Where is the Wizard from?
In the books, and the stage version of The Wiz, the Wizard is from Omaha, Nebraska. In The Movie, he says he’s “an old Kansas man myself,” and his balloon reads “State Fair Omaha.” In the film version of The Wiz, he’s from Atlantic City, New Jersey. In The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, he was a tour bus driver from Hollywood. In the Russian books, James Goodwin is from Kansas. In the 1902 stage play, an “ethnic” comedian was often cast as the Wizard, so depending on which performance you saw, he could have been Irish, Dutch, or German.
