Vol. 61, no. 1 (Spring 2017)
| Editor-in-Chief | John Fricke |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Reviews Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Contributing Editors | Jane Albright, Angelica Shirley Carpenter, Sarah K. Crotzer, Jared Davis, Craig Noble |
Front cover photograph by Phil Hamer (The Wizard of Oz at the Muny)
Back cover photographs from the Muny archives
Spring 2017 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.
Last Night When We Were Young: An Autopsy of NBC’s Emerald City
Sarah K. Crotzer analyzes the just-concluded limited series—and why it didn’t work—while trying to assess just what NBC wanted it to be in the first place.
Entering the New “Ages of Oz”
In his first interview, Gabriel Gale, the creative mind behind Simon & Schuster’s Ages of Oz series, reveals his expansive, life-long fascination with L. Frank Baum’s fantasy world.
Magical, Musical Muny: How a Blend of Baum and MGM First Came to the Stage…and Endured (Part 2)
In the second of three installments of his history of The Wizard of Oz on stage at the St. Louis Municipal Opera, John Fricke traces the changes in the Muny’s production as the yearly telecast of the MGM film becomes a beloved cultural event. His extensively detailed research covers the sixth production (August 1968) through the ninth production (July 1997), with many rare photographs from the Muny archives. Part 1 was published in the Winter 2016 issue, and Part 3 followed in Winter 2017.
In Memoriam
Merle “Robin” Olderman (editor 1985–2000, Oziana, and contributor to many Oz Club publications). Additional tributes follow in the Autumn 2017 issue.
Reviews
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus illustrated by Eric Shanower (fiction; reviewer Jane Albright)
Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan (fiction; reviewer Angelica Shirley Carpenter)