Good Revival But Room for Improvement
by Play Patron on 9/28/23Hippodrome at France-Merrick Performing Arts Center - BaltimoreI thought the actress playing Dorothy was great!! Beautiful voice and energy. Tinman was also a real standout. Lion and Scarecrow were good but not great. The Wicked Witch's singing voice could at times be loud and shrill. Good Witch Glenda was spot on. Go back to the iconic ruby red slippers as silver was a let down. And I missled Toto but understand a dog is hard for stage production and a toy dog may be cumbersome. But where I thought the revival was lacking is the staging and set/scenery. Where was the yellow brick road that symbolizes the walk toward dreams? I also felt the sets lacked imagination and wonder. The scene where the Wicked Witch melts was very weak. Seeing them walking through the haunted forest without the moving trees was a disappointment (could have been actors dressed as trees) So overall, a 4 not a 5. But fixable and it should be fixed before Broadway!