Ken Harper presents "The Wiz," a new musical version of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," book by William F. Brown, music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, starring Stu Gilliam, Tiger Haynes, Ted Ross, Clarice Taylor, Mabel King, Andre de Shields, Tasha Thomas, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Butterfly McQueen as the Queen of the Mice, also starring Stephanie Mills as Dorothy, setting designed by Tom H. John, costumes designed by Geoffrey Holder, lighting designed by Tharon Musser, orchestrations by Harold Wheeler, musical director Charles H. Coleman, dance arrangements by Timothy Graphenreed, sound designed by John C. Shearing, production stage manager Charles Blackwell, choreography and musical numbers staged by George Faison, directed by Gilbert Moses III.