Good News and Wizard of Oz
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Topic: Good News and Wizard of Oz
Posted By: TheActingTechie
Subject: Good News and Wizard of Oz
Date Posted: 8/16/06 at 2:24am
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Hi, I can't find almost any info online about the Musical "Good News" and was wondering if anyone could tell me about it, or better yet give me a link to something that gives some in depth info. Also I am looking for some info on the stage version of "Wizard of Oz." Of course we have all seen the film, but I don't know how similar it is to the play. |
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Posted By: POB14
Date Posted: 8/16/06 at 9:27am
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I haven't seen the film of Good News in at least four hundred years, and I've never seen the stage version, so no help there. However, Wizard we saw last Christmastime. It's very very similar to the film, with all the great "Yip" Harburg songs we all know. The version we saw had the people playing Munchkins on little scooters, with their costumes (mostly) covering the scooters, so they could be short and not kill themselves. There's a bunch of stuff added to the second act, and a lot of breaking-the-fourth-wall kind of moments, especially with the Witch. Bottom line, it's really, really good. ------------- POB Old Bugger, Curmudgeon, and Antisocial B**tard |
Hilarious. My kids just ate it up.Posted By: Linda S
Date Posted: 8/16/06 at 10:10am
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Hi, There are 2 versions of the Wizard of Oz. Tams Witmark carries them both. "A version of WIZARD OF OZ based on the motion picture was presented with book adaptations by Frank Gabrielson by the Municipal Theatre of St. Louis in 1945. A second version with book adaptations by John Kane follows the famous motion picture even more closely and was presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Centre in London in 1988." I like the RSC version best. Linda
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Posted By: POB14
Date Posted: 8/17/06 at 9:16am
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I was not aware that the older version was still out there. I'm 95% sure the one I saw was the RSC. ------------- POB Old Bugger, Curmudgeon, and Antisocial B**tard |
Posted By: TheActingTechie
Date Posted: 9/01/06 at 1:36am
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I have a question about Good News, if there is anyone out there who knows about it. I recently saw the 1947 film version, starring Peter Lawford and June Allyson. I was surprised at how little Lawford sang as Tommy Marlowe, the lead male, and was wondering if this was true for the stage show as well. It seems that since the film was made, the score has been changed considerably, with the addition of many songs, and the loss of others. I don't know which version my theatre is doing, so I would like to know how much Tommy Marlowe sings as it is generally performed on stage. ------------- |