This was the first Broadway play I saw in my life. I was blessed to sit right over the pit, and it is what made me become a musician. I have never forgot it, and I am 50 years old now LOL
I saw Stephanie Mills perform this showstopper on a quiet Saturday matinee when the Wiz was running on Broadway. She blew the roof off the theater. It was breathtakingly exhilarating.
Our Upward Bound Program in Norfolk Va. sponsored a trip to see this show on Broadway . Stephanie Mills was awe inspiring! This was my 1st Broadway show and it positively impacted our entire group for life!
They would’ve been carrying me and you together LMMFAO 😢😂🤣😭 As a matter of fact they would’ve had to lock 🔐 US up in an Insane Asylum until after the show….Lol 🤣🤣
You know what I was just going over that! Whitney or Mariah are heralded as the greatest female R&B vocalists, but if I had to rank them to Stephanie Mills I'd take STEPHANIE!! Angela Winbush and Vesta Williams deserve their UNSUNG Flowers in the Hall of Fame of R&B too 👍♥️
@@TruthSerum101 I know this now, back then there was still some stuff I was learning because of all the different accusations of her age, because of when the show opened as a local play and etc before it went to Broadway.
So many people can actually sing songs and sound just like the original artist, but til this day I've never.....heard anyone sound like Stephanie Mills her voice can not be copied!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️best voice ever ..........
Living in NYC for all most 40 years as a dancer/model I had the amazing opportunity to see most everything on Broadway. There are few times that a performer came stop the show and I was blown away when I saw Stephanie Mills sing "Home"! I saw "The Wiz" 8 times, which was all I could afford because I was buying a ticket to every other play and musical, and watched with delight one of the best musicals ever. The critics panned the show and then months later "The Wiz" won the Tony for best musical. Don't believe what the critics say.
When Stephanie sings this song, I feel it in the depths of my soul. It is something about the way she caress the words and pulls you in. She brings me to tears every time. Love it!!!
I seen this live and like no another vocalize, she bring down the house. She held a note that felt more like a force of nature ⚡️🔥🎼then a supreme note. Leah Tunkara 2023
I am 72,.... saw the second performance ever as a young man, with Mills as a teen. I was overcome with emotion. This was a revolutionary approach on Broadway, showcasing and leveraging how African Americans' talent was underrepresented for far too long. Last night I saw the touring version of The Wiz, nuanced with today's African American artists. It ranks with Hamilton as the best musical I have seen in my lifetime. Hope you can experience it once again.
The Wiz will always be near and dear to my heart. I grew up in NYC and at the age of 14 it was the first Broadway Show I had ever seen. Theater has become my passion in life (that's me as Juan Peron.) I still cannot ever hear this song without crying my eyes out! Stephanie Mills never got the real recognition she deserved. Love this and love her!
I was lucky to see this in NYC with the ORIGINAL cast; Stephanie Mills, Mable King, Andre DeShields, etc. I absolutely loved it and my mother took me back three more times to see it. Excellent!!
+Margaret Nelson That's great to hear. I only saw the movie version before with Diana Ross as Dorothy! Are you excited for Stephanie to play Aunty Em in the NBC production of the Wiz this December
I was super blessed to see this. I had to be only 4 or so yrs old and I guess it must have been when the touring show visited DC, but I LOOOOOVE the play SOOOO MUCH, I became addicted to the album, got a crush on Nipsey Russel (the Tin Man) and was bitten by the music and theater love bug that is STILL with me today!! The movie w/ MJ and Diana Ross can't even hold a penny to the actual play. The live play was surrounding, consuming, and totally and completely awesome....especially as a tiny little kid that I was!!! 🤗🤗🤗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍
When I was 10, I saw the play on Broadway. My family and I were in the second row from the middle of the stage. This is the day that I fell in love with Stephanie Mills, wow what a great, wonderful and classy woman. Fast forward I'm 56 now and still in love with this woman.
I had the original Broadway LP of The Wiz. Stephanie Mills is Dorothy at 11 years old. About 10 years ago I saw it on stage. Grace Jones played the wicked witch. I had the opportunity to meet her at a local restaurant. She is super sweet!
