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As Dorothy descends from the atmosphere, she smashes through an electric "Oz" sign which falls upon and kills Evermean, the [[Wicked Witch of the East]] who rules [[Munchkin Country|Munchkinland]]. As a result, she frees the [[Munchkin]]s who populate the playground into which she lands. Dorothy soon meets the Munchkins' main benefactress, Miss One, the [[Good Witch of the North (Baum)|Good Witch of the North]], a magical [[Numbers game|"numbers runner"]] who gives her Evermean's charmed silver slippers. Dorothy declares she just wants to get home to Aunt Em. Miss One urges her to follow the [[yellow brick road]] to the [[Emerald City]] and seek the help of the powerful "[[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wiz]]" ("He's the Wiz"). After telling her never to take the silver shoes off, Miss One and the Munchkins disappear and Dorothy is left to search for the road on her own ("Soon As I Get Home").

The next morning, Dorothy happens upon a mysterious [[Scarecrow (Oz)|scarecrow]] made of garbage and saves him from being teased by a group of humanoid crows ("[[You Can't Win (song)|You Can't Win]]"). The Scarecrow hopes the Wiz might be able to give him the one thing he feels that he lacks: a brain. They discover the yellow brick road and begin their journey to "the Emerald City (”[[Ease on Down the Road]]"”). Along the way, they meet the [[Tin Woodman|Tinman made out of Mantin]] in an abandoned amusement park ("If I Could Feel"/"Slide Some Oil to Me") and a [[Cowardly Lion|cowardly lion]], banished from the jungle ("I'm a Mean Ol' Lion"). The Tin Man and Lion join them on their quest to find the Wiz, hoping to gain a heart and courage, respectively. En route to the Emerald City, the adventurers escape from a haunted subway station and a group of flamboyant prostitutes known as the "Poppy Girls", who seduce the Lion. The Lion feels deeply ashamed of leading Dorothy into a trap, but she and the rest of the gang cheer him up ("Be a Lion").

Finally reaching the Emerald City, the four friendsfoursome are granted an audience with the Wiz, who appears to them as a giant fire-breathing metallic head. He will only grant their wishes if they kill theEvermean’s sister of the Wicked Witch of the East, Evillene, the [[Wicked Witch of the West]], who runs a sweatshop in the underground sewers of Oz. After they leave, a man is seen peaking out of the metallic head.

Before Dorothy's group can reach her domain, Evillene learns of their quest to kill her and sends out the [[Winged monkeys|Flying Monkeys]] to capture them ("Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News"). Vengeful for Dorothy having killed her sister, she dismembers the Scarecrow, flattens the Tin Man, and hangs the Lion up by his tail in hopes of making Dorothy give her the silver shoes. When she threatens to throw Toto into a fiery cauldron, Dorothy nearly gives in until the Scarecrow hints to her to activate a fire sprinkler switch. The sprinklers put out the fire and melt Evillene. With Evillene dead, her spells lose their power, resulting in the freedom of all her sweat shop workers and prisoners ("[[A Brand New Day (The Wiz song)|A Brand New Day]]").