off topic, ruby slippers- Page 2

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:55am

cut off your heel!

[Plum]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 11:59am

I was totally surprised by that part in the Into the Woods video. Though in retrospect, I shouldn't have been. Even when using fairy tales as material, Sondheim shows are never really kiddie stuff.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 12:18pm

That was in the original Cinderella story.

[Plum]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 12:41pm

I know. But fairy tales have all been Disneyfied since then and made into children's stories. Into the Woods is seen as Sondheim's most child-friendly show because of its "fractured fairy tale" content, but I was saying that it isn't, really. He doesn't make shows for children.

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 1:07pm

"The slippers in The Wiz were silver. Just like the ones in the original book."

Yep, thought so. Except when we did The Wiz we didnt like silver slippers so we made ruby ones anyway and called them "red" throughout the show. "The RED SLIPPERS of the Wicked Witch of the East?!? *GASP!*" hehe, i miss that show.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 4:14pm

blasphemy. you DO know changing that is illegal??? LOL

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 6:01pm

I saw a TV show about the shoes. The first pair were ruby elf shoes! HEHEHE! I'm NOT joking!!!! There are more than 3 pairs.

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:04pm

"blasphemy. you DO know changing that is illegal??? LOL"


LOL technically...yes. But the ruby ones we made were so pretty!! :)

If you want another giggle...our cast only consisted of one African American person, who played the Wizard. We got some strange looks saying we were doing The Wiz, needless to say..it was great though!!

[Plum]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:05pm

My middle school, which had one black kid (who wasn't in my grade) did The Wiz for the eighth grade musical. Ah, how fun.

[shesings]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:10pm

but really, why does "the wiz" need black people?!? or any show at all for that matter. maybe we should get back to the good old days where we just had white actors paint their faces black!

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:10pm

"My middle school, which had one black kid (who wasn't in my grade) did The Wiz for the eighth grade musical. Ah, how fun."


LOL hey well at least we were high school! It turned out so well...I really want it to go back to Broadway.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:12pm

I beleive a B'way revival is in the works.

Ken Page is unbeatable.

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:13pm

"but really, why does "the wiz" need black people?!? "

agh, I really don't want to get into a race issue, not at all! I'm just saying since it was a mainly black show/movie, it was funny (to people who knew us) for this basically white cast to do it. Just a little "haha, thats funny"...not saying it couldn't or shouldn't be done with any race of people. Thats all! :)

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:14pm

"I beleive a B'way revival is in the works"


Yippeeeee!!!

Who is Ken Page?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:17pm

THE WIZ Revival

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:33pm

philicia rashad was a munchkin!!!!! hahaha! i'm glad that she got a better name!

[JMVR]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 7:49pm

I live in DC and NEVER have seen the slippers! Guess where I'm headed this weekend! I knew there were owned by the Smithsonian but I wasn't aware that they are still on display! I must pay homage . . .

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 7/28/04 at 9:08pm

You called?


Updated On: 7/28/04 at 09:08 PM

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/29/04 at 12:02am

They don't look like that anymore They're faded and old looking (obviously)

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 7/29/04 at 12:04am

I have heard that before.
I remember when I was little I went to the museum and my mom took a picture of me with them, but the photo has been long lost.
I prefer to mantain my dillusion until I can handle the truth.

[shesings]

Posted: 7/29/04 at 12:29am

ohsowicked - i wasn't trying to get into a race issue either! just teasing! I went to a high school where we had about 5 black people so I can just see what that would be like. I myself have always wished I was black so I would have loved it!

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 7/29/04 at 12:38am

"ohsowicked - i wasn't trying to get into a race issue either! just teasing! "


its all good :) Just clarifying to avoid any confusion!

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 7/29/04 at 12:45am

Huny, at my school the raise thing goes on ALL day. At my school it's half black and half white!!HEHEHE!!!