If you’re looking for a family holiday classic that doesn’t include Christmas trees, reindeer or elves, head for the Warner Theatre, where a new British production of “The Wizard of Oz” has just opened.
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company of Great Britain, this production is very much a tribute to the grand 1939 MGM movie, thanks in large part to Tim McQuillen-Wright’s set. When Dorothy, Tinman, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow finally reach Oz, it’s a towering collection of film theaters. When Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, glides in from the sky on her silver disc, it’s embossed with gleaming old movie reels.
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