tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post2608564140628215536..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Brother WizardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-80254081851409457382008-07-17T15:14:00.000-05:002008-07-17T15:14:00.000-05:00Hence, the multiple productions of The Sound of Mu...Hence, the multiple productions of The Sound of Music and Anna and the King of Siam...<BR/><BR/>Unrelated - there is a very cute new YA book called My Life the Musical, by Maryrose Wood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-65390609761263344102008-07-15T21:21:00.000-05:002008-07-15T21:21:00.000-05:00One of my favorite things about youth theater is s...One of my favorite things about youth theater is seeing how directors handle the creative challenge of casts consisting of eight boys and seventy girls.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-46004636204049759412008-07-15T21:08:00.000-05:002008-07-15T21:08:00.000-05:00I tried to dig up an old newspaper story I wrote a...I tried to dig up an old newspaper story I wrote about a local Oz production.<BR/><BR/>As I remember, another great benefit of the Jitterbug scene was the chance for an unlimited number of children to gyrate on stage at one time.<BR/><BR/>Between that and the munchkin scenes, every kid who auditioned could be part of it.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-4476097212350029312008-07-15T12:06:00.000-05:002008-07-15T12:06:00.000-05:00And there aren’t any songs in the last half hour o...And there aren’t any songs in the last half hour or so of the movie, so my remark about music isn’t so pertinent. <BR/><BR/>I came to Oz through a second-grade play based on the MGM movie, so I have to be grateful to such adaptations. Still, I much prefer the books and their true picture of Oz.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-71651173027303365622008-07-15T11:47:00.000-05:002008-07-15T11:47:00.000-05:00But the last two chapters of the book make much mo...But the last two chapters of the book make much more sense than the last ten minutes of the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com