Dearborn, Michigan: A visit to the first Arab-majority city in the US Alamy Dearborn, Michigan is home to the largest mosque in North America Located just outside Detroit, Dearborn offers travellers a unique chance to eat their way through the Middle East while exploring how Arab Americans have shaped the nation. Alamy People come from across the Midwest to eat …
When “The Wiz” burst onto the scene in a puff of smoke in 1975, the show became a Broadway sensation, launching the R&B career of a young Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy, and picking up a slew of Tony Awards, including best musical. This Black musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s classic tale “The Wizard of Oz” became a landmark …
NEW YORK — A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in “Hairspray,” competed on “American Idol” and came to the attention of casting agents with her TikTok videos has landed the plum role of Dorothy in the Broadway-bound production of “The Wiz.” Nichelle Lewis will star in the national touring show this fall and then make her Broadway debut next year …
