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6 unusual facts about Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz


Ashley Fink

After moving to Los Angeles with her family, Ashley immersed herself in acting and began attending an Arts High School, where she began performing for large audiences as leads in The Wizard of Oz (as the Lion) and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (as Lucy), to name a few.

Bo Höglund

He has participated in include Kyrkbröllop, Hämndaria, Don Juan, Dreyfus, Amadeus and The Wizard of Oz.

Legally Blonde – The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods

Cassie Okenka performed as Dorothy Gale in the national tour of The Wizard of Oz and recently performed in the 1st National Tour of Wicked in the ensemble and as an understudy for Glinda.

Pine Rivers State High School

The school boasts the reputation of never performing the same musical twice, and celebrated its unique performance standard in 2006 by staging a remake of the 'Wizard of Oz', 'The Wiz', to commemorate its original performance years earlier.

Tanglin Secondary School

In 2010, Tanglin had its third musical production ("Wizard Of Oz") The performance was held at the Republic Polytechnic campus in January for the public.

Twinnie Lee Moore

In 2003 she won her first leading role with the Summer Youth Project, cast as Dorothy Gale in the production of The Wizard of Oz.


Hunter Valley Grammar School

Throughout the years Hunter Valley Grammar has put on a variety of productions including: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Oh, What a Lovely War!; The Wizard of Oz; Hamlet; Moonlight Avenue; Death by Chocolate; Blabbermouth; Friday Knight Fever; A Midsummer Night's Dream; and High School Musical starring Georgia Murray and Bryce Thomas.

Nanaimo Christian School

NCS's Senior Musical Theatre has put on sold-out productions of: Les Misérables,2004 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 2005 Fiddler on the Roof, 2006 Annie 2006, West Side Story, 2007, 42nd street 2008,Wizard of Oz 2009, and Anne of Green Gables, the musical, in 2010.

Schmeckfest

A multi-course meal and a musical — Fiddler on the Roof in 2013, The Wizard of Oz in 2012, Kiss Me, Kate in 2011, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2010, Into the Woods in 2009, The Sound of Music in 2008, for example — are the main fundraising events.

The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

The game is an adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, using its characters, locations and plot.


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