In a Q&A posted to his website, Schwartz spoke of moments connecting the origin story of Wicked to the Wizard of Oz. Schwartz explained ... He continued, “Hence, the opening dark chords ...

(This moment was paused on VHS tapes more often than the supposed ghost scene in Three Men and a Baby.) This claim is ludicrous for a multitude of reasons: First off, The Wizard of Oz was filmed ...

Baum wrote his classic children’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” while living in Chicago ... become a child again each time she saw the opening credits roll across our TV screen.

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L ... loving for decades and will continue to love, if opening weekend box office numbers are any indication.

my thoughts settled on what was happening in the world when "The Wizard of Oz" was released in late August 1939, and what it would have been like to have sat in the audience opening weekend.