The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Stage and screen adaptations

Several stage and screen interpretations were made of the book. Most famous among them today is the 1939 film - "The Wizard of Oz" - featuring Judy Garland as Dorothy (this, in turn, has been adapted into two separate stage productions), but the earliest musical version of the book was in fact produced in 1902, and was highly successful at the time. Early film versions of the book include a 1917 film produced by Baum himself, and a 1925 film - "Wizard of Oz" - featuring Oliver Hardy as the Tin Woodsman. The Wiz was a hit musical with an all-black cast produced in the 1970s on Broadway; it was later made into a 1978 movie directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow. The most recent musical adaptation of an Oz-related book is the musical Wicked, based on the book ' by Gregory Maguire.

Related Topics:
1939 - The Wizard of Oz - Judy Garland - Musical - 1902 - 1917 - 1925 - Wizard of Oz - Oliver Hardy - The Wiz - Broadway - 1978 - Sidney Lumet - Diana Ross - Michael Jackson - Wicked - Gregory Maguire

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The novel was parodied in a Futurama episode.

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The Oz story was cited as a major influence in the 1938 children's radio serial, The Cinnamon bear.

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