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By ASHLEY CASPER REVIEWJOURNAL.COM

January 17, 2015 - 11:31 am

NBC has announced its next live musical for 2015 … sort of.

The network’s entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said the next live musical adaptation will either be “The Music Man” from 1957 or “The Wiz” from 1975.

“NBC has optioned the rights to both and is considering casting options on Music Man,” Entertainment Weekly reports.

“The Sound of Music” was a hit in 2013, but “Peter Pan” failed to fly to critical-acclaim in 2014.

Which one would you rather see?

Contact Ashley Casper at acasper@reviewjournal.com. Find her on Twitter: @TheCasperA

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