American Conservatory Theatre adapts the classic musical in a flamboyant, post-pandemic production.
When you’re off to see ‘The Wizard of Oz,” you might think you have a pretty good idea what to expect.
With a stellar and diverse lineup of almost entirely local actors, ACT’s staging is directed and choreographed by Sam Pinkleton, the Tony-nominated choreographer of “Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812.” He also choreographed “Soft Power” next door at the Curran Theatre and the musical adaptation of “Amelie” that premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre directed by Pam MacKinnon, now ACT’s artistic director.
Surely the best-known and beloved version of the story is the 1939 MGM motion picture with its unforgettable songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg. ACT is using the popular 1987 Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation by John Kane that hews closest to the movie. A touring production of it came through S.F.’s Orpheum Theatre in 1998 starring Eartha Kitt and Mickey Rooney.
“I think that’s what theater needs to be post-pandemic,” says Chanel Tilghman, who stars as Dorothy. “We as people and as artists have gone through these three years of not knowing what the heck is going to happen to us and our love for creating. And I think because of that, theater shouldn’t, and I don’t think it can, look or be what it was before in the before times. I think everything is going to feel different and new.
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