nichelle: so long ago. grandma ruth: oh.fter that flood wiped out the whole neighborhood. sandra: sometimes i just cannot believe all the storms we've gone through here. grandma ruth: i can only hope that we'll be able to leave this house to you one day, baby. you're our legacy. nichelle: planning for these disasters will make sure we're safe and is the best way to protect that legacy. pop pop: ah, those beans smell heavenly. nichelle: you know what? we should make an emergency communication plan. that way, we're ready this year. pop pop: great idea. nichelle: at my dorm we have emergency kits for earthquakes and wildfires but i'm sure there's something more local i can send you with a link. pop pop: smart. sandra: i'm coming to stay with you guys. ♪ welcome back to the "big weekend show". get this, artificial intelligence may soon be used by politicians to get votes. >> you know you need. let us school. get a job. how many of you right now work two jobs just to have enough money to be broke? >> turns out artificial intellig

. >> reporter: especially for nichelle lewis, ho plays dorothy. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: avery wilson, a scarecrowe evident on stage. you can tell we like each other. there is love and we are having fun doing this together. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: with opening night just days away, changes are still being made to a musical with a long history. l frank balm's novel "the wonderful wizard of oz" was publ published 1900 and transformed in a movie with judy garland fllowing the yellow brick road to the emerald city. in 1974, a new all-black musical called "the wiz" rewrote the story. now dorothy wasn't just off to see the wizard. she was easing on down the road. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: reviews were mixed, but audiences loved it. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the film version of "the wiz" starred michael jackson, lena horne, richard pryor, and diana ross as dorothy. >> wing thing i had forgotten about the 1978 movie, that dorothy is a grown-up, a teacher, wearing a blouse. >> very different. >> she got heels on. >> my dorothy is a little bit more of a teenager. and she is just trying to figure everything out and find her voice. >