Susan Hilferty wowed Broadway with Wicked costume designs in 2004, winning the Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical. Something Wicked presents thirty of her exquisite and avant-garde costumes and designs—some from Wicked, some never seen before. Explore the process of costume design in “Hilferty’s Studio”—but beware of flying monkeys! See website for ticket prices as many are […]
Multimedia artist Max Guy’s first solo exhibition, But Tell Me, Is It a Civilized Country?, runs December 3 through February 5 at the Renaissance Society in Chicago's Hyde Park. The show explores various iterations and adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s Land of Oz. (The title references the Munchkins’ query about Dorothy’s native Kansas.) “I often […]
“The Entertaining Life of Buddy Ebsen” is the new exhibition hosted by the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) “The exhibit begins with Ebsen’s days as a song and dance man in vaudeville and in the ‘Ziegfeld Follies,’” says AHC Assistant Archivist Roger Simon, who curated the exhibition. “It then moves to his early […]
How the Boy became a Man. How the Man became a Legend. From the writer of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes the world premiere of Claus The Musical. Based on the beloved children’s book The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum, this brand-new musical is as magical as Christmas itself. With spellbinding songs from Andy Collyer, […]