I still believe that Stephanie Mills sang this best, back in the day, on the album. I had the pleasure of doing the Wiz with an amazing Dorothy, who's voice still stays with me, but Stephanie Mills still brings me back to the first time I ever heard home.
My sister and I met her on a Festival At Sea Cruise a few years ago. She had performed during the voyage. We were waiting to disembark on the last day and she strikes up a conversation with us. She was so cordial and sweet -just a JEWEL of a person! As we were parting, she turned back around and gave us a heartfelt goodbye.
I seen Stephanie Mills for the first time in Chicago, I’ll. I was there on a school trip. We caught an Amtrack there, and stayed in the YMCA🥰 Many Thank You’s to my Journalism teacher Ms. Susan Katzman😘
The Hood Ballerina yeah lol my mom used to always talk about Stephanie Mills’ version but I ignored her. Here I am just in awe with Diana Ross all this time and now I see this and I said “what the heck?!”
Wow wow wow. I like Diana’s version too but this has the innocence the movie missed. With a 34 years old woman playing this role she seemed like a depressed spinster. With a twelve years old it made the fairly tale complete. This is top of class acting and singing yo. Stephanie has a voice from god!
@Robert Lee, Countertenor Exactly. One is a charismatic world renowned, accomplished, highly awarded fantastic actor, singer, seasoned experienced performer and gorgeous superstar and the other is Stephanie Mills.
Shanice nailed it last night and have to say Stephanie was a great teacher/mentor to her for preparing and passing on her Dorothy to her. And now, The Wiz is coming back to Broadway for the 2016-2017 season .
+Michael I. Haber I guess we are entitled to our opinions but while Shanice WIlliams sang beautifully she didn't "nail it". I have seen The Wiz with the original cast twice. I also saw it with Renee Harris Stephanie Mills understudy. She nailed it. Listen to this video then go listen to Shanice. Then I'm sure you will understand what I mean...
+Hervin Balfour Shanice nailed it on her own way. she was perfect as Dorothy and I love that her voice was more of a younger sound. She was marvelous. I think Stephanie was very proud of her.
I'll never forget, I was 15 years old and seeing The Wiz was my very first Broadway show at The Majestic Theater in NYC. I remember crying as Stephanie sang Home. There was something ethereal about her voic,e it permeated every crevice of that theater and echoed for days in my head. Just BEAUTIFUL, and the icing on the cake, I met her backstage and she signed my Playbill magazine. Still one of my fondest memories almost 50 years later.
she took it to church with this one heavens to betsy so incredible! such an amazing talent and i can't wait to see her as Aunt Em in the NBC production of The Wiz. thx for posting this great video!
I still cannot believe the Wiz actually began Ms. Mills journey to becoming a pop music legend. Now this iconic finale will belong to Shanice Williams as NBC presents the Wiz Live on NBC with Ms. Mills as Auntie Em! I sure cannot wait for the night
Lea Jones I know what you mean. I thought she would be but I guess seeing the rehearsal video of her performing Home with Shanice Williams, I was wrong
I was super blessed to see this. I had to be only 4 or so yrs old and I guess it must have been when the touring show visited DC, but I LOOOOOVE the play SOOOO MUCH, I became addicted to the album, got a crush on Nipsey Russel (the Tin Man) and was bitten by the music and theater love bug that is STILL with me today!! The movie w/ MJ and Diana Ross can't even hold a penny to the actual play. It was surrounding, consuming, and totally and completely awesome....especially as a tiny little kid that I was!!! 🤗🤗🤗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍
What a showstopper!!! One time when I saw this show (one of many times) Miss Mills slipped and fell during the Everybody Rejoice number. She wasn't in the next scene(where they return to the Wiz) and we in the audience were really concerned. But, trooper that she is, she returned to the stage and finished the show wearing a brace on her ankle-just like the one in this clip. I wonder if this is the same performance I saw. I saw this show, believe it, 17 times from 1975 to the closing night in 1979. On closing night Miss Mills had to sing Be A Lion twice because the audience wouldn't let the show go on until she did. She also sang Home twice. What a star she is!!! Antonio, would you ask Miss Mills if she remembers this?
