The sheet music was dated 1910, and The Wizard of Oz premiered nearly 30 years later. But the melody hung there (“Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high …”). It was hauntingly similar.

" '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 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.

When we think of The Wizard of Oz, we often think of the 1939 blockbuster film starring Judy Garland. After all, it was both iconic and timeless, thanks to its brilliant use of shifting from black ...

March 8, 2013 -- intro: As yet another spinoff of "The Wizard of Oz" arrives in theaters, it's almost hard to believe that the original film, which premiered 74 years ago, was, in many ways, a ...

Elphaba’s green skin color came after Oscar Zoroaster Diggs, who would one day be known as the Wizard of Oz, drugged her mother, Melena, then with a green “Miracle Elixir,” and seduced her.

How ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Finding a Whole New Sound at Sphere, With a Re-Recorded Orchestra, an Untouched Judy Garland, and Aural Design That Puts You in the Twister: ‘Hold Onto Your Dentures’ ...

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will debut on August 28. The extrapolation of the old film’s visuals to fill the Sphere’s enormous domed screen has drawn much of the attention, and it’s a ...