The Wizard of Oz, new mounting premiere Circo Murcia Theatre production with Nacho Vilar And Cultural Activities Riga next Christmas, is presented as a musical dedicated to all audiences, The familiar story of Lyman Frank Baum was first published in Chicago, in 1900.
Subsequently there have been countless versions, most notably Victor Fleming film, 1939, with Judy Garland in the role of Dorothy.
The upcoming insists the magical and spectacular original sense, then their brilliant texts, adapted by Fulgencio Martinez Lax, joins a series of plastic novelties, supported by Pedro Yague lighting and sound space and Javier Almela projections.
The scenery and costumes are based on sketches of Juan Alvarez and Jorge Gomez, Murcia featured illustrators.
The staging and choreography are respectively Caesar and Raquel Oliva Bernal Jiménez, both professors of the School of Dramatic Art in Murcia.
It is, therefore, a marked local label production, as also the actors come mostly from the ESAD: Rosalie's Good Dorita, Sergio Alarcón and Paco Espinosa Jacobo Beltrán, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the León.
The rest of the cast are Maria Cobos, Nico Andreo, Belen Alarcon, Patricia Carratalá, Karlos Antonio Chumillas and Jorge.
Ricardo Ruiz Blazquez directs the music, performed live by himself more Suria Luis Lorenzo, José Ramón Julián López and Ros Campos.
But it is remarkable that only professionals can undertake land texts of this difficulty.
The main merit of the production is to enable one of the most outstanding children's stories can be seen on a stage Murcia along Christmas, to go after throughout the country.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia