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The original musical was written by Eric Davis and Michael Raabe.

OZ: A World Premiere Musical This captivating COVID-delayed new chamber musical by freeFall’s talented stalwarts, Michael Raabe (music & lyrics) and Eric Davis (book & lyrics) is an unmitigated joy as it explores Baum’s conflicted impulses. Davis’s whip smart book moves briskly to connect the melodious 18-song score, often using fan letters accompanying projected portraits of porcelain doll-faced children who alternately gush, cajole, and finally, beg Baum not to abandon his “Oz” series.

Poor L. Frank Baum (of “Wizard of Oz” fame) desperately wants to be Melville or Dickens—to write substantial novels for adults. But this path is hard, slogging work fraught with writer’s block. Baum’s problem is that his Emerald City fantasies flow from his mind like a tsunami, and make him the most treasured children’s book author of his era. When “printing ‘Oz’ books is like printing money,” it’s hard to stop.

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