Show Plot Wizard of Oz

Authors: Harold Arlen & E. Y. Harburg (music), Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson & Edgar Allan Woolf (book) (based on The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum)

Time Period: early 1900s

Setting: Kansas, and The Land of Oz

Summary:  During a sudden tornado strike on her Kansas farm, Dorothy and her house are carried away to the Land of Oz.  To get back home, Dorothy must travel to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz for help.  Along the way, on the Yellow Brick Road, Dorothy meets a Scarecrow who wants a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who needs courage. They travel together, hoping the Wizard can grant each of their wishes and send Dorothy home.