Wizard Of Oz Muny Script Pdf
Poster from the original 1987 RSC production Music; Lyrics Book Basis 's 1900 novel and 1939 film. Productions 1987 (North London) 1989 The Wizard of Oz Live! Arena Show 1991–92 Australia tour 1993 U.S. Tour 1997 2001–02 Australia tour 2008 US Tour 2017 US Tour The Wizard of Oz is a with a book by, music by and lyrics.
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It has additional background music. It is based on the novel by and version written by, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Successful musicals based on the Baum novel were created in 1902 (for ) and 1945 (for ), the latter of which, using songs from the popular 1939 film, is still frequently revived.
Seeking to more closely recreate the 1939 film on stage, the adapted the film's screenplay, also using the songs from the film, and produced a new version at London's in 1987. This was also a success and has been given many revivals in various formats. This musical has been touring the U.S. It has become a popular musical for, schools and children's theatres in the United States and the United Kingdom. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] The Wizard of Oz was first turned into a by L. Frank Baum himself. A loose adaptation of Baum's 1900 novel (there is no Wicked Witch or Toto, and there are some new characters), it first played in in 1902 and was a success on the following year.
It then toured for seven years. The bore a closer resemblance to the storyline of Baum's original novel than most previous versions.
It was a strong success, won the for best song and best score, and has been frequently broadcast on television. This was followed, in 1945, by a presented at the (MUNY). The script was adapted by from the novel, but it is influenced in some respects by the motion picture script and uses most of the songs from the film. A new song was added for to sing in the, called 'Evening Star', and the Wizard goes home in a rocketship instead of a hot air balloon. The MUNY version continues to receive frequent revivals. According to (RSC) director Ian Judge, the company's 1987 adaptation 'came about when Terry Hands, artistic director of the company, asked for a show that could be performed annually over the Christmas season, as a revival of 's play Peter Pan had been previously. Judge obtained the rights to the [1939] film.
An additional verse has been put back into the Academy Award-winning song 'Over the Rainbow,' as well as an entire number, 'The Jitterbug,' that was cut from the movie. Every word of the screenplay has been left in. 'We've just fattened it out a little bit because you need a few more words in the theater than you need in the movies.' ' In 1986, was asked by the company to write the book for the adaptation. This hews even more closely to the film's screenplay than the 1945 MUNY version and attempts to recreate the film's atmosphere and some of its special effects.