Carousel Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz is probably the best theatrical holiday entertainment currently playing in Vancouver.
Under Carole Higgins’s direction, the cast is confidently eccentric. I especially enjoyed Mike Stack’s Tin Man, Josué Laboucaine’s Cowardly Lion, and Meghan Anderssen’s Wicked Witch of the West.
Barbara Clayden’s costumes are superb.
Tickets will be hard to get—this show is setting records for Carousel—but do yourself a favour and make the effort.
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