I’ll always remember this because my 3rd grade public school teacher both got my school to produced the wizard of oz and also get a field trip to see this performance, and met Mickey Rooney (he signed our playbills!)
The Wizard of Oz - Madison Square Garden, New York City, and Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles. 1997-1998-1999 THE CAST: Dorothy - Jessica Grové Professor Marvel / Wizard of Oz - Gerry Vichi, and Mickey Rooney Almira Gulch / Wicked Witch of the West - Rossane Barr, Eartha Kitt, and Jo Anne Worley Zeke / Cowardly Lion - Ken Page, and Bob Amaral Hickory / Tin Man - Michael Gruber, and Dirk Lumbard Hunk / Scarecrow - Lara Teeter, and Casey Colgan Aunt Em / Glinda the Good Witch - Judith McCauley Uncle Henry - Roger Preston Smith, Bob Dorian, and Tom Urich Toto - Plenty
Christian Magoon Favorite Character is Hunk / Scarecrow. (Lara Teeter, and Casey Colgan - Costume Designer by Gregg Barnes, and A.T. Jones & Sons 1997-1998-1999)
Everything about this production was fantastic. I liked some of the re- arrangements of the music, transitions from scenes, the special effects were great, and the acting. Having said that, I thought Mickey Rooney was the weakest link in the show. He literally missed a beat. There were no beats between his phrases they were like one run on sentence and there was no intonation in the dialect. But the rest of the cast was fantastic
What????!?!? Well jumping my hummingbirds!! A yellow brick road floating in the sky!!! yellow brick roads don't fly see how did they made such wonderful work of art or how does they balloonney do that???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
2024 Phoebe Fryer cast Millie Bobby Brown-Dorothy Noah Schnapp-Hunk/The Scarecrow Finn Wolfhard-Hickory/The Tin Man Gaten Matarazzo-Zeke/The Cowardly Lion Adam Carolla (in drag)-Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch Of The West Helena Bonham Carter-Aunt Em/Glinda The Good Witch Of The North Johnny Depp-Uncle Henry/Emerald City Guard Pedro Pascal-Professor Marvel/The Wizard Of Oz Ray Romano-Winkie General Seth MacFarlane-Nikko (Flying Monkey Commander) Scott Weinger, Dave Coulier & John Stamos-3 Crows Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin & Candace Cameron Bure-3 Trees One Direction-Winkies 30 Second To Mars-Flying Monkeys The Pussycat Dolls-Jitterbugs Raven Symone-Jitterbug (lead dancer) Booboo Stewart-Toto (Dorothy's dog)
this was the final cast of the 1997 national tour that started at Madison Square Garden starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt, well there was another Dorothy after this one but Joanne Whorley was the final wicked witch.
@@Elphaboy Actually, Jessica Grové ws going to leave the cast, having originated the role, towards the middle of the last tour. They actually even had auditions for her replacement, but in the end she performed the role until the final performance in Portland OR.
@@NTAFilms were any of these characters or this show rather , play in Detroit at the fox theater? I believe I seen that back in 97 or 98 no it had a little bit 98 or 99 cuz 97 was Madison garden cuz I went to the one in the Fox theater and it was phenomenal I love the house it's fun across the audience spinning that was the best wizard of Oz on stage production ever the ones that they have now are just all projection like the tornado is not that great in the new ones at least in this one they have the flying House even though the tornado is still projected they had the house flying in the air and Miss gulch riding her bike in the air it's great... and even has the yellow brick road the one from 2008 at Madison garden sucked big time there was not even a yellow brick road that seemed like a high school production compared to this one being at Madison square garden just my opinion I don't know I'm a Big Oz fan though I have so many stage productions.. I really want that Brazilian one that they have on RUclips but there's no English captions that one is beautiful . I wish someone would add English captions to it and email it to me that would make my day oh my God would that ever that would make me cry it's either Portuguese or Brazilian that had to have been a tour there
@@trevorross2228 Yes, this production was at the Fox two years in a row. It is the Radio City Entertainment/Madison Square garden production. Dorothy is my daughter, Jessica Grové. Here's a link to a recent podcast where she talks about that experience: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-me-growing-up-broadway/id1501726705?i=1000508566767
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I’ll always remember this because my 3rd grade public school teacher both got my school to produced the wizard of oz and also get a field trip to see this performance, and met Mickey Rooney (he signed our playbills!)
Love the choral arrangements. Timestamps if you enjoy them too!
Overture: ( 1:23 )
Munchkinland: ( 15:15 )
Poppy Field: ( 47:14 )
Optimistic Voices: ( 49:59 )
56:12: Simba, you come home!!! Best LION improv ever!!
