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William Ferdinand Brown (April 16, 1928 – June 23, 2019) was an American playwright, best known for writing the book of the musical, The Wiz (1974), which is an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, for which Brown received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Book of ...
Jun 24, 2019 · William F. Brown, who earned a Tony Award nomination for his book for the long-running smash Broadway musical The Wiz, has died. He was 91. Brown died Sunday in Westport, Connecticut,...
William F. Brown, an author and illustrator who was best known for writing the book of the Tony Award-winning 1975 musical “The Wiz,” died June 23 at a hospital in Norwalk, Conn. He was 91. A...
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Jun 24, 2019 · William F. Brown, who wrote the book for the Broadway musical The Wiz, a contemporary retelling of The Wizard of Oz, passed away at 91. He also wrote for TV, cabaret, comedy and cartoons, and was a collaborator of Bernadette Peters and Michael Jackson.
Jun 24, 2019 · William F. Brown was a Tony-nominated American writer who wrote the book for the Broadway musical The Wiz, a contemporary retelling of The Wizard of Oz. He also wrote for TV, film, cartoons and industrial shows, and collaborated with composers Charles Strouse and Charles Smalls.
William F. Brown, the Tony Award-nominated playwright and librettist best known for writing the book to the 1975 Broadway hit The Wiz, died June 23 in Westport, Connecticut, at age 91. The...
