A different take on the yellow brick road – The story of Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West is getting an update thanks to New Venture Theatre.

The story of Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West is getting an update thanks to New Venture Theatre. The local company will host a series of performances of The Wiz, the classic R&B musical adaptation of the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, starting this week. This favorite first opened on Broadway in 1975 and is sure to delight with a lively mixture of pop, gospel and soul music. The production begins Thursday and runs through July 28. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $20, and all performances will be held at the BREC Independence Park Theatre. To find out more about New Venture Theatre, check out 225‘s story here.