Over The Rainbow – The Wizard Of Oz – London Musical
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz gets Four Nominations
Dec 3rd
The Wizard of Oz received four nominations in the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards.
During the past month, more than 10,000 London theatre goers have been busy nominating their favourite productions. The shortlist was announced on Friday 2nd December today at the Cafe de Paris in London, and voting is now open for theatre fans to choose their winners at the Whatsonstage.com website. Voting closes on 31st January 2012, and the winners will be announced at a special ceremony on 19th February.
The Wizard of Oz’s four nominations are:
- Best Musical Revival – The Wizard of Oz
- London Newcomer of the Year – Danielle Hope
- Best Supporting Actress in a Musical – Hannah Waddingham
- Best Set Designer – Robert Jones
CLICK HERE to cast your vote!
Whatsonstage.com Awards – Theatregoers Choice Awards
The Wizard of Oz Crashes his Balloon
Feb 10th
Michael Crawford, The Wizard of Oz himself was the mystery guest on Chris Evans’ radio 1 show this morning.
If you’re one of the few lucky people to have seen him earlier this week at the Palladium, he is truly marvellous in the Waizard role.
Chris Evans asked Michael Crawford if anything has gone wrong in the previews so far, having started at the beginning of the week. Crawford said he has an interesting exit in a balloon which has caused some problems. One night a bit fell off it narrowly missing people on the stage but luckily they did see it coming and scattered, and then again last night he pushed the balloon in the wrong direction and it crashed into the set. Oops!
Michael Crawford and Danielle Hope
It’s Tonight! Wizard of Oz 1st Preview
Feb 7th
Tonight, Monday February 7th 2011 is the night of the first preview for The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium. Everybody is so excited!
Paul Keating:
Thank you for all the good wishes. 1st preview tonight. It’s a full house at The Palladium, so we’re in for a treat.
Of course there was a final dress run this afternoon:
Wizard of Oz was fab. Pretty impressive for a dress run. Still stuff to do but it’s gonna be awesome. Waddingham of course brilliant.
Interesting that Hannah Waddingham was picked out for a special mention there, the Wicked Witch of the West.
Avvon Chambers:
About to watch Tom Clare in the first preview of Wizard of Oz at the palladium! Ha ha!
Andrew talks The Wizard of Oz
Jan 31st
Well there wasn’t that much to see of Danielle Hope on the One Show it turned out in the end, but Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber told a few interesting anecdotes about the preparations for the first previews of The Wizard of Oz coming up in just about a week.
The Wizard of Oz London Rehearsals Underway
Dec 16th
It’s begun. After years of planning, The Wizard of Oz stage show begins to take shape and look how many people are waiting to take their place on the yellow brick road.
Michael Crawford, Danielle Hope, Hannah Waddingham and all arrive for the first day of rehearsals of The Wizard of Oz London Palladium.
Danielle Hope talks Wizard of Oz on the Alan Titchmarsh Show
Nov 9th
Danielle Hope was on The Alan Titchmarsh Show yesterday to talk about her upcoming role in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium.
Rehearsals start in six weeks time with previews starting on February 7th 2011.
Danielle Hope will be doing seven shows a week as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and is currently in training at the Arts Educational School.
Feb 15th – The Wizard of Oz Charity Gala
Oct 4th
As you probably know by now, The Wizard of Oz begins previews in London during February 2011, with the exact start date as yet not firm, but advertised as 7th february and with a provisional official opening date and press night of March 1st 2011. Well here’s another landmark date for the process at the London Palladium, with a special charity gala night full performance of The Wizard of Oz in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity “Theatres for Theatres” Appeal.
Following the excitement of BBC TV’s smash hit Over the Rainbow, we are delighted to announce a special gala performance of the family musical, The Wizard of Oz, coming to the London Palladium on Tuesday 15th of February 2011.
This enchanting adaptation of the much-loved classic has been completely reconceived for the stage by the award-winning creative team behind the recent revival of the Sound of Music. The new production contains all of your favourite songs from the Oscar winning movie score, all the characters and iconic moments, plus a few surprises along the way, including breathtaking scenery and a revolving stage, and some new songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Spectators will get a chance to see Danielle Hope, the winner of Over the Rainbow who captured the hearts of the country, playing the role of Dorothy. Danielle will also be joined by Michael Crawford as the Wizard. Crawford is internationally renowned for originating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera and loved by millions for his role in the classic British sitcom, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.
Theatres for Theatres is an exciting three-year initiative to raise £4 million to make a dramatic difference to the lives of our young patients requiring specialist brain surgery. The initiative will help to fund two new state-of-the-art operating theatres to be used by the Neurosciences team. The theatres will be used to treat children with complex and often life-threatening neurological and craniofacial conditions.
Theatres for Theatres will create world-class facilities which could allow treatment of up to 20 per cent more children in the next ten years.
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