The Baum Bugle: Winter 2016

Vol. 60, no. 3 (Winter 2016)

Front cover art by Daniel Horne (Rinkitink in Oz)

Back cover photograph courtesy Surachai Petsangrot (The Adventures of Tik-Tok, Man of Oz)

Winter 2016 Selected Contents

This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.

Magical, Musical Muny: How a Blend of Baum and MGM First Came to the Stage…and Endured (Part 1)

In the first of three installments chronicling the history of The Wizard of Oz on stage at the St. Louis Municipal Opera, John Fricke places the show’s origins in context, describes its unique qualities, and follows its development over its first twenty years. His extensively detailed research covers the first production (August 1942) through the fifth production (August 1962), with many rare photographs from the Muny archives. Part 2 follows in the Spring 2017 issue, with Part 3 in Winter 2017.

Prince Inga and the Magic of Pingaree

Peter E. Hanff analyzes Rinkitink in Oz, and surrounding scholarship, for evidence of Baum’s unfinished King Rinkitink manuscript.

Oz Under Scrutiny: Rinkitink in Oz

Scott Cummings looks at reviews of Rinkitink in Oz that are contemporary with its original publication.

Thinks, Speaks, Acts, and Does Everything but Live: Tik-Tok in Thailand

This interview with director Surachai Petsangrot and actor James Laver reveals the incredible vision of Oz created by The Adventures of Tik-Tok, Man of Oz, a stage production where the eponymous clockwork hero is portrayed using full-body puppetry.

Reviews

Lost in Oz (animated series; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)

Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz (theater; reviewer Dee Michel)

Yellow Brick War and Dorothy Must Die Stories Vol. 2 by Danielle Paige (fiction; reviewer Dee Michel)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz (manga; reviewer Sam Milazzo)