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 […]
Lythgoe Family Panto invites you on an exciting adventure to the enchanted land of Oz in their fantastically festive and fun production. Expect a hilarious, heartwarming evening full of song, dance, and holiday merriment! The classic American tale gets a holiday makeover as Dorothy is spirited away by a blizzard on Christmas Eve and finds […]
Join the Coronado Historical Association for this special holiday edition of the Wine & Lecture Series. Bill Swank, who has been the resident Santa at Balboa Park's Spreckels Organ Pavilion since 2002, will share Christmastime stories from beloved author L. Frank Baum. Wizard of Oz author Baum loved to winter at the Hotel del Coronado. While in […]
The Mansfield Playhouse presents The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a dramatization by Pat Cook of L. Frank Baum's novel of the same name. "This delightful tale answers once and for all how Santa Claus made the first toy, why he climbs down chimneys and, most of all, how he learned to laugh that […]
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, […]
This Christmas, click your heels, clap your hands & journey over the rainbow! Follow Dorothy (Leah Carter) and her adorable four-legged-friend Toto down the Yellow Brick Road to the Merry Old Land of Oz. During their travels, they meet some lovely friends including the Scarecrow (Tony Rudd), Tin Man (Jack Divers), and the Cowardly Lion […]
The House of Wisdom in Sharjah has opened a fantasy-inspired 8-day event titled The Enchanted Gardens for young children. Fun-filled activities enable kids to walk through the enchanted gardens and watch performances, activities, workshops, movie, and magic shows coming alive. With a vision to enhance cross-cultural dialogue in children’s literature, the event, which runs December […]
"Judy's Road to Oz" comes to the Dickens Parlour Theatre in Ocean View, Delaware, Fri. Jan 27-Sat Jan 28. Vocalist Ruby Rakos (Chasing Rainbows), Judy Garland biographer John Fricke, and pianist David Libby will lead you down the yellow brick road as they tell the story of Judy Garland and the Wizard of Oz through song and story. […]
With fantastical life-size puppetry by Basil Twist and sweeping, lavish costumes and sets, BalletMet of Columbus, Ohio, brings you another family-friendly chapter in the Land of Oz. Follow Dorothy in her travels as she and her Prince discover what the Book of Knowledge has to impart, how a special amulet holds magical power, and that […]
Patrick Shanahan's play, Oz, is featured at the Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island, Vancouver BC, March 1-26. This unique play features just three characters -- L. Frank Baum, a young girl named Dot, and Baum's housekeeper. The story presents Baum in the last stages of writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Together the three work through […]
Attention rock/metal music fans! Follow the yellow brick road to The Emerald Cities Tour, featuring Nonpoint with special guests Blacktop Mojo and Sumo Cyco. This all-immersive "Twisted Wizard Of Oz" themed tour will transport you from the second you walk into the venue with visuals and amazing live performances. The tour will be traveling through […]
Come on and Ease on Down the Road with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion- with a 1970’s funkadelic twist. A Broadway gem, The Wiz, infuses L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with a dazzling mix of rock, gospel and soul music. This timeless tale of Dorothy’s adventures through the Land of Oz […]