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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Birkett, Danielle, 1989- (Editor) McHugh, Dominic (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919. > Wizard of Oz. Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) Wizard of Oz (Baum, L. Frank) Oz (Imaginary place) > Songs and music > History and criticism. Musicals > United States > History and criticism. Musical films > United States > History and criticism. Motion picture music > United States > History and criticism. Motion picture music. Musical films. Musicals. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	vi, 257 pages ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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
The 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
The 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.