In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum never specifically names what dog breed Toto is. The author describes him as a little black dog with small, twinkling eyes. The original illustrator of the book ...

While everything new tries to put its own unique spin on The Wizard of Oz, the original remains the gold standard. This is why, after 85 years, The Wizard of Oz is coming back… but with a slight ...

Plus, the Wizard of Oz. What was the seed that started this? I was finishing “Swamplandia” a thousand years ago, when I was a young woman with a poreless face, and I wanted to write my next novel.

Finally, in The Wizard of Oz, Boq is Munckinland’s mayor. In Wicked , he has a larger role as Elphaba and Glinda’s friend. Wicked premieres Nov. 22, 2024.

"Wicked" is a prequel to or, perhaps more accurately, the origin story of prominent characters in "The Wizard of Oz." The "Wicked" musical is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book "Wicked: The Life ...

All of these Wizard of Oz offshoots are worthwhile, but if you’re looking for something that actually moves the Oz story forward, rather than looking back, the choice is, oddly, perhaps the ...

Even after his death, plenty of other books, though not considered canonical, were published in relation to or taking inspiration from the original work, including Gregory Maguire's "Wicked." ...

For nearly 125 years, the fantasy world of writer L. Frank Baum’s children’s book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), has continued to capture the imagination of Americans, interpreted for the ...