Gregory Maguire extends his fictional expansion of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, traveling back to the childhood of the antiheroic ...

L. Frank Baum was a sickly boy who was educated mostly at home, where he became a voracious reader. He soon combined this love of literature with an ability to create a lasting classic.

Wicked took audiences somewhere over the rainbow with plenty of nods to its source material, The Wizard of Oz — but did you ...

The Union Local High School Drama Club will present its production of “The Wizard of Oz” on March 27, 28 and 29. Based on L.

No, I'm not referring to that dubious old tale that L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as an allegory about the evils of the gold standard. As Michael Patrick Hearn pointed out long ...

American Oz shows how L. Frank Baum wove together scraps and shards of his own experiences into an enduring work of the imagination. As a young husband and father, Baum was continually struggling ...

The musical, adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company, is based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and the iconic 1939 MGM film. Featuring timeless songs ...

Maguire created Elphaba’s name from the initials of L. Frank Baum, author of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” who was born in Chittenango, NY. It is said that Baum’s mother-in-law, feminist leader and ...

The Criterion Collection has revealed the June 2025 lineup of Blu-ray titles, which includes the 1978 musical film adaptation ...

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Link to Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy ...

The Wells Players troupe at Wells High School is bringing the magic of The Wizard of Oz to the Olenn Performing Arts Center ...