I remember this well, seeing the how with my girlfriend and her daughetr...laughing at my Aunt Clarice's performance as Addapearl and meeting the wonderful cast.
I had the honor of seeing this Live B’way twice, in FL & in LA. It wasn’t till she sang, and y’all know I mean saaaang, “Home”, did I realize she was just a lil shorty Adult! Absolutely loved all her R&B music too 😍
Thank you for sharing this with me. I was too young to see the original when it came out and I so pray for a real revival someday. Nothing will ever compare to the original but I think it will spark interest in people going back to find the Original and the best Dorthy in The Wiz, Miss Stephanie Mills! I appreciate this I also enjoyed her performance of the song on the Soul Train Awards recently I wish I could find that again! The play is a classic and the Original Broadway version is my favorite. This video actually let's me just imagine what it would have been like to see this play in person and if I could purchase it on DVD I would. Again thanks so much for this!
Hey David, Thanx for appreciating this video and the Broadway play "The Wiz". I have her Soul Train performance uploaded as well. Are we friends on Facebook?
I had the pleasure of seeing The Wiz on Broadway...we were visiting from Miami...my cousin surprised my mom and I with tickets...great seats we were in the floor mid section...I remember thinking Stephanie was a little girl lol...but oh my smh even though I was only 4 yrs old...her voice gave me chills & I remember tears rolling down my face wow!! I was soooo afraid of the flying monkeys! I also had the pleasure of meeting Haywood Nelson (from What's Happening) I was so shy and he knelt down to shake my hand...he autograph our program "Love, Peace & Happiness....(signature)"...I also spotted coming down from the stairs Michael Jackson with a big afro just like Haywood lol...he say me staring and shyly waved his fingers at me..I was trying to pull my mommy's coat tail so she could see but she was busy talking...needless to say when she did turn around to see what i was pulling on her about...Michael was gone...but another big fro was standing near lol...Haywood Nelson
I went to see the stage show and let me tell you,it was amazing. The costumes,the songs, and the colorful display,just blew my mind.I kind of stop watching the first one starring Judy Garland. Wish they had put into a movie
I'll never forget this magical magnificent performance and song by the one and only Bklyn own my home Stephanie Mills my childhood memory. And I will always love you . Ang
Stephanie sang her but off. She still had those pipes when she sing this song as she got older. It's a shame she didn't get her recognition back then. I see she was doing her hair and makeup to. The amount of talent she had at 19. Beautiful would love to of seen her perform live.
My god shes breath taking. I don't choke up and cry much but she did it to me with this performance. Talking about a little girl with a big voice. No one can sing this song like her, NO ONE! If shes not apart of the NBC production that is showing in Dec. 3 then I'm going to be mad as all hell.
I am so in love with this production. I watched her from age 13 learning it and then was blessed to be cast in the role in our cities community theater. NOW I own a theater company and we are doing again after 37 years and I get to work with a new Dorothy, and my director from when I was Dorothy is consulting with me. I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!
I saw The Wiz twice in the summer of 77. I will never forget Stephanie Mills singing this song. There was this electricity that charged throughout the theater.
To have seen the Wiz initially on Broadway during the 70s was an amazing experience. Just blows you away with memories. Remembering Ken Page's solo still makes me cry. Then growing up and realizing Luther Vandross wrote the closer...just a magical time. Stephanie, Andre...💜💜
Luther's song was written for the movie. It is not in the Musical. All the music and lyrics for the musical are written by the brilliant Charlie Smalls.
Wow I think this is the show I was at when I was in 3rd grade. She had tripped on one of the characters sticks and twisted her ankle. Came back and finished the show like a champ 🖤🖤🖤
Does anyone have the full video of this live play. I really want to see it and study it. I love Stephanie Mills!!!!!!!!!!!!! She tweeted me back before and told me she loved me too lol
This was the first Broadway play I saw in my life. I was blessed to sit right over the pit, and it is what made me become a musician. I have never forgot it, and I am 50 years old now LOL
you & me both! I saw it on a class field trip in 1977 when I was 13.
Awwwwe really
I saw her too. She was incredible. Unforgettable performance❤
She’s is def the best🔥🔥🔥 yesss SM👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
First Bway show for me too! I loved Stephanie ever since!
