Vol. 61, no. 3 (Winter 2017)
| Editor-in-Chief | John Fricke |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Reviews Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, Sarah K. Crotzer, Jared Davis |
Front cover art by Victor Mascaro
Back cover photograph uncredited (Tiffany Haas and Michael McCorry Rose)
Winter 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.
Glinda & Fiyero on Broadway: Wicked-ly “Cheek to Cheek”
In this extensive interview, Tiffany Haas and Michael McCorry Rose reflect on their long-lasting association with these iconic roles from the Broadway show.
“My Daughter and I Were Overcome By Emotion!”: Consumer Responses to Wicked
in this excerpt from The Road to Wicked: Marketing and Consuming Oz, Kent Drummond, Susan Aronstein, and Terri Rittenburg reveal the results of their study to see which elements of the Broadway show are most often cited by audience members as accounting for the show’s long-lasting success.
A “Lost Princess” Found
Michael Patrick Hearn uncovers a “lost” final plotline of Walt Spouse’s Wonderland of Oz comic strip from 1933–34, based on The Lost Princess of Oz, which did not run in all markets. NOTE: a further addendum to this article was printed in Vol. 66, no. 1 (Spring 2022).
Anniversary Recollections: Sixty Years in the Oz Club
Founding members Justin G. Schiller, Ruth Berman, David L. Greene, and Douglas G. Greene recall memories of the early Oz Club in this 60th anniversary feature, which includes several rare, early photographs.
A Headstone for a Royal Historian: A Headstone for Jack Snow
Michael Gessel describes the dedication ceremony for the headstone for Jack Snow, the fourth Royal Historian of Oz, in his hometown of Piqua, Ohio.
The Making of Bibliographia Baumiana
W. Neal Thompson takes readers behind the scenes of his seminal bibliographical work on Baum’s non-Oz publications.
Magical, Musical Muny: How a Blend of Baum and MGM First Came to the Stage…and Endured (Part 3)
In the final installment of his history of The Wizard of Oz on stage at the St. Louis Municipal Opera, John Fricke details the tenth production (July 2001) through the twelfth production (June 2016), along with closing remarks. Part 1 was published in the Winter 2016 issue, and Part 2 followed in Spring 2017.
In Memoriam
Georgius Van Buren (Latin co-translator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz).
Reviews
Gabriel Gale’s Ages of Oz: A Fiery Friendship by Lisa Fiedler (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult by Bruce Handy (non-fiction; reviewer Angelica Shirley Carpenter)
Elements of OZ (theater; reviewer Dee Michel)
The Wizard of Oz pantomime with Enchanted Entertainment (theater; reviewer Michael O’Connor)
The Wizard of Oz with The Harlem Repertory Theatre (theater; reviewer David Moyer)
Dorothy and The Wizard of Oz (animated series; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)