The opening night of The Wiz on January 5, 1975 at the Majestic Theatre, with Stephanie Mills as Dorothy, Hinton Battle as the Scarecrow , Tiger Haynes as the Tin Man. Ted Ross as the Lion , Dee Dee Bridgewater as Glinda the Good Witch of the South, André DeShields as the Wizard, Mabel King as Evillene the Wicked Witch of the West, Clarice Taylor as Addaperle the Good Witch of the North, Tasha Thomas as Aunt Em, Ralph Wilcox as Uncle Henry, and Phylicia Rashād as a Munchkin.
