Synopsis
Upon its 2011 debut, Andrew Lloyd Webber's spectacular new stage production of The Wizard of Oz dazzled London audiences and embarked on a course for productions around the world. Building upon the original story and the classic movie score with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Lloyd Webber masterfully transforms the work by contributing more than a half-dozen new, original songs that at last successfully adapt the world's most beloved movie musical for live theatre. This collectible songbook contains easy piano arrangements, along with several pages of brilliant color photos from the original London production. Titles: Over the Rainbow * Wonders of the World * Munchkinland / Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead * Follow the Yellow Brick Road * If I Only Had a Brain * If I Only Had a Heart * If I Only Had the Nerve / We're Off to See the Wizard * We're Outta the Woods * The Merry Old Land of Oz * Bring Me the Broomstick * Red Shoes Blues * The Rescue * Hail-Hail! The Witch Is Dead * The Wizard's Departure * Already Home.
About the Author
E. Y. Harburg (lyricist, 1896-1981) and Harold Arlen (composer, 1905-1986) teamed up in 1939 for the MGM classic movie The Wizard of Oz and created some of the most popular songs ever written, including the Academy Award -- winning "Over the Rainbow." Mr. Harburg wrote, extensively for both Hollywood and Broadway, producing hit after hit, including "Its Only a Paper Moon," "April in Paris," and "Suddenly.- He was twice nominated for induction into the Entertainment Hall of fame, and was elected into the Songwriters' Hall of fame in 1973.
HARRY WEBBER is the founder and head of the world-renowned SMART Communications, Inc. (Selective Marketing Advertising Research Technologies), one of the first selective-marketing agencies. Webber's client roster has included Ford, Sears, Pepsi, Disney, UPN, KFC, Turner Home Entertainment, Sears, Denny's, AT&T, and Dr Pepper, to name just a few. Before founding SMART, in 1986, Webber worked for several major-league advertising firms, including Young & Rubicam, Inc.; Wells Rich Greene; McCann-Erickson; and Leo Burnett, where he masterminded such memorable campaigns as "I am stuck on Band-Aid."
Anne Rice is the author of eighteen books. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, the poet and painter Stan Rice.
Composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. Harburg were two of Broadway and Hollywood's most popular songwriters. They wrote the songs for the classic film The Wizard of Oz, for which they won an Academy Award.
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