I saw Stephanie Mills perform this showstopper on a quiet Saturday matinee when the Wiz was running on Broadway. She blew the roof off the theater. It was breathtakingly exhilarating.
Our Upward Bound Program in Norfolk Va. sponsored a trip to see this show on Broadway . Stephanie Mills was awe inspiring! This was my 1st Broadway show and it positively impacted our entire group for life!
The ushers would have had to carry me out because I woulda lost my WHOLE mind!!!
I did. And 46 years later she still gives me chills.
They would’ve been carrying me and you together LMMFAO 😢😂🤣😭 As a matter of fact they would’ve had to lock 🔐 US up in an Insane Asylum until after the show….Lol 🤣🤣
@@thatguy9760 😂
Yes! How much do I love this comment! 🫶🏾
She sings the brakes off of this song! That “it’s real, it’s real, its real to me” part takes me out every time. ❤️❤️🔥🔥🙌🏽🙌🏽
Me too!!!
That's the line that always gets me. This song was written from the HEART.
This is why I can’t stress enough that people can love whoever but videos like these are true testaments to why she is the greatest.
You know what I was just going over that! Whitney or Mariah are heralded as the greatest female R&B vocalists, but if I had to rank them to Stephanie Mills I'd take STEPHANIE!! Angela Winbush and Vesta Williams deserve their UNSUNG Flowers in the Hall of Fame of R&B too 👍♥️
She was in peak voice back then! Simply BREATHTAKING!🥲🥲❤️❤️❤️👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
How does someone so young have that voice?! UNBELIEVABLE! I cried just listening to this!
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@Robert Lee, Countertenor doesn't matter, she still had that voice in the original Broadway production a decade earlier.
@Robert Lee, Countertenor Actually she couldn’t have been 27 because if she was 30 in the 1992 revival she had to be younger than 27 in this.
@@stephaniemills_fanpage Nope. She was 27 here. By 1992, she was 35.
@@TruthSerum101 I know this now, back then there was still some stuff I was learning because of all the different accusations of her age, because of when the show opened as a local play and etc before it went to Broadway.
So many people can actually sing songs and sound just like the original artist, but til this day I've never.....heard anyone sound like Stephanie Mills her voice can not be copied!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️best voice ever ..........
Never oriiiiiginal!!!!
Living in NYC for all most 40 years as a dancer/model I had the amazing opportunity to see most everything on Broadway. There are few times that a performer came stop the show and I was blown away when I saw Stephanie Mills sing "Home"! I saw "The Wiz" 8 times, which was all I could afford because I was buying a ticket to every other play and musical, and watched with delight one of the best musicals ever. The critics panned the show and then months later "The Wiz" won the Tony for best musical. Don't believe what the critics say.
Now that is a world-class performance. Audience applause during the number in almost unheard of. Says it all.
When Stephanie sings this song, I feel it in the depths of my soul. It is something about the way she caress the words and pulls you in. She brings me to tears every time. Love it!!!
Thanx bro, I know the exact feeling..
Me tooooo
I seen this live and like no another vocalize, she bring down the house. She held a note that felt more like a force of nature ⚡️🔥🎼then a supreme note. Leah Tunkara 2023
I "saw"...
This is when 'Broadway' was 'Broadway' Wow. Thanks for posting excerpts from this incredible show.
Glad u enjoyed..
Every time I hear Stephanie sing "Home" I start bawling & waving my hand!
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Yesssss
I would have lost my damn mind. This is everything.
Okay?! Every Time I watch a video of Miss Stephanie Mills sing this song, no matter the rendition, I lose it. Mind blowing performance every time.
I remember seeing it live. I was 12 at the time and it blew my mind! Tears goose bumos and all
I cried this is what u called talent
+Joshua Lewis Absolutely!!!!!!
I am 72,.... saw the second performance ever as a young man, with Mills as a teen. I was overcome with emotion. This was a revolutionary approach on Broadway, showcasing and leveraging how African Americans' talent was underrepresented for far too long. Last night I saw the touring version of The Wiz, nuanced with today's African American artists. It ranks with Hamilton as the best musical I have seen in my lifetime. Hope you can experience it once again.
