{"id":27645,"date":"2017-04-07T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/award-winning-kentridge-drama-program-presents-the-wiz\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T22:30:00","slug":"award-winning-kentridge-drama-program-presents-the-wiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/award-winning-kentridge-drama-program-presents-the-wiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Kentridge Drama program presents ‘The Wiz’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kentridge Players present “The Wiz”, a super-charged musical that puts a modern spin on the classic “Wizard of Oz” tale.<\/p>\n

The musical opens May 3 at the Kentridge High School Performing Arts Center, 12430 SE 208th St., Kent. The 10 performances are 7 p.m. May 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 and 13, with 1:30 matinees on May 6 and 13.<\/p>\n

“The Wiz” is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and originally written by William F. Brown. It is an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic 1900 children’s novel, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” in the context of modern African-American culture.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Grajewski directs the musical, with choreography from Eia Waltzer and vocal direction from Aaron Norman.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $10 each for reserved seating; $5 for seats at the family matinees.<\/p>\n

Tickets can be purchased at www.showtix4u.com<\/a> starting April 19.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Grajewski at 253-653-2626 or email at Jennifer.Grajewski@kent.k12.wa.us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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