Many believe Tolkien based the wizard Gandalf on his maternal aunt, Jane Neave, an important figure in his life.
A1 NEW YORK/REGION B1-5 'Witchd' WInjurednjured, Still Takes Her Final Bow Idina Menzel, the Tony actressinning andress andepartingng star of "Wicked," the Broadway blockbuster based on "The Wizard of Oz," took the stage for a five-minute final standing ovation just 24 hours after she fractured a rib in an onstage accident.
Reservations: (212) 727-7765, extension 60. "THE WIZ," an adaptation of the Broadway musical based on "The Wizard of Oz," at the Harry De Jur Playhouse, 466 Grand Street, Lower Manhattan.
Theater "THE WIZ," an adaptation of the Broadway musical based on "The Wizard of Oz," will be presented by the Abrons Arts Center Urban Youth Theater for the next two weekends at the Harry De Jur Playhouse, 466 Grand Street, Lower Manhattan.
MOUNT KISCO -- Harry and the Potters, rock songs based on the wizard.
At least five films based on the Wizard of Oz have been reported in recent weeks.
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His reputation as a technical wizard (based on more than 20 years of experience developing missiles) was such that when he called a meeting of the primary project participants, they all came.
After the terror attacks, the Heartland Hoedowners, a dance troupe from Omaha, switched from outfits based on "The Wizard of Oz" to American flag-inspired regalia festooned with a blinding mass of sequins and gold buttons.
But it was the announcement of the award for "Avenue Q," which began at a small Off Broadway theater before leaping to Broadway last summer, that drew gasps inside the music hall, where many spectators expected the prize to go to "Wicked," a blockbuster $14 million show based on "The Wizard of Oz" that was considered a favorite for best musical.
Some reworkings of the children's canon — the musical "Wicked" (loosely based on "The Wizard of Oz") and the 2005 film of C. S. Lewis's novel "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" — have managed to straddle the worlds of youthful wonder and more adult preoccupations.