The Wiz will always be near and dear to my heart. I grew up in NYC and at the age of 14 it was the first Broadway Show I had ever seen. Theater has become my passion in life (that's me as Juan Peron.) I still cannot ever hear this song without crying my eyes out! Stephanie Mills never got the real recognition she deserved. Love this and love her!
Gene, Thank you for appreciating her talent.
I was lucky to see this in NYC with the ORIGINAL cast; Stephanie Mills, Mable King, Andre DeShields, etc. I absolutely loved it and my mother took me back three more times to see it. Excellent!!
+Margaret Nelson That's great to hear. I only saw the movie version before with Diana Ross as Dorothy! Are you excited for Stephanie to play Aunty Em in the NBC production of the Wiz this December
***** Glad to hear!
Manuel Orozco I am beyond excited to see her as Auntie Em. I was soooooo disappointed in the movie.
Margaret Nelson I did like the movie but it wasn't perfect. I expect it to be good as the movie only less campy
You witnessed greatness!
Gorgeous singing, gorgeous cast, gorgeous costumes....I wish I could go back in time and see this in person :)
+Timothy Yang I wish I could go back in time for this too.
I was super blessed to see this. I had to be only 4 or so yrs old and I guess it must have been when the touring show visited DC, but I LOOOOOVE the play SOOOO MUCH, I became addicted to the album, got a crush on Nipsey
Russel (the Tin Man) and was bitten by the music and theater love bug that is STILL with me today!!
The movie w/ MJ and Diana Ross can't even hold a penny to the actual play. The live play was surrounding, consuming, and totally and completely awesome....especially as a tiny little kid that I was!!!
🤗🤗🤗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍
When I was 10, I saw the play on Broadway. My family and I were in the second row from the middle of the stage. This is the day that I fell in love with Stephanie Mills, wow what a great, wonderful and classy woman. Fast forward I'm 56 now and still in love with this woman.
Thank god I had the chance
I burst into tears at the end. She's so perfect, and the music is so beautiful!!
Ms.Stephanie Mills will never stop amazing me, u know her voice is a gift from god if it gives u goosebumps, just beautiful
I've saw the show 3 times and every time I cried! On the inside and was dry mouth as hell! So great!
I remember seeing the Broadway production if "The Wiz." Have LOVED Stephanie Mills ever since. A PHENOMENAL singer!
I had the original Broadway LP of The Wiz. Stephanie Mills is Dorothy at 11 years old. About 10 years ago I saw it on stage. Grace Jones played the wicked witch. I had the opportunity to meet her at a local restaurant. She is super sweet!
+Scott Hewitt Stephanie was actually 15. They lied about her age to make her seem younger.Grace Jones rules.
I remember when this play came to Chicago me and my husband has seen it was beautiful after the show me and my husband met Stephanie Millers
I still believe that Stephanie Mills sang this best, back in the day, on the album. I had the pleasure of doing the Wiz with an amazing Dorothy, who's voice still stays with me, but Stephanie Mills still brings me back to the first time I ever heard home.
The Goat the best👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😊💜
The "stuff" Legends are made of...! BRAVA DIVA
I saw this show at the Warner Theater in D.C. in the early 80s. The entire cast were awesome. I love Stephanie Mills ❤️
My sister and I met her on a Festival At Sea Cruise a few years ago. She had performed during the voyage. We were waiting to disembark on the last day and she strikes up a conversation with us. She was so cordial and sweet -just a JEWEL of a person! As we were parting, she turned back around and gave us a heartfelt goodbye.
Thank you for that and I'm glad that you all had a great time.
I seen Stephanie Mills for the first time in Chicago, I’ll. I was there on a school trip. We caught an Amtrack there, and stayed in the YMCA🥰 Many Thank You’s to my Journalism teacher Ms. Susan Katzman😘
THANK YOU so much for posting this bit of history. Amazing!!!
omg her vocals at the end totally blew me away Diana Ross couldn't compare in the movie omg
The Hood Ballerina yeah lol my mom used to always talk about Stephanie Mills’ version but I ignored her. Here I am just in awe with Diana Ross all this time and now I see this and I said “what the heck?!”
