The Wizard of Oz London
The Wizard of Oz opens in London next year starring Danielle Hope as Dorothy. It's going to be a big old fashioned musical theatre show, a bit like the famous film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz but brought up to date by Andrew Lloyd Webber with a modern twist and some new songs. The new songs in particular are going to be exciting because they'll be written by Andrew Lloyd Webber in partnership with Tim Rice, thus reviving the old team that was responsible for so many big musical hits back in the 1970s such as Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. The main characters of the tin man, the cowardly lion and the scarecrow will be in it as usual, alongside the witches, the Wizard of Oz himself and the munchkins.Danielle Hope in The Wizard of Oz
The role of Dorothy in the new Wizard of Oz musical will be played by Danielle Hope who emerged as
the winner from out of thousands of applicants who went through a
process conducted eventually on prime time TV with the UK audience
voting for their favourites. Danielle Hope won that casting
competition but in an interesting turn of events, Sophie EVans who
came second, has also been invited to be Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz
as Danielle's understudy - with a guaranteed appearance in Tuesdays
and some other holidays when Danielle Hope has time off.
London Palladium theatre where Whoopi Goldberg is currently appearing
in Sister Act.
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