| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018013226 |
| ISBN | 9780190663179 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780190663186 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (companion website) |