She still did a good job. I like Diana Ross Home.
Wow wow wow. I like Diana’s version too but this has the innocence the movie missed. With a 34 years old woman playing this role she seemed like a depressed spinster. With a twelve years old it made the fairly tale complete. This is top of class acting and singing yo. Stephanie has a voice from god!
Kreatures100 YES! Yes! A thousand times, yes!
@Robert Lee, Countertenor Exactly. One is a charismatic world renowned, accomplished, highly awarded fantastic actor, singer, seasoned experienced performer and gorgeous superstar and the other is Stephanie Mills.
Thanks for posting this. I always wanted to see Stephanie sing Home in the Wiz. She is one the greats of all time!
Shanice nailed it last night and have to say Stephanie was a great teacher/mentor to her for preparing and passing on her Dorothy to her. And now, The Wiz is coming back to Broadway for the 2016-2017 season .
+Michael I. Haber I guess we are entitled to our opinions but while Shanice WIlliams sang beautifully she didn't "nail it". I have seen The Wiz with the original cast twice. I also saw it with Renee Harris Stephanie Mills understudy. She nailed it. Listen to this video then go listen to Shanice. Then I'm sure you will understand what I mean...
+Hervin Balfour Shanice nailed it on her own way. she was perfect as Dorothy and I love that her voice was more of a younger sound. She was marvelous. I think Stephanie was very proud of her.
+Michael I. Haber Tell me about it! Shanice pulled it off and the torch was passed on well. The new Dorothy has a promising career ahead of her.
Michael I. Haber Not true
EVERYBODY KNOW STEPHANIE MILLS WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY FOR HER SING HOME FROM THE WIZ THE SONG HAS MADE HER A SUPERSTAR TO THIS DAY
I totally agree with you.
hey victor can you add me on your stephanie mills list i just love me some stepanie mills goosebumps every time she opens her mouth
Hi Toni, Sure I'll add you to the list. Please just send an email to victorantonio1@aol.com asking to be added and I'll take care of the rest :)
Victor Antonio HI VICTOR MY EMAIL IS GEMMNI1@VERIZON.NET
Not sure why you're telling me your email
Thank you Victor.This gives me chills!!!
+Joyce Gresham My pleasure!
I still have the goose bumps from seeing her in the play and/or in concert!
Wow! That's amazing. Are we connected on facebook?
And she STILL sings like this today!
Ms Mill is one of the most super incredible singers on the planet...forever be one of her biggest fan...Hope this album is still on the way...
I cried so loud. She was amazing ❤️❤️❤️
I'll never forget, I was 15 years old and seeing The Wiz was my very first Broadway show at The Majestic Theater in NYC. I remember crying as Stephanie sang Home.
There was something ethereal about her voic,e it permeated every crevice of that theater and echoed for days in my head. Just BEAUTIFUL, and the icing on the cake, I met her backstage and she signed my Playbill magazine. Still one of my fondest memories almost 50 years later.
she took it to church with this one heavens to betsy so incredible! such an amazing talent and i can't wait to see her as Aunt Em in the NBC production of The Wiz. thx for posting this great video!
+Halsey “B” R I really enjoyed the Wiz Live last December and Stephanie's return as Auntie Em with it.
I feel like her performance of this is tragically underrated.
This was the first broadway show that I experienced and It was amazing!
I can only imagine the memories that you have from this..
Love her!!!😃❤
CHILLS!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This footage is incredible. I love it. Thank you so much for posting. Stephanie at 16. What an ordained talent.
AMEN.. 🕊 🕊. What A Voice.
Nice flashback. This was the revival production from the 80s. I saw this in D.C. in '84. Stephanie is in a class all her own. Absolutely phenomenal!
I still cannot believe the Wiz actually began Ms. Mills journey to becoming a pop music legend. Now this iconic finale will belong to Shanice Williams as NBC presents the Wiz Live on NBC with Ms. Mills as Auntie Em! I sure cannot wait for the night
+Manuel Orozco Me niether! This is gonna be fun. Though I wish the tv special is a real play now. I want to see it live.
tigerqueen007 You're in luck because the broadcast is a precursor to a Broadway revival next season.