The Wizard of Oz - Madison Square Garden, New York City, and Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles. 1997-1998-1999
THE CAST:
Dorothy - Jessica Grové
Professor Marvel / Wizard of Oz - Gerry Vichi, and Mickey Rooney
Almira Gulch / Wicked Witch of the West - Rossane Barr, Eartha Kitt, and Jo Anne Worley
Zeke / Cowardly Lion - Ken Page, and Bob Amaral
Hickory / Tin Man - Michael Gruber, and Dirk Lumbard
Hunk / Scarecrow - Lara Teeter, and Casey Colgan
Aunt Em / Glinda the Good Witch - Judith McCauley
Uncle Henry - Roger Preston Smith, Bob Dorian, and Tom Urich
Toto - Plenty
It's neat how two famous actors who appeared in Christmas films, Mickey Rooney and Ken Page, have appeared in this production of the WIzard of Oz.
This was my first live show I saw as a kid!
Christian Magoon Favorite Character is Hunk / Scarecrow. (Lara Teeter, and Casey Colgan - Costume Designer by Gregg Barnes, and A.T. Jones & Sons 1997-1998-1999)
Beautifully done !!! 🌈
Everything about this production was fantastic. I liked some of the re- arrangements of the music, transitions from scenes, the special effects were great, and the acting. Having said that, I thought Mickey Rooney was the weakest link in the show. He literally missed a beat. There were no beats between his phrases they were like one run on sentence and there was no intonation in the dialect. But the rest of the cast was fantastic
Wow, this looks great! lol
It was!
The Witches Disappearance in munchkinland was totally visible. Not executed half as well as the Madison Square Garden version
SURRENDER DOROTHY!!!
56:13 Did he just Mentioned Simba (I mean not that you ever saw The Lion King on Broadway before)
the witch alos made a wicked refence
@@tiffanystewart9265 Wicked came out in 2003. It’s not a reference.
@@vicentehizon6202 ok sorry
@@tiffanystewart9265 that’s fine.
56:12
@ 0:55 - Guy in red shirt. Is that Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene from “E.R.”)? Because, it looks so much like him!
What????!?!? Well jumping my hummingbirds!! A yellow brick road floating in the sky!!! yellow brick roads don't fly see how did they made such wonderful work of art or how does they balloonney do that???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Why scarecrow hold Toto?
I'm not sure
Me neither
23:10
2024 Phoebe Fryer cast
Millie Bobby Brown-Dorothy
Noah Schnapp-Hunk/The Scarecrow
Finn Wolfhard-Hickory/The Tin Man
Gaten Matarazzo-Zeke/The Cowardly Lion
Adam Carolla (in drag)-Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch Of The West
Helena Bonham Carter-Aunt Em/Glinda The Good Witch Of The North
Johnny Depp-Uncle Henry/Emerald City Guard
Pedro Pascal-Professor Marvel/The Wizard Of Oz
Ray Romano-Winkie General
Seth MacFarlane-Nikko (Flying Monkey Commander)
Scott Weinger, Dave Coulier & John Stamos-3 Crows
Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin & Candace Cameron Bure-3 Trees
One Direction-Winkies
30 Second To Mars-Flying Monkeys
The Pussycat Dolls-Jitterbugs
Raven Symone-Jitterbug (lead dancer)
Booboo Stewart-Toto (Dorothy's dog)
🎃Here scarecrow!!!! WANNA PLAY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLA!!!!!!🔥
Was this a national tour or just a theatre play?
this was the final cast of the 1997 national tour that started at Madison Square Garden starring Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt, well there was another Dorothy after this one but Joanne Whorley was the final wicked witch.
@@Elphaboy Actually, Jessica Grové ws going to leave the cast, having originated the role, towards the middle of the last tour. They actually even had auditions for her replacement, but in the end she performed the role until the final performance in Portland OR.
@@NTAFilms Oh i didn't know that thank you!
@@NTAFilms were any of these characters or this show rather , play in Detroit at the fox theater? I believe I seen that back in 97 or 98 no it had a little bit 98 or 99 cuz 97 was Madison garden cuz I went to the one in the Fox theater and it was phenomenal I love the house it's fun across the audience spinning that was the best wizard of Oz on stage production ever the ones that they have now are just all projection like the tornado is not that great in the new ones at least in this one they have the flying House even though the tornado is still projected they had the house flying in the air and Miss gulch riding her bike in the air it's great... and even has the yellow brick road the one from 2008 at Madison garden sucked big time there was not even a yellow brick road that seemed like a high school production compared to this one being at Madison square garden just my opinion I don't know I'm a Big Oz fan though I have so many stage productions.. I really want that Brazilian one that they have on RUclips but there's no English captions that one is beautiful . I wish someone would add English captions to it and email it to me that would make my day oh my God would that ever that would make me cry it's either Portuguese or Brazilian that had to have been a tour there
@@trevorross2228 Yes, this production was at the Fox two years in a row. It is the Radio City Entertainment/Madison Square garden production. Dorothy is my daughter, Jessica Grové. Here's a link to a recent podcast where she talks about that experience: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-me-growing-up-broadway/id1501726705?i=1000508566767
Hi I’m Dorothy gale
what do you mean?
You are from Kansas?
The Witch is played by Lucy from I Love Lucy. You WON'T change my mind.
WOW Mickey Rooney! Why didn't you say that in the title of your video??? Great show. Bad camera operator.
It is in the description
🦉 who?? Who???