Seriously though, I would give anything to know what that original 1903 Wizard of Oz was like, in addition to what experience it was going to a Broadway show back then. The décor of this theatre was elegance personified!
Mine too, but since it tried out in my home town of Chicago (at another long-gone theatre, the Grand Opera House) I would really love to have seen it THERE!
What a beautiful thread with well considered, intelligent posts.
Can we have more of these please than the streams of: over opinionated bitching, repetitive stage door actor worship/crucifying and endless speculations of closing notices that we've grown accustomed to?!
What a great thread to bring back but these posters were mostly all bullied off the board one by one. I watched it happen.
This board was a kinder place when actual theater people wrote on it. It was finally explained to me via post that this board is for audience members and not for actors on Broadway- so I stopped posting too.
The top creators of theater used to be here along with historians who knew more than all the rest of us put together. They had no reason to stay except to advise us all but when the posts became disrespectful to people and the art they rightfully moved onto other things.
If you still are reading know that you are all missed.
markypoo said: "Seriously though, I would give anything to know what that original 1903 Wizard of Oz was like, in addition to what experience it was going to a Broadway show back then. The décor of this theatre was elegance personified!"
And it was in the day when the audience was elegance personified, as well. When people 'put on their Sunday clothes' to see attend the theater - not their tee shirts and gym clothes. Those days are long gone, I'm afraid.
I wasn't planning on posting here (as I'm not too familiar with old theaters myself) but my goodness these pictures are just gorgeous! Thanks all for the pics and info. I love learning new things about theatre, and I probably would never have known about an original Magestic without you! This is what the boards are for. Thanks again!
markypoo said: "Seriously though, I would give anything to know what that original 1903 Wizard of Oz was like, in addition to what experience it was going to a Broadway show back then. The décor of this theatre was elegance personified!"
You might then enjoy this video made by a talented artist who recreated the production in a very vivid Toy Theatre form.