Case Study
The Wiz
A month after its opening on Broadway’s Majestic Theatre in 1975, Variety magazine certified The Wiz musical to be a standing-room-only smash hit. That same year, this retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic The Wizard of Oz in the context of African-American culture won the Tony Award for Best Musical. It ran on Broadway for 1,672 performances, and until today continues to score big on the road and in endless school and community productions. When John Paul College in Brisbane had the opportunity to showcase “The Wiz”, they wanted to push the boundaries and create something new, exciting and innovative for the audience. With that in mind, John Paul College approached IKONIX to get their expertise with using digital projection instead of traditional stage sets in their st