question: Name the musical theatre performance with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown, which is an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel and starred Stephanie Andujar whose career includes the Academy Award-winning film 'Precious'?
answer: The Wiz
context: Title: Ease on Down the Road
  Passage: "Ease on Down the Road" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical "The Wiz", an R&B re-interpretation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".  The Charlie Smalls–composed tune is the show's version of both "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" and "We're Off to See the Wizard" from the 1939 version of "The Wizard of Oz".  In the song, performed three times during the show, Dorothy and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion dance their way down the Yellow Brick Road and give each other words of encouragement.
  Title: Charlie Smalls
  Passage: Charlie Smalls (October 25, 1943 – August 27, 1987) was an African-American composer and songwriter, best known for writing the music accompaniment to playwright William F. Brown's 1975 Broadway musical "The Wiz".  later adapted to a 1978 film version of the same name, by Motown Productions in collaboration with Universal Pictures, and starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
  Title: You Can't Win (song)
  Passage: "You Can't Win" is an R&B, pop and soul song written by Charlie Smalls and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, who played Scarecrow in the 1978 musical film "The Wiz", an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".  The movie featured an entirely African American cast and was based on the 1975 Broadway musical "The Wiz".
  Title: William F. Brown (writer)
  Passage: William Ferdinand Brown (born April 16, 1928 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American playwright best known for writing the book of the musical, "The Wiz" (1974), an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls, for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.
  Title: Stephanie Andujar
  Passage: Stephanie Andujar (born July 15, 1986) is an American actress, director, producer, singer and songwriter starring in theatre performances from "The Wiz", "The Crucible", and "The Good Woman of Setzuan".  Her film career includes the Academy Award-winning film "Precious" (2009), "Pariah" (2011), "See Girl Run" (2012), "Babygirl" (2013), "A Walk Among the Tombstones" (2014), and the upcoming film "Marjorie Prime".  Her television career includes NBC’s "" (2007), nurse drama "Mercy" (2010), and "Blindspot" (2015).  Andujar received praise for her performance in "Orange is the New Black" Season 2 (2014) as young Miss Rosa.
  Title: Wicked (musical)
  Passage: Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman.  It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel "", an alternative telling of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" and L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 story, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".  The musical is told from the perspective of the witches of the Land of Oz; its plot begins before and continues after Dorothy's arrival in Oz from Kansas, and it includes several references to the 1939 film and Baum's novel.  "Wicked" tells the story of two unlikely friends, Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and Galinda (whose name later changes to Glinda the Good Witch), who struggle through opposing personalities and viewpoints, rivalry over the same love-interest, reactions to the Wizard's corrupt government and, ultimately, Elphaba's public fall from grace.
  Title: Tin Woodman
  Passage: The Tin Woodman, better known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman (the third name appears only in adaptations, the first—and in rare instances, the second—was used by Baum), is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.  Baum's Tin Woodman first appeared in his classic 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", and reappeared in many other Oz books.  In late 19th-century America, men made out of various tin pieces were used in advertising and political cartoons.  Baum, who was editing a magazine on decorating shop windows when he wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", was reportedly inspired to invent the Tin Woodman by a figure he had built out of metal parts for a shop display.
  Title: The Wiz (film)
  Passage: The Wiz is a 1978 American musical adventure film produced by Universal Pictures and Motown Productions, and released by Universal Pictures on October 24, 1978.  An urban reimagining of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" featuring an entirely African-American cast, "The Wiz" was loosely adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name.  The film follows the adventures of Dorothy, a shy twenty-four-year-old Harlem, New York City, schoolteacher who finds herself magically transported to the urban fantasy Land of Oz, which resembles an alternative fantasy version of New York City.  Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, she travels through the city to seek an audience with the mysterious Wiz, who they say is the only one powerful enough to send her home.
  Title: The Maid of Arran
  Passage: The Maid of Arran, An Idyllic Irish Drama Written for the People, Irrespective of Caste or Nationality is an 1882 musical play by L. Frank Baum, writing and performing under the pseudonym, "Louis F. Baum", based on the novel "A Princess of Thule" by William Black.  It was described as "A Play to Ensnare All Hearts and Leave an Impress of Beauty and Nobility Within the Sordid Mind of Man."  The play resets the novel from Scotland's Outer Hebrides to Ireland (although Arran is actually in Scotland—Baum probably meant Aran, but never changed it).  This was a well-received melodrama with elaborate stage effects, including a storm upon a ship, and an original score by Baum himself.  Unfortunately, only the songbook for the windows use survives, which omits two of the songs referenced in the script (the manuscript did not include the lyrics).  Baum played the main character, Hugh Holcomb, originally called Frank Lavender in the novel, in its initial tour (including two stints on Broadway), and later played Con.  O'Mara, the heroine's father, in a community theatre revival.
  Title: The Wiz
  Passage: The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown.  It is an urbanized retelling of L. Frank Baum's classic 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in the context of modern African-American culture.  It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland and moved to the Majestic Theatre with a new cast on January 5, 1975.
citations: The Wiz Stephanie Andujar