"The Wizard of Oz" stage musical will play just eight shows from April 30 to May 3 at the beautiful, historic Chicago Theatre. Tickets, $45 to $75, are available at chicagotheatre.com . People are ...

For a typical visit to Oz, you can visit the park any day between 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. There are also a myriad of special events throughout the year, including the Chicago Park District's Movies in ...

Loosely based on the original 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" written by L. Frank Baum, "Wicked" tells the background story of the witches we meet in Oz during Dorothy's famous visit.

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quicklist:title: Oztext: W.C. Fields was the first choice to play the Wizard, but Harmetz said, "the studio wouldn't meet his price." Instead, MGM turned to contract player Frank Morgan.

That's the mantra of Glinda, "Wicked's" bubbly good witch. And it applies, equally, to the "Oz" stories where she made her first appearance. They've always been popular. With children, parents ...

At one point in the play, the Wizard offers the Scarecrow the brain of Republican powerbroker Mark Hanna; at another, the Scarecrow cracks that he might be related to Secretary of State John Hay.