A Family Event for the Holidays – Otherworld Media Productions presents “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” a four-part audio dramatization of L. Frank Baum’s timeless tale with an all-star cast
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It’s been over the rainbow for 25 years, but the star-studded Centennial Audio Production in 2000 of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ is reissued for Holiday release.
The only complete audio dramatization of of Dorothy’s whirlwind voyage to the land of OZ comes alive with an irreplaceable cast.
- HARRY ANDERSON as The Wizard
- ANNETTE BENING as Glinda the Good
- PHYLLIS DILLER as The Wicked Witch
- JOHN GOODMAN as Guardian of the Gate
- MARK HAMILL as Munch the Munchkin
- RENE AUBERJONOIS as The Scarecrow
- ROBERT GUILLAUME as The Cowardly Lion
- NESTOR SERRANO as The Tin Woodman
- MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG as Dorothy Gale
Adapted by David Ossman, this award-winning production has joyfully sought to create a movie-for-your-mind, wherein Baum’s tale of a strong-willed young girl, a new-made scarecrow, a lonely Tin Man and an un-crowned Lion can live anew.
Most people know the story through the classic motion picture with Judy Garland, released in 1938, fewer have actually read the book the film is based on. Realizing this, Ossman made sure that the songs in this audio production will remind listeners of the movie, while staying true to the turn-of-the-century original.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was produced in cooperation with the Children’s Museum of Los Angeles in 2000 for the Centennial Celebration of the book.Judith Walcutt produced and directed. David Ossman, wrote this chapter-by-chapter telling, brilliantly produced by Warren Dewey, with a score supervised by Scott Nagatani that includes tunes by Baum himself and music from the original stage production of the Wizard of Oz in 1902.