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The Wizard of Oz: The Deluxe Edition

The Wizard Of Oz

Shows · The Wizard Of Oz

The Wizard of Oz was the premiere attraction at the Majestic Theatre on the west side of Columbus Circle (demolished in 1954), and it also marked the legitimate theatre debut of two vaudeville clowns, Dave Montgomery and Fred Stone, as the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow. In the spectacular production, which L. Frank Baum adapted from his own fairytale, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a cyclone blows Dorothy and her pet co…

Opened
1903
Performances
293
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Paul Tietjens, A. Baldwin SloaneLyrics: L. Frank BaumBook: L. Frank Baum

Productions3 on Broadway

1903 Majestic Theatre Original. January 20, 1903 · Julian Mitchell 293 performances
1904 Majestic Theatre Return-Engagement. March 21, 1904 · Julian Mitchell 171 performances
2023 London Palladium Transfer.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 5 albums held

Licensing 11 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
US Concord Theatricals Samuel French available
US Concord Theatricals Samuel French available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Samuel French available
UK Concord Theatricals Samuel French available
US Music Theatre International The Wizard of Oz (Prince Street Players Version) matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor Another house is also recorded for this work.

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In the literature47 passages

Their big number was the infectious "Button Up Your Overcoat." Good Neivs ran for 551 performances; Follow Thru for 401. The latter show had a sensational tap dancer in the cast: the young Eleanor Powell. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p198

The Wizard of Oz. 180, 181, 254 book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p377

Montgomery and Stone were riding high on the popularity of their last two musicals, The Wizard of Oz and VicTOR HERBERT’S The Red Mill. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p338

consisted of David Montgomery and Fred Stone, who achieved great success in the Victor Herbert musical The Wizard of Oz. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p282

Montgomery and Stone were acrobatic talents who could sing, dance, act, and mime, gaining their fame with the historic 1903 musical version of The Wizard of Oz, Montgomery playing the Tin Man and Stone the Scarecrow. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p283

Stothart would later achieve great fame at MGM as the incidental musical composer for The Wizard of Oz book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p284

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