Really!? AWESOME!!!! Thank you friend!!
tigerqueen007 Your welcome! We should expect more information following the broadcast next week.
Lea Jones I know what you mean. I thought she would be but I guess seeing the rehearsal video of her performing Home with Shanice Williams, I was wrong
I was super blessed to see this. I had to be only 4 or so yrs old and I guess it must have been when the touring show visited DC, but I LOOOOOVE the play SOOOO MUCH, I became addicted to the album, got a crush on Nipsey
Russel (the Tin Man) and was bitten by the music and theater love bug that is STILL with me today!!
The movie w/ MJ and Diana Ross can't even hold a penny to the actual play. It was surrounding, consuming, and totally and completely awesome....especially as a tiny little kid that I was!!!
🤗🤗🤗💗💗💗💗👍👍👍👍👍
just got through watching The Wiz with Diana Ross Stephanie Mills was the best saw her in The Wiz when it first came to New York love the show
Mama Stephanie was a itty bitty thing here. Just a baby with a stick of dynamite. She never disappoints with that GOD-blessed voice.
What a showstopper!!! One time when I saw this show (one of many times) Miss Mills
slipped and fell during the Everybody Rejoice number. She wasn't in the next scene(where they return to the Wiz)
and we in the audience were really concerned. But, trooper that she is, she returned to the stage and finished the show wearing a brace on her ankle-just like the one in this clip. I wonder if this is the same performance I saw.
I saw this show, believe it, 17 times from 1975 to the closing night in 1979. On closing night Miss Mills had to sing Be A Lion twice because the audience wouldn't let the show go on until she did. She also sang Home twice. What a star she is!!! Antonio, would you ask Miss Mills if she remembers this?
I remember this well, seeing the how with my girlfriend and her daughetr...laughing at my Aunt Clarice's performance as Addapearl and meeting the wonderful cast.
Great memories..
I'm in literal tears by Ms.Mills' performance. She understands the value of home and family. There's no place in the universe like home.
I had the honor of seeing this Live B’way twice, in FL & in LA. It wasn’t till she sang, and y’all know I mean saaaang, “Home”, did I realize she was just a lil shorty Adult! Absolutely loved all her R&B music too 😍
Oh man! I wish I have seen this show!
+tigerqueen007 After how the Wiz Live turned out last December, me too.
I wish I coulda seen this broadway production
Thank you for sharing this with me. I was too young to see the original when it came out and I so pray for a real revival someday. Nothing will ever compare to the original but I think it will spark interest in people going back to find the Original and the best Dorthy in The Wiz, Miss Stephanie Mills! I appreciate this I also enjoyed her performance of the song on the Soul Train Awards recently I wish I could find that again! The play is a classic and the Original Broadway version is my favorite. This video actually let's me just imagine what it would have been like to see this play in person and if I could purchase it on DVD I would. Again thanks so much for this!
Hey David, Thanx for appreciating this video and the Broadway play "The Wiz". I have her Soul Train performance uploaded as well. Are we friends on Facebook?
She is perfect as Dorothy! Stephanie is a true star! YAAS!!
The Wife and I saw her this on Broadway! We will NEVER FORGET Stephanie's performance Her Emotions and My Chills and Tears it was that GREAT!
She got so totally screwed. Where the f*ck is her Tony Award for this?
I totally agree. She should've received all of the above for her performance in "The Wiz"
A skinny ass white girl walked off with it and Diana walked off with her movie roll she was robbed twice
Saw this show 3 times. She was amazing and still is
I had the pleasure of seeing The Wiz on Broadway...we were visiting from Miami...my cousin surprised my mom and I with tickets...great seats we were in the floor mid section...I remember thinking Stephanie was a little girl lol...but oh my smh even though I was only 4 yrs old...her voice gave me chills & I remember tears rolling down my face wow!! I was soooo afraid of the flying monkeys! I also had the pleasure of meeting Haywood Nelson (from What's Happening) I was so shy and he knelt down to shake my hand...he autograph our program "Love, Peace & Happiness....(signature)"...I also spotted coming down from the stairs Michael Jackson with a big afro just like Haywood lol...he say me staring and shyly waved his fingers at me..I was trying to pull my mommy's coat tail so she could see but she was busy talking...needless to say when she did turn around to see what i was pulling on her about...Michael was gone...but another big fro was standing near lol...Haywood Nelson
IDK how anyone cannot like this performance. Who pressed dislike??
