Other version of Wizard of Oz?

Question

Does anyone know of the version with the three witches... with one of them not melting, but being thrown into a cauldron and comes out short? There are also no flying monkeys. It's a musical, and varies largely from the movie version. I'm auditioning for this in September, and was wondering if anyone knows where I could find the script for this online?

Answer 1

You could be thinking of Wicked. Its the only musical/book (yes it is a book as well) iv ever heard of thats based on the Wizard of Oz. However there are a few things in Wicked that dont match up with your description. (there si no cauldron, there are flying monkeys and really only two people in the musical are reffered to as witches as far as I recall.) Generally these proffesional scripts arent easy to find online. Maybe ask the people who are holding the try-outs for a ssynopsis or copy of the script to get a feel for the plot. You might even want to go to your local librart and see if they have the book. Its called "Wicked:The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" by Gregory Maguire.

P.S. I saw the musical a few days ago it was AMAZING!!!

Answer 2

Yep :) It's the MUNY version of the show, and is actually the original theatrical version - it predates the RSC version which is almost identical to the movie. The MUNY version is less technically demanding (the RSC version is quite complex technically) and is closer to the original L. Frank Baum book.  There's information and synopses etc etc on the Tams-Witmark site (www.tams-witmark.com); I did this version at school but it was a fair while ago and I've since been involved with the RSC version so my memory of it is a bit sketchy.  From what I remember, Glinda is never named, she's just the Sorceress of the North; Toto doesn't come into it at all, there's no Poppy Field sequence and things happen in a different order from the film.  I also seem to remember there being something about a bridge which swings round (pushed by the Wicked Witch of the West) every time Dorothy and the three companions walk over it.  Plus the Wizard takes Dorothy back to Kansas in a rocket rather than going up in a balloon basket leaving her behind.  Some of the songs from the movie are missing (King of the Forest and the openings to the three If I Only songs aren't there either, mind you they're not in the film, only in the RSC version anyway) and there's an extra song for Dorothy called Evening Star. Plus, as you say, the Wicked Witch doesn't melt, she gets thrown into the cauldron and shrinks.

I have no idea where you could find the script, but if you Google MUNY Wizard of Oz or something along those lines you might have some luck.  Break a leg at auditions!

Answer 3

Wicked ?

I'm not sure...

ps. Go watch Wicked, it's a m a z i n g.