The Wizard Of Oz In Concert: A Benefit Performance For The Children's Defense Fund (1996 Lincoln Center Cast) [Live, Cast Recording]

Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 1996)
• Original Release Date: August 20, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Cast Recording
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000033RO
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,709 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title

2. Over the Rainbow

3. Cyclone

4. Come Out, Come Out...

5. It Really Was No Miracle

6. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead

7. As Mayor of the Munchkin City

8. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead

9. The Lollipop Guild

10. We Welcome You to Munchkinland

11. Who Killed My Sister

12. Follow the Yellow Brick Road/You're off to See the Wizard

13. If I Only Had a Brain

14. We're off to See the Wizard

15. If I Only Had a Heart

16. We're off to See the Wizard

17. Lions and Tigers and Bears

18. If I Only Had the Nerve

19. We're off to See the Wizard

20. If I Only Had a Brain/A Heart/The Nerve (Reprise)

See all 34 tracks on this disc

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The Wizard of Oz in Concert a Benefit Performance for the Children Defense Fund (1996 Lincoln Center Cast)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JEWEL SHINES IN THIS PREFORMANCE!, August 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Wizard Of Oz In Concert: A Benefit Performance For The Children's Defense Fund (1996 Lincoln Center Cast) (Audio CD)

This Cd is wonderful!...I absolutly love Jewel as Dorthey!Her angelic voice completly fits with this Fantastic music!... Nathan Lane, Natalie Cole, Debra Winger are all wonderful in this preformance!..this is a MUST HAVE! for Wizard Of Oz fans or Jewel Fams for that matter!...Buy it!...you'll be glad you did!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb performances by Jewel and Nathan Lane, December 8, 1998

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MICHAEL J NICOLLS (Swansea, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wizard Of Oz In Concert: A Benefit Performance For The Children's Defense Fund (1996 Lincoln Center Cast) (Audio CD)

I've heard Nathan Lane's performance 50 times and still laugh at his superb portrayal of the lion. This guy is tops. Jewel's voice and modern slant to Somewhere Over the Rainbow is a must hear. You will not find a better source of entertainment. This soundtrack has it all. Hearing 'The Jitterbug' makes me wonder why this jazzy little tune was left out of the original motion picture.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To me, homage to the original..for a great cause, July 5, 2001

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Nancy Iannuzzi (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wizard Of Oz In Concert: A Benefit Performance For The Children's Defense Fund (1996 Lincoln Center Cast) (Audio CD)

Granted, there is no way any new production of "The Wizard of Oz" can compare to the 1939 film-not even "The Wiz" came close. But when these artists came together for a good cause, The Children's Defense Fund, all I could think of was what a wonderful homage to the original cast and Harold Arlen's music. Perhaps on CD one loses this feeling. But watching the concert, that is available on video, you can see that their hearts are in the right place.

Nathan Lane celebrates Bert Lahr's memory in his performance as the Cowardly Lion. He is an absolute joy.

On the video, there are interviews with some of the artists...and Jackson Browne puts it best. He was in awe of the audience, mostly baby boomers, with their children on their laps, clapping, with fists in the air, like the "Who" concerts in the 70's when Roger Daltrey appears on stage as the Tin Man, incorporating some of the "old moves" into the character. IMHO, this is a video and CD worth buying and sharing with a new generation.