I was amused by Sugarbum and all his lube-related banter with the Tin Man – but the character and performance is so modelled on Chameroy’s that it couldn’t help but feel like a tamer imitation. wizard the wonderful wizard of oz you’ll find he is a whiz of a wiz’ if ever a wiz’ there was. Harburg Background Music by Herbert Stothart Book Adaptation by John Kane From the Motion Picture Screenplay Orchestrations by Larry Wilcox. Frank Baum With Music and Lyrics of the MGM Motion Picture Score by Harold Arlen & E.Y. Narrator 06 Zeke, Hunk, and Hickory are working on a wagon - Hickory and Zeke lowering bed of wagon into place ZEKE How's she coming HUNK Take it easy. De Rose’s character is a cousin of Plumbum, the lewd, clumsy fairy godmother to all usually played by Dan Chameroy (who was busy cross-dressing under different circumstances until last week in the extended hit production of The Rocky Horror Show at the Stratford Festival). PARTITUR ACT ONE Presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company THE WIZARD OF OZ Book by L. AUNT EM I know, but we all got to work out our own problems, Henry. Here, our merry band are also accompanied by the good witch Sugarbum, who is played by Michael de Rose in a dress and wig that make him look like a giant strawberry ice-cream sundae. You know the general plot: Dorothy gets whisked away to Oz and follows a yellow-brick road with a Scarecrow (a charming Matt Nethersole), a Tin Man (Eric Craig) and a Lion (Daniel Williston) to see the wizard. It’s a paradox, but I kept admiring the jokes Murray had written and thought they were the best they have been in years, and yet I actually laughed less than I usually do. The downside to all this is that this year’s show felt too locked down, with not enough room for the actors to play around.
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