16 March 2012 Off to See the Wizard

Last time we saw the Wizard was in Brighton in 2008. Sam was so terrified of the witch and the pyrotechnics and the scary music that accompanied her that she buried her face in her dad’s chest and slept through the entire second act. Three and a half years makes a big difference. Sam thought the witch was only a little bit scary, and she laughed and laughed at all of the language play. It helped, too, that Charlottesville’s production was lot less… slick. When the characters reunite in Kansas at the end, the actor who played the tin man hadn’t managed to completely remove all of his shiny silver makeup.

“Mom! I think that guy was the tin woodsman!”

Yes, the secret’s out.