Rainbow to Oz: A Musical Oz On Stage
Rainbow to Oz: A Musical Oz On Stage
Synopsis: A grownup Dorothy dreams she’s in Oz, meets friends and foes and learns “You are stronger than any witch and all your fears. You can ride a Rainbow to Oz!” My Journey to Oz On Stage! First stage performance at Ozland Festival and Oz On Stage, Producer Scarlett Antonia in Peekskill, NY. I write the title song “Rainbow to Oz” create a story concert, and travel with Musical Director Stephen Cornine to Peeksville in my rainbow hair bow! But first, a mysterious phone call in Penn Station, NYC!
Rainbow to Oz: A Musical Oz On Stage – A Mysterious Phone Call!
Rainbow to Oz: A Musical Oz On Stage from NYC to Ozland, New York
Rainbow to Oz: A Musical Oz On Stage began with a mysterious phone call. I was in Penn Station, hurrying home from an outdoorsy vacation that fizzled out due to rain. Penn Station was crowded, noisy, far from the peaceful type of vacation venue I had imagined. Suddenly, my cell phone rang! I looked at my phone, and I didn’t recognize the number. I get far too many spam calls, so when I don’t recognize a number, I don’t pick up.
But something told me: “Answer the phone.” Why? I don’t know. I picked up the phone and said, “Hello? Who is this?” A voice I didn’t recognize said, “My name is Scarlett Antonia, and I’m a producer.” A producer? Was she kidding? I said, “How did you find me?”
She continued: “I’m don’t remember. You’re on the Internet, right? Anyway, I’m producing a festival about Oz, and I need a singer. How do you feel about Oz?”
“I said, “I love Oz. When I was a kid, I read every Oz book I could find. And of course, I saw the movie with Judy Garland.”
She said, “Can you sing a song about Oz?”
I said, “I will write you a song about Oz! I’ll be home in thirty minutes. Call me!”
So that’s how I got the job singing at the Ozland Festival, and the following year at Oz On Stage at the Paramount Theatre in Peekskill, New York. That’s how I wrote my title song “Rainbow to Oz.” And that’s how I started writing my full musical Rainbow to Oz!
A month after performing two songs at Scarlett Antonia’s Oz On Stage, I was starring in and producing a staged reading of Rainbow to Oz -the full musical in New York City at The Lambs Club, Inc. – America’s First Professional Theatrical Club, founded in 1874 and still going strong!
What’s next? Please follow my Rainbow to Oz Blog for updates on my musical and life lessons from Oz that you can use in your own life! “You are stronger than any witch and all your fears. You can ride a Rainbow to Oz!” – Susan “Dr. Sue” Horowitz, Creator of Rainbow to Oz.
Susan (“Dr. Sue”) Horowitz, Ph.D.
Motivational Speaker-Author-Educator
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