In 1975, Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown had the brilliant idea of updating The Wizard of Oz to fit African-American culture. The Wiz became a huge hit on Broadway… as well as an overly long and rather turgid movie adaption in 1978. We love the play, though, so if you can find it live, take a look. (And we confess that Michael Jackson's version of the Scarecrow is kind of awesome.)