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Mainstreet PEI | Dec 6, 2012 | 7:06

The Wizard of Oz - Wade Lynch and Glenda Landry

Many Islanders will be off to see the wizard at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in the coming days. The mainstage show features an enormous casts - dogs - fire and flying. The story about Dorothy trying to get home to Kansas is a classic piece of writing and TV. To hear more about the stage production, Director Wade Lynch and Wicked Witch Glenda Landry joined Karen Mair in the studio.

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