The Wiz (revival)
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The Wiz (revival) is a modern Broadway revival of the beloved 1975 musical that reimagines L. Frank Baum’s "The Wizard of Oz" through an African-American cultural lens with a soulful, R&B-infused score.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wiz | 2 |
| Broadway musical "The Wiz" | 1 |
| The Wiz (1975 musical) | 1 |
| The Wiz (Broadway musical) | 1 |
| The Wiz (Broadway revival) | 1 |
| The Wiz (concert or stage productions) | 1 |
| The Wiz (musical) | 1 |
| The Wiz (revival) canonical | 1 |
| The Wiz franchise | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2583981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wiz (revival) Context triple: [Marquis Theatre, notableProduction, The Wiz (revival)]
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A.
The Wiz Live!
The Wiz Live! is a televised musical adaptation of the Broadway show "The Wiz," featuring an all-star cast and live performances that reimagine "The Wizard of Oz" with an African-American cultural perspective.
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B.
The Wiz (film)
The Wiz is a 1978 musical fantasy film adaptation of the Broadway show reimagining The Wizard of Oz with an African-American cast, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
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C.
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a hit Broadway musical that reimagines the backstory of the witches from "The Wizard of Oz," featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.
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D.
The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical revival of the stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, noted for its powerful gospel-, blues-, and soul-infused score and acclaimed performances.
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E.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wiz (revival) Target entity description: The Wiz (revival) is a modern Broadway revival of the beloved 1975 musical that reimagines L. Frank Baum’s "The Wizard of Oz" through an African-American cultural lens with a soulful, R&B-infused score.
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A.
The Wiz Live!
The Wiz Live! is a televised musical adaptation of the Broadway show "The Wiz," featuring an all-star cast and live performances that reimagine "The Wizard of Oz" with an African-American cultural perspective.
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B.
The Wiz (film)
The Wiz is a 1978 musical fantasy film adaptation of the Broadway show reimagining The Wizard of Oz with an African-American cast, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
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C.
Wicked (musical)
Wicked is a hit Broadway musical that reimagines the backstory of the witches from "The Wizard of Oz," featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.
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D.
The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
The Color Purple (Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical revival of the stage adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel, noted for its powerful gospel-, blues-, and soul-infused score and acclaimed performances.
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E.
On Broadway
"On Broadway" is a jazz-infused cover of the classic song popularized by George Benson, known for its virtuosic guitar work and smooth vocal style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical revival
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stage musical production ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Wiz (revival)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Wiz (1975 musical)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | L. Frank Baum ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter |
The Cowardly Lion
ⓘ
surface form:
Cowardly Lion
Dorothy Gale ⓘ Evillene ⓘ Glinda the Good Witch ⓘ
surface form:
Glinda
Scarecrow ⓘ The Wiz (revival) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Wiz
The Tin Man ⓘ
surface form:
Tin Man
|
| genre |
R&B musical
ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ soul musical ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPerspective | African-American cultural lens ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
R&B
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ pop ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasSourceMaterialGenre |
children's fantasy novel
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classic American literature ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
community and solidarity
ⓘ
journey along the Yellow Brick Road ⓘ overcoming fear ⓘ |
| hasThematicFocus |
African-American experience
ⓘ
empowerment ⓘ friendship ⓘ home and belonging ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| includesDanceStyles |
contemporary Broadway choreography
ⓘ
funk-inspired movement ⓘ jazz dance ⓘ |
| isAdaptationOf |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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surface form:
The Wizard of Oz
|
| isPartOf |
The Wiz (revival)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
The Wiz franchise
|
| isReimaginingOf | The Wizard of Oz through an African-American lens ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | book musical ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ⓘ |
| originalWorkPremiereYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway revival ⓘ |
| setting | Land of Oz ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Broadway audiences
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fans of The Wizard of Oz ⓘ fans of soul and R&B music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Wiz (revival) Description of subject: The Wiz (revival) is a modern Broadway revival of the beloved 1975 musical that reimagines L. Frank Baum’s "The Wizard of Oz" through an African-American cultural lens with a soulful, R&B-infused score.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Broadway musical "The Wiz"
this entity surface form:
The Wiz (concert or stage productions)
this entity surface form:
The Wiz
this entity surface form:
The Wiz (Broadway revival)
this entity surface form:
The Wiz (musical)
this entity surface form:
The Wiz (1975 musical)
this entity surface form:
The Wiz
this entity surface form:
The Wiz franchise
this entity surface form:
The Wiz (Broadway musical)