‘Prophetic In A Way’: Wicked Director Jon M. Chu Explains How The Wizard Of Oz Brought ‘Transition’ In America
Jon M. Chu, preparing to bring a major Broadway show to the cinema and expand L. Frank Baum’s world of Oz, muses on the societal changes spurred by Oz adaptations. Directing “Wicked,” he noted that the Yellow Brick Road – a famous tune from Oz – has been their journey since Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900.