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''The Wizard of Oz'' is a musical based on the 1939 film ''The Wizard of Oz'', with a book adapted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams. The musical uses the Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg songs from the film and includes some new songs and additional music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and additional lyrics by Tim Rice. After previews in the West End from 7 February, the musical opened on 1 March 2011, directed by Jeremy Sams, and closed on 2 September 2012. The original cast included Danielle Hope as Dorothy Gale, Michael Crawford as the Wizard and Hannah Waddingham as the Wicked Witch of the West. Sophie Evans played Dorothy on Tuesday evenings and took over the role full-time in February 2012. The role of Dorothy was cast through the 2010 reality television show ''Over the Rainbow'', in which Hope won and Evans was the runner-up. After a similar Canadian reality TV search show, a Toronto production began in December 2012 and closed in August 2013, and was followed by a North American tour. ==Background== ''The Wizard of Oz'' was first turned into a musical extravaganza by Baum himself. A loose adaptation of his 1900 novel (there is no Wicked Witch or Toto, and there are some new characters), it first played in Chicago in 1902 and was a success on Broadway the following year. It then toured for nine years.〔Swartz, p. 146〕 The 1939 film adaptation bore a closer resemblance to the storyline of Baum's original novel than most previous versions. It was a strong success, winning the Academy Awards for best song and best score, and continues to be broadcast perennially. Among the many musical theatre adaptations of ''The Wizard of Oz'', two previous ones have used the songs from the film. In 1945, the St. Louis Municipal Opera (MUNY) created a version with a script adapted by Frank Gabrielson from the novel, but it is influenced in some respects by the motion picture screenplay. It uses most of the songs from the film. This was followed, in 1987, by a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) adaptation designed to more closely recreate the film version. The book by John Kane closely follows the film's screenplay, and it and uses nearly all of the film's music.〔Swartz, p. 257〕 Both the MUNY and RSC adaptations were successes and have been revived numerous times in the U.S. and UK. ''The Wizard of Oz'' is Andrew Lloyd Webber's 18th musical.〔Underhill, William. ("The Wizard of the West End" ). ''Newsweek'', 30 January 2011〕 Tim Rice first collaborated with Lloyd Webber in 1965, together writing ''The Likes of Us''. Their next piece was ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', followed by two more concept albums that became hit musicals, ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (1971) and ''Evita'' (1978). Except for a special collaboration for Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday celebration, the musical ''Cricket'' in 1986, after ''Evita'', each man turned to other collaborators to produce further well-known musical theatre works. ''The Wizard of Oz'' was Rice and Lloyd Webber's first production together in the West End in over three decades.〔Moreton, Cole. ("Why I'm working with Tim Rice for the first time in 34 years: Andrew Lloyd Webber strikes again" ). ''Daily Mail'', 17 July 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010〕 To create the new musical, Lloyd Webber and director Jeremy Sams adapted the 1939 film's screenplay, and Rice and Lloyd Webber added several new songs to the film's score.〔("The Show" ). wizardofozthemusical.com. Retrieved 10 February 2011〕 In 2010, Lloyd Webber told the ''Daily Mail'', "The fact is that ''The Wizard of Oz'' has never really worked in the theatre. The film has one or two holes where in the theatre you need a song. For example, there's nothing for either of the two witches to sing."〔Note that, in the 1987 version, Glinda sings "Optimistic Voices". 〕 "Tim and I are doing quite a specific thing, because we know what's missing."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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