L. Frank Baum was a sickly boy who was educated mostly at home, where he became a voracious reader. He soon combined this love of literature with an ability to create a lasting classic.

Chu’s blockbuster Wicked is taking audiences beyond the yellow brick road, thanks to bewitching performances by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. So put on your emerald-colored glasses for a look back ...

No, I'm not referring to that dubious old tale that L. Frank Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as an allegory about the evils of the gold standard. As Michael Patrick Hearn pointed out long ...

May 6, 1919(1919-05-06) (aged 62) Hollywood, California Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Frank L. Baum, who wrote the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, wrote a 14-book series about the wonderous land of Oz, and only a few have been adapted for television or films. The books are ...

"The original novel is really about responding to fascism. It's a young and unhoused immigrant who travels to a new country." ...

Explore the life and times of author L. Frank Baum, the creator of one of the most beloved, enduring and classic American narratives. By 1900, when The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published ...

I also wanted to honor the ambition and strength and talent and vision of other artists and not interfere with them, in the same way I didn't feel that L. Frank Baum had come out of his grave and ...

Project Ozma was named after the queen of L. Frank Baum's imaginary land of Oz -- a place "very far away, difficult to reach, and populated by strange and exotic beings." The stars chosen by Drake for ...

Beginning February 14, the Cumberland County Playhouse will present The Wizard of Oz! The Wizard of Oz is rated G and runs on the Mainstage through March 23.