Photo: © Denise S. Trupe

When L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in 1900, it didn’t take long for the first musical adaptation—which hit the stage in 1902—to appear in theaters. The story reached an entirely new audience, however, when the classic MGM film starring a young Judy Garland was released in 1939, sending its fame into the stratosphere. That version of The Wizard of Oz forms the basis of the new musical that comes to the Boston Opera House January 12–14. Join Dorothy, Toto, the Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion as they skip down the Yellow Brick Road towards the Emerald City, singing such classic songs as “Over the Rainbow” along the way.