Rehearsals begin Oct. 5 for NBC's Dec. 3 live broadcast of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz, Harvey Fierstein announced via Twitter. Fierstein, who also shared a photo from the rehearsal room, is adapting the book for the star-studded TV event, which features original Broadway lead Stephanie Mills as Auntie Em, Queen Latifah as The Wiz, Mary J. Blige as Evillene (the Wicked Witch of the Wes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PM on October 5, 2015