Oz and the musical : performing the American fairy tale /

How has 'The Wizard of Oz' become so popular on film, television, and stage? This book offers new insights into American identity through the special relationship between musicals and L. Frank Baum's children's novel. Drawing on personal experience, Ryan Bunch offers new readings...

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Main Author:	Bunch, Ryan (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Wizard of Oz (Motion picture : 1939) Wiz (Motion picture) Tietjens, Paul. > Wizard of Oz. Schwartz, Stephen. > Wicked. Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919. > Wizard of Oz. Wicked (Schwartz, Stephen) Wizard of Oz (Baum, L. Frank) Musicals > United States > History and criticism. Musicals > Social aspects > United States. Musicals > Political aspects > United States. Comédies musicales > États-Unis > Histoire et critique. DRAMA. MUSIC. Musicals. Genres & Styles. Musicals United States Music. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:	How has 'The Wizard of Oz' become so popular on film, television, and stage? This book offers new insights into American identity through the special relationship between musicals and L. Frank Baum's children's novel. Drawing on personal experience, Ryan Bunch offers new readings of the MGM film (1939), 'The Wiz' (1975), 'Wicked' (2003), and other Oz musicals to reveal how the performative magic of the fairy tale musical, with its implied inclusions and exclusions, imagines an American utopia.
Item Description:	Also issued in print: 2023.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190843175 0190843179 9780190843168 0190843160