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Title Adapting The Wizard of Oz : musical versions from Baum to MGM and beyond / edited by Danielle Birkett and Dominic McHugh.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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Description vi, 257 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction. "Rainbow reflections" : the Wizard of Oz as a musical / Danielle Birkett and Dominic McHugh -- "Starring Montgomery and Stone!" : the Wizard of Oz musical extravaganza (1902) and the birth of a brand / Jonas Westover -- Road to Oz : from book to movie musical / Benjamin Sears -- "Arlen and Harburg and more, oh my!" : the cumulative creation of the Oz songs / Laura Lynn Broadhurst -- Sounds must stir the fantasy : underscore as special effect in the Wizard of Oz (1939) / Nathan Platte -- Dancing through Oz : choreographic context in the Wizard of Oz / Claudia Funder -- "The merry old land of Oz?" : MGM's concerns and the shifting reception history / Danielle Birkett -- "Friends of Dorothy" : queerness in and beyond the film / Hannah Robbins -- "We're not in Kansas any more" : three stage adaptations of the MGM film / Dominic McHugh -- "Ease on down the road" : black routes and the soul of the Wiz / Ryan Bunch -- Wizard of Oz and Wicked : resonances, legal issues, and the appropriation of a classic / Paul Laird -- "Beyond the rainbow" : afterlives of the songs from the Wizard of Oz (1939) / Walter Frisch.
Subject Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919. Wizard of Oz.
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)
Wizard of Oz (Baum, L. Frank)
Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939)
Oz (Imaginary place) -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
Oz (Imaginary place)
Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism.
Musicals.
United States.
Musical films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Musical films.
Motion picture music -- United States -- History and criticism.
Motion picture music.
Baum, L. Frank 1856-1919. Wonderful wizard of Oz.
The wizard of Oz.
Musical.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Musicals.
Added Author Birkett, Danielle, 1989- editor.
McHugh, Dominic, editor.
ISBN 9780190663179 (hardcover)
0190663170 (hardcover)
9780190663186 (paperback)
0190663189 (paperback)
9780190663216 (companion website)