The Wizard of Oz

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  Detroit Civic Light Opera Production (1947)
  Detroit, MI
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  Pittsburgh CLO Production (1949)
  Pittsburgh, PA
• State Fair Musicals Production (1952)
  Dallas, TX
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  Kansas City Starlight Production (1958)
  Kansas City, MO
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  Casa Mañana Production (1961)
  Fort Worth, TX
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  Kenley Players Production (1963)
  unknown location
• Kansas City Starlight Production (1963)
  Kansas City, MO
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  Music Theatre of Wichita Production (1973)
  Wichita, KS
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  Regional Tour (1975)
  unknown location
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  Playhouse in the Park Production (1982)
  Cincinnati, OH
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  Playhouse in the Park Production (1990)
  Cincinnati, OH

There are a total of 13 productions in Ovrtur's database.

Click on the title for info on the song.

• Original score

  • Over the Rainbow
    • a.k.a. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
  • Munchkinland
  • We Welcome You to Munchkinland
    • a.k.a. Welcome to Munchkinland
  • Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead
    • a.k.a. Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead
  • If I Only Had a Brain
  • Dance of the Scarecrows
  • Dance
  • If I Only Had a Heart
  • Follow the Yellow Brick Road
  • We're Off to See the Wizard
    • a.k.a. Off to See the Wizard
  • If I Only Had the Nerve
  • Jitterbug, The
  • Specialty Dance
  • Merry Old Land of Oz, The
  • Evening Star
  • Skeleton Dance
    • a.k.a. Ghost Dance

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• Status unknown

  • Changing of the Guard
  • Specialty for The Briant Brothers
  • Precious Jewels Ballet

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• Used in some productions

  • Some Day My Prince Will Come
    • a.k.a. Some Day
  • King of the Forest
  • Optimistic Voices

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• Written for the 1982 Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Production

  • I Want Those Ruby Shoes

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• No demos listed.

Based on the book by L. Frank Baum

When a cyclone blows little Dorothy Gale out of Kansas and into the magical world of Oz, she must journey to meet the great Wizard in hopes of going home.

This version was commissioned by the St. Louis Municipal Opera House in 1942.  The score is mostly written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg however, the song "Evening Star," the musical interlude for the tornado as well as any specialty material was not written by them.  "Evening Star" was written by Mitchell Parish and Peter DeRose.  Frequently, however, Baum and Tjeitins are credited with the score and occasionally the book, even though nothing from the early version is retained.