Oz plays and costumes

• The first stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz — [A] [B] [C] [D (including downloadable files of the script!)] [E] [F (the script)] [G]
  • Montgomery and Stone, the comedy duo who first portrayed the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow
  • Fred Stone's Scarecrow goes bear hunting (!) — [Cover reproduction] [Article]
  • Various flyers and programs — [A] [B] [C] [D]
  • The Grammy Award-nominated album of the show's music
  • The connections between The Wizard of Oz and Victor Herbert

• The Paul Tietjens Collection at Washington University in St. Louis. (Tietjens was the composer for the 1902 stage play version of The Wizard of Oz)

• The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (includes links to an earlier script of the show, when it was still called Ozma of Oz)

• Piano roll of music from The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913)

• Pictures from The Tik-Tok Man of Oz

• Reviving The Tik-Tok Man of Oz at the 2014 Winkie Convention — [A] [B] [C]

• Flyer for the 1928 Jean Gros' Marionettes production The Magical Land of Oz

• The Wizard of Oz at Tams-Witmark (you'll have to go through them if you want your play to be based on The Movie) — [A] [B] [C]

• Wikipedia has information on the 1942, 1987, and 2011 Movie-based musical stage versions of The Wizard of Oz

• Ozmania, a short play set in Oz (?)

• The Internet Broadway Database has pages on The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and Wicked

• Other scripts for stage versions of The Wizard of Oz:
  • Music Theater International
  • Classics On Stage
  • Samuel French has not only a non-musical script for The Wizard of Oz, but The Wiz as well
  • Dramatic Publishing not only has scripts based on Oz books, but also one based on Baum's book The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
  • I. E. Clark has a script for a new musical version of The Wizard of Oz and Santa Claus Is Missing, based on Baum's story "A Kidnapped Santa Claus"
  • Pioneer Drama Service has several Oz scripts—[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F]
  • The Wizard of Oz reinterpreted as a British pantomime ("Oh, no it isn't!" "Oh, yes it is!") — [A] [B]

• The Wiz area of Musicals.net (plays, not movies)

• The Wiz area of Moonstruck Drama Store

• The Wiz: The Story Behind the Making of a Legend

• More about The Wiz

• Photos from the original stage production of The Wiz

• Andre DeShields, who originated the title role of The Wiz on Broadway

• André de Shields (the original Broadway Wiz) sings a number from The Wiz

• Original commercials for The Wiz — [A] [B]

• A Japanese production of The Wiz

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A New Musical, a forthcoming new stage production — [Website] [Facebook] [Premiere Performances]

• A 1964 production of Ozma of Oz

• The Marvelous Land of Oz at Minneapolis Children's Theatre in 1981 (including the complete production on YouTube!)

• Ozma of Oz: A Tale of Time play script — [A] [B]

• Time Again in Oz, the musical version of Ozma of Oz: A Tale of Time

• Richard Gray, composer of Time Again in Oz

• Broadway World's Wizard of Oz play facts

• A version of The Wizard of Oz for school plays

• Scenery and staging for The Wizard of Oz — [A] [B]

• "The Munchkins Are a Problem": One mother's troubles in staging a fifth grade production of The Wizard of Oz

• A production of The Wizard of Oz in southeast Washington state

• A Wizard of Oz make-up and costume portfolio

• Miss Gulch Returns, a one-man revue

• The Great Plastic Surgeon of Oz (a spoof)

• Say Goodbye, Toto

• The Last Oz Story — which had its world premiere in 2011 — and the show's blog

• Diana de Garmo's blog — she played Dorothy in the 2009 show Oz: The Musical

• Danielle Hope — she won the competition show Over the Rainbow in 2010, and plays Dorothy in the new Andrew Lloyd Webber stage version of The Wizard of Oz

• Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz — [A] [B] [C] [D]
  • A review of the show
  • The play's YouTube channel
  • An update with new cast members
  • One of the show's new songs, with Michael Crawford as Professor Marvel
  • It's first tour stop: Las Vegas
  • The Los Angeles stop — [A] [B] [C] [D]
  • The Wicked Witch in Seattle
  • In San Francisco
  • Cedric Smith, the Wizard on the North American tour
  • Another of the tour's Wizards
  • A review
  • The North American tour ends

• Webber talks about the Toronto production of his version of The Wizard of Oz

• William Berloni Theatrical Animals — he's trained Toto's for theatrical productions of The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz

• A 1990s Japanese stage production of オズの魔法使い

• The Wizard of Oz in American Sign Language

• Unauthorized Magic in Oz, a toy theater production — [A] [B]

• A production of The Wizard of Oz in an Ohio prison — [A] [B]

• The sequel musical Emerald City at the Toronto Fringe Festival — [A] [B]

• The Judy Garland musical Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz

• Bright Now Beyond, a new musical adaptation of The Land of Oz — [A] [B]

• Oz costumes and ideas
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  • The Costume Loft has Oz costumes and supplies for rent or sale
  • Simplicity's Oz costume patterns
  • Oz costumes for rent from Broadway Costumes
  • Oz costumes for rent from Magic Makers
  • Marylen's Storybook character costumes (guess what one of those books is?)
  • Oz at All Fancy Dress.com, based in the United Kingdom
  • Custom Sparkles has custom-made replica ruby slippers
  • A con-goer's Oz costumes — [Dorothy] [Ozma] [Glinda]
  • The Patchwork Girl at DragonCon 2010
  • Steampunk Oz costumes — [A (scroll down, you'll know which one] [B] [C]
  • And for your dog...
  • New pet costumes for 2014

• Halloween 2012 — [A (click on the original message to see)] [B (with celebrities!)]

• Halloween 2013 — [A] [B] [C] [D1] [D2] [E (second row on the right)

• The 2014 attempts to break the world record for most people gathered together in Oz costumes…
  • …in Chittenango, New York — [A] [B (also ties into the Minnesota attempt]
  • …in Grand Rapids, Minnesota — [A] [B] [C]
  • …in Frome, England — [A] [B]
  • …in Kansas City, Kansas

• 75 Dorothys for the 75th anniversary

• DIY Oz costumes

• The Internet Theatre Bookstore, an excellent resource for all kinds of theatrical needs — yes, they carry Oz scripts and other information

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