for both the NBC telecast and Cirque's Broadway production will be announced at a later date. "The Wiz" is adapted from L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", with a book by Brown...
NBC follows up "Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan" with "The Wiz" in December. <unk> NBC follows up "Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan" with "The Wiz" in December. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą "The Wiz" is a retelling of "The Wizard of Oz" in a multicultural context. "The Wiz" is a retelling of "The Wizard of Oz" in a multicultural context.