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August 10-19, 2007

The Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics
By Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Background Music by Herbert Stohart
Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard
Orchestration by Larry Wilcox
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.

L. Frank Baum's classic story of a Kansas farmgirl transported by a tornado to a magical land contains some of the most recognizable characters in our culture. People all over the world recognize the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and the Cowardly Lion, and the Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City have iconic status in Western cultural symbology. There have been numerous adaptations for stage and screen, starting in 1903, just a year after the publication of the novel. The story has been told on Broadway in several versions including 1975's The Wiz that won Tony awards for best musical, best book of a musical, and best original score, and the more recent Wicked, which won all the same Tony awards in 2004.

The version being produced by Woodminster in 2007 is based on perhaps the most famous interpretation of this story, the 1939 film version starring Judy Garland. The well-known score includes songs like "Over the Rainbow," "Ding, Dong, The Witch is Dead," and "Were Off to See the Wizard."

The Wizard of Oz is presented by arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc., 560 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022.