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Glinda is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum for his Oz novels. She first appears in Baum's 1900 children's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and is the most powerful sorceress in the Land of Oz, ruler of the Quadling Country South of the Emerald City, and protector of Princess Ozma.
The Wiz is a 1978 American musical fantasy adventure film directed by Sidney Lumet. Adapted from the 1974 Broadway musical of the same name , the film reimagines the classic children's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , by L. Frank Baum with an African-American cast.
Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland, right) with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (Billie Burke) in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. In the classic 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz, the Good Witch of the North is called Glinda, which is the name of the Good Witch of the South in the Oz novels.
Lena Horne portrayed Glinda in the 1978 film adaptation of the 1974 Broadway musical The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical.. According to the Los Angeles Times, the film performed poorly during its ...
Elphaba, Glinda, Dorothy and the Wizard are not the only Wicked characters who first appeared in The Wizard of Oz. The musical also provides a backstory for the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the ...
Margaret Hamilton, who played Glinda's wicked counterpart, recalled in The Making of The Wizard of Oz that her costar was one of the more famous cast members on set. Burke therefore enjoyed a more ...
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum 's children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) in the context of contemporary African-American culture .
Starring Wayne Brady (as the Wizard), Deborah Cox (as “Good Witch” Glinda), and powerhouse newcomer Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, this newest adaptation electrifies.