Everyone remembers 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, starring young Judy Garland; the classic tale that teaches you that there is no place like home, that the greatest weapon is water, and that we all ...

In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

In short, people are finding Oz everywhere but in the original books by L. Frank Baum — who invented the place in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900) and its 13 sequels (after his death in 1919 ...

In the original Oz books, it is the Good Witch of the North that greets Dorothy when she first lands in Oz and instructs ...

Released 40 years ago this week, The Wizard of Oz sequel Return to Oz was as scary as it was unconventional. It was a box ...

The high-tech venue has painstakingly re-recorded the orchestral score and made new sound effects, while preserving the ...

Even after his death, plenty of other books, though not considered canonical, were published in relation to or taking inspiration from the original work, including Gregory Maguire's "Wicked." ...

‘Wicked’s’ Elphaba is more than just the witch presented in the original ‘Wizard of Oz’ book. Beyond giving Elphaba a name, Gregory Maguire gave her an identity.

There are countless movies based on novels, but many changes have been made when adapting these stories for live-action.

Parents horrified by original ‘Wicked’ book — warning it’s not ... Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” based on L. Frank Baum’s characters in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ...

With no more books to explore in my small town, I moved on from Oz and started writing my own stories. In college, I sat through a mash-up of “The Wizard of Oz” scored to Pink Floyd’s ...

Baum’s original Oz books are in the public domain, so anyone can use its characters for any purpose. Judging by the intense marketing campaign behind Wicked , it looks like the movie is going to ...