Posting that video of Jewel doing Undercover Karaoke the other day reminded me of the terrific performance she gave as Dorothy in a concert version of “The Wizard Of Oz.” It was done at Lincoln Center in 1995 as a benefit for the Children’s Defense Fund with an all-star cast that included The Who’s Roger Daltrey as the Tin Man, Jackson Browne as the Scarecrow, Joel Grey as the Wizard, Natalie Cole as Glinda, Debra Winger as the Wicked Witch of the West, and Lucie Arnaz as Aunt Em.
The concert was recorded, aired on TBS, and released on VHS and CD, but to my knowledge has never become a DVD. That’s a shame, because it was really a lot of fun and would surely sell a ton. Here’s another member of the cast, Nathan Lane, channeling Burt Lahr as The Cowardly Lion…