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Elsewhere, the film’s version of “The Wizard and I” benefits from letting Erivo run and frolic about the Shiz University campus, cleverly supplying viewers with a sense of atmosphere and space that is not typically afforded in a stage show.

It’s a change from the “Wizard of Oz”-inspired stage show, which has never cast an authentic wheelchair user in the role in its blockbuster 21-plus year run on Broadway or elsewhere.

“We really looked at that whole setup and worked hard to get it right,” said Winnie Holzman, who created the stage show with composer Stephen Schwartz and co-wrote the film’s script.

But for a unique stage show with a singular origin story, it might just be the right prescription.

News of the stage show reached UCB, a Belgium-based pharmaceutical company that produces various medications that treat epilepsy.