" 'The Wizard of Oz' won itself a bad reputation because it became a musical comedy and a movie," noted Carol Ryrie Brink in the South Dakota Library Bulletin in 1948. With time, and with the rise ...

The Basics: The Wizard of Oz, at Lancaster Opera House at 21 Central Avenue, Lancaster, NY 14088. For tickets, visit www.lancasteroperahouse.csstix.com or call the Box Office at 716-683-1776.

That movie they chose was the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz.” I had not seen that movie on the big screen since my History of Documentary and Film class during my senior year of college.

The timelines of Wicked and The Wizard of Oz overlap, as Wicked serves as both a reimagining and a prequel to Dorothy’s story. But let’s be real — Wicked is more than just an origin story.

To take advantage of Sphere Immersive Sound’s 167,000 programmable speakers and ability to direct sound anywhere in the venue, the original film’s monoaural score was rerecorded to take on new clarity ...

For example: In 1902, two years after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz appeared, Baum and some collaborators loosely adapted it into a musical filled with topical jokes.

Everyone loves "The Wizard of Oz," except the official arbiters of kid lit: critics and children's librarians. They hate the "Oz" books. Or at least they did.

In 2024, Jon M. Chu's movie adaptation of Wicked made a huge splash, and because of this, another musical spinoff of The Wizard of Oz should also get its time in the sun. Released at the end of ...

1. The Wizard of Oz There was no other movie or television show that was going to make it to the top spot on this list. The 1939 classic starring Judy Garland is and always will be the best ...