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Before ‘Wicked,’ this musical followed the yellow-brick road—& had a lasting impact on Black, queer culture

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, we’re following that yellow-brick road back to Oz with the 1978 cult-classic musical The Wiz.After waiting for more than 20 years, this weekend finally sees the release of (the first part of) the film adaptation of Wicked. The Broadway show has become a worldwide phenomenon since it first opened in 2003, and the big-screen version promises to be just as massive. However, Wicked is hardly the first property to reinvent and expand the world of Oz.This week we’ll take it back to 1978’s The Wiz, another movie musical adapted from the stage that put its own distinctive spin on the beloved characters and story.
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Before the show begins we’re aware that this is likely to be an extremely affecting piece of theatre – there are signs around the bar area of the Dorfman Theatre (the smallest of the three spaces in the National Theatre) advising audience members that there are safe spaces available upstairs in the theatre if they’re required during the evening. Before act one begins, the actors introduce themselves – out of character – to give us some context about the play, to reassure the audience that no fire will be shown at any time, and that we are free to leave the theatre whenever we wish if we feel we need to do so.
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