Click your heels together three times and say, ‘there’s no place like Curve this Christmas’. Join Dorothy and Toto as they are swept up from sepia-soaked Kansas and transported over the rainbow to the technicolour wonderland of Oz. On her adventure down the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy meets new friends Scarecrow, Tinman, and Lion who […]
Inventor Nikola Tesla gets a starring role in Thin Air Theatre Company’s new original show, “The Wizard of Oz Colorado,” loosely based on L. Frank Baum’s Oz stories. The show and annual Christmas olio opened Nov. 25 and runs through Dec. 31 at Butte Theater in Cripple Creek. Price: $12-$24, free 5 and younger When: […]
Mudlark Theater, an Evanston-based youth theater company, presents “The Marvelous Land of Oz,” a musical based on the book of the same name. In it, Baum writes of the adventures of a young orphan named Tip as he travels through the wonderful land of Oz in search of the long-lost Princess Ozma. At the story’s end, […]
Register now for a FREE online event Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m. ET Mary Prather, music educator from SQUILT Music Appreciation, and Jim Weiss, professional storyteller (famed voice of The Story of the World audio recordings!), will treat your children to an hour of fun and learning. Register via this link: https://www.squiltlive.com/wizard-of-oz-registration This event […]
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the theatre this season, because one of the greatest tales ever told is touching down … with a brand new twist!You know the story, but you’ve never seen it like this! With its winning combination of incredible music, lively dancing, outrageous costumes, audience participation, and of course, a dash […]
Based on the second book in L. Frank Baum’s Oz series, young Tip escapes an evil witch, then sets out on an adventure to the Emerald City. Along the way, he meets the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, and some other new friends while discovering more about himself than he ever thought possible. With book and […]
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 […]
