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Playbill for "The Wiz"

1978

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A Playbill magazine for an October 1978 production of The Wiz at the Broadway Theatre, from the personal collection of Clarice Taylor who played Addaperle. The front cover has a yellow masthead with black text reading "PLAYBILL / THE BROADWAY THEATRE." Illustration below depicts a stylized silhouette of a figure with swirling lines extending from the head and back. Black text under the image reads "THE WIZ / © 1974, THE WIZ CO."

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Catalog reference: 2013.188.36

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