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The Wire Musical featuring Cast Members From the TV Series

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The Wire Musical featuring Cast Members From the TV Series

Having recently enjoyed its 10th anniversary from when it first aired, Funny or Die enlists various key members from HBO’s iconic series The Wire for a comedic look at what the gritty crime drama would look like as a Broadway musical. Featuring key cast members like Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar), Sonja Sohn (Kima), Larry Gilliard Jr. (D’Angelo), Andre Royo (Bubbles) and Felicia Pearson (Snoop), the song and dance-inspired parody draws heavily from themes of the show with numbers like “Omar’s Coming.” With the last episode airing over 5-years ago, we’ll take the cast of The Wire however we can get them.

Source: Laughing Squid

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The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams

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The Wire: The Musical with Michael Kenneth Williams

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Fans of HBO’s The Wire should get a kick out of this. The gritty and explicit crime drama gets reworked into a musical in this clip presented by Funny Or Die. Michael Kenneth Williams returns as Omar Little and some of the others from the cast of the show. The most surprising element is Snoop’s new girly makeover! You gotta watch this if you’re a fan of the show.

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Omar From “The Wire” To Play Ol’ Dirty Bastard In A Movie

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Omar From The Wire To Play Ol Dirty Bastard In A Movie

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Michael K. Williams, best known for his work as Omar on “The Wire” and Chalky White on “Boardwalk Empire” (and not to be confused with blogger Michael Williams of A Continuous Lean) has signed on to play Ol’ Dirty Bastard in the upcoming film Dirty White Boy. Entertainment Weekly reports that the Joaquín Baca-Asay-directed film will focus on the relationship between Ol’ Dirty Bastard and his manager, Jarred Weisfeld, during the last years of ODB’s life. It’s said that both Weisfeld and ODB’s mother, Cherry Jones, approve of the project. As do we.

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