Amazing talent! I love seeing this. I heard that at the final performance, they were crying on stage saying goodbye to Dorothy.
Took my 3 little ones to witness her live on Broadway in the 70's ... We were awed. I still am! Amazing!
I'm clicking my ruby slippers now. I wish I could have seen Stephanie Mills in "The Wiz", I wish I could have seen Stephanie Mills in "The Wiz".
I went to see the stage show and let me tell you,it was amazing. The costumes,the songs, and the colorful display,just blew my mind.I kind of stop watching the first one starring Judy Garland. Wish they had put into a movie
Wow!!!!
Stephanie has a voice on her. She is magnificent.
my all time favorite play can't wait for you guys to see it.
I saw her do it at the Majestic theater on Broadway!
I'll never forget this magical magnificent performance and song by the one and only Bklyn own my home Stephanie Mills my childhood memory. And I will always love you . Ang
Simply Beautiful!!!!! ❤️
I am blessed to have seen this on Broadway. Whew memories!
DAMN STEPHANIE MILLS TORE THAT SONG UP SO DAMN GOOOOOOOD
Stephanie sang her but off. She still had those pipes when she sing this song as she got older. It's a shame she didn't get her recognition back then. I see she was doing her hair and makeup to. The amount of talent she had at 19. Beautiful would love to of seen her perform live.
My god shes breath taking. I don't choke up and cry much but she did it to me with this performance. Talking about a little girl with a big voice. No one can sing this song like her, NO ONE! If shes not apart of the NBC production that is showing in Dec. 3 then I'm going to be mad as all hell.
+Brian Cooper She was part of the NBC production as Aunte Em.
This brought back so many memories of a wonderful time gone by - SHE IS STILL PHENOMENAL EVEN TODAY
I am so in love with this production. I watched her from age 13 learning it and then was blessed to be cast in the role in our cities community theater. NOW I own a theater company and we are doing again after 37 years and I get to work with a new Dorothy, and my director from when I was Dorothy is consulting with me. I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!
I saw The Wiz twice in the summer of 77. I will never forget Stephanie Mills singing this song. There was this electricity that charged throughout the theater.
Ms. Mills you did a great job love you forever
I saw this wonderful play in Detroit at The Fisher Theatre. Glad I was a part of history.
The best rendition!
I cry every time I hear this. Her voice and this song is just amazing.
Love it! This was back when they didn't use microphones.... so that's all her projecting to the back of the last row.
That is completely false. Mics were used on Broadway since the 1950s and body mics since the 1960s.
The first time I have ever felt chills throughout my entire body.
To have seen the Wiz initially on Broadway during the 70s was an amazing experience. Just blows you away with memories. Remembering Ken Page's solo still makes me cry. Then growing up and realizing Luther Vandross wrote the closer...just a magical time. Stephanie, Andre...💜💜
Luther's song was written for the movie. It is not in the Musical. All the music and lyrics for the musical are written by the brilliant Charlie Smalls.
I remember seeing her in this play in Chicago. She did an excellent job.
Thanks so much for uploading
The song " Home "shall always be the birth child of Mrs. Stephanie Mills. Always and Forever
One word: Chills!
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You better sang Stephanie....that's what I miss, when you're in your zone can't nobody touch you
Wonderful soprano!
Wow I think this is the show I was at when I was in 3rd grade. She had tripped on one of the characters sticks and twisted her ankle. Came back and finished the show like a champ 🖤🖤🖤
My mom took me to see this when I was a little girl. I asked my mom who she was, and I’ve loved her ever since. ❤
Oh, man... lost it when she hugged the Lion.... ;)
Does anyone have the full video of this live play. I really want to see it and study it. I love Stephanie Mills!!!!!!!!!!!!! She tweeted me back before and told me she loved me too lol