![]() ![]() ![]() The only flaw with the current production is that Rick Miller somehow feels the need to place the show within a self-referential context. The 2011 version annoyingly includes songs by Lloyd Webber and even is presumptuous enough to close with a Lloyd Webber number rather than one by Arlen. The 1987 version also features only music by Harold Arlen including the lead-ins to songs that were cut from the film and in some cases entire songs that were cut. This is all to the good, because the 1987 version not only stays truer to the movie but fills out the story and dialogue with excerpts from L. Miller is using the 1987 stage version of the classic 1939 movie with a book by John Kane instead of the recent 2011 stage version with additional songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber with a book by Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams. Miller draws wonderful performances from the entire cast including very impressive work from the ten children who play a host of different roles. Director Rick Miller gives it a concept it could do without, but fortunately it does not inhibit one’s enjoyment. It boasts a starry cast and a fantastically imaginative design. The Grand Theatre holiday show this year is The Wizard of Oz and it is a real pleasure. Harburg & book by John Kane, directed by Rick Miller ![]()
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