9 Things You Didn’t Know About “Wiz” Kids
Yes, it’s being done live tonight on NBC. Last year’s live NBC musical, “Peter Pan,” was pretty awful, so let’s hope that this one has a little more oomph. Among this list of fun facts: 18-year-old rising star Shanice Williams (pictured) was raised and trained in musical theater and selected out of hundreds of applicants nationwide to portray the iconic role of a Kansas farm girl who gets swept up in a tornado and goes to Oz.
