Posted by | Ray Cornelius
Check out the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul Mary J. Blige as the “Queen of Mean” for NBC’s upcoming special of The Wiz Live! Vanity Fair released the exclusive photo of the Grammy winning-superstar as a sexier version of Oz’s most feared villain, Evillene the Wicked Witch of the West.
Also take a peek at other photos released this week of ‘Wiz’ cast members—Amber Riley as ‘Adapperle the Witch of the North,’ Stephanie Mills as ‘Aunt Em,’ Common as ‘The Royal Gatekeeper,’ Uzo Aduba as ‘Glinda the Witch of the South’ and Queen Latifah as ‘The Wiz.’
As previously reported, Ne-Yo is starring as the ‘Tin Man,’ David Alan Grier is the ‘Cowardly Lion,’ Elijah Kelley is the ‘Scarecrow’ and newcomer Shanice Williams is ‘Dorothy.’
I am so excited about this show! They have really out done themselves with these costumes and I can only imagine what the set is going to look like. Stay tuned!
Stephanie Mills as Aunt Em/Amber Riley as Adapperle the Witch of the North
Common as the Royal Gatekeeper
Uzo Aduba as Glinda the Witch of the South
Mary J. Blige as Evillene the Witch Witch of the West
Queen Latifah as The Wiz
The Wiz Live! airs Thursday, December 3 on NBC!
Photo Credits: Vanity Fair and PEOPLE