Performed at the Palace Theatre November 6th - 10th
2007
By L. Frank Baum
With Music & Lyrics of the MGM motion picture
score
By Harold Arlen & E.Y.Harburg
Background music by Herbert Stothart
Adaptation by John Kane from the
motion picture Screenplay
DIRECTED BY NEIL & VICKY BUTLER
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY DELPH RICHARDS
CHOREOGRAPHY BY JILL BENSON
This is the story that started it all. It begins
when a little Kansas farm girl, Dorothy Gale, and her dog Toto are
blown away in a tornado and land in a fairyland named Oz. Here she
meets a very unusual cast of characters - the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman,
and Cowardly Lion, and together they go on a quest to see the Wizard
of Oz, each of them seeking what they want most in life. Making their
way along the Yellow Brick Road through a series of hair-raising encounters,
they arrive at the Emerald City only to be told by the Wizard that
they first must kill the Wicked Witch of the West before he will grant
their wishes.
They eventually overcome many dangerous challenges and dispose of
the witch (although quite by accident), and return only to find that
the Wizard is really just a humbug. He craftily addresses everyone's
wish but Dorothy's, which is to return home to Kansas. So once more
Dorothy and her friends set out, this time to find the Good Witch
of the South. These last adventures end happily with Dorothy and Toto
returning home, thanks to something she had all along.
