BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:The Wizard of Oz Emil de Cou\, conductor NSO @ Wolf Trap Turner Classic Movies\, Official Sponsor Hosted by Robert Osborne in V ienna\, VA at The Barns at Wolf Trap - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20090724T203000 DTSTAMP:20090712T164639Z SUMMARY:The Wizard of Oz Emil de Cou\, conductor NSO @ Wolf Trap Turne r Classic Movies\, Official Sponsor Hosted by Robert Osborne DESCRIPTION: Back by popular demand! The complete 1939 epic shown on l arge screens in-house and on the lawn\, with the full score played liv e by the NSO. It's a journey to Oz like you've never experienced befor e!TicketScaleBoxesFrontOrchRearOrchLogeLawnB$4848383220 Pre-Performanc e Discussion SeriesJoin us at the park an hour before the show for a f ree Pre-Performance Discussion with Nicole LaCroix\, the evening host on Classical WETA 90.9 FM.More information on the Pre-Performance Disc ussion Series.At Home in Oz A note on the evening's performance by NSO @Wolf Trap Festival Conductor Emil de Cou.At home in Oz The Wizard of Oz was once a motion picture. Previewed in Pomona\, California\, in 19 39 it was not supposed to do more than put MGM in competition with Dis ney for the light\, frothy\, singing\, and dancing child-like entertai nment market. What happened between then and now regarding that odd ro und-trip flight in a two-bedroom house is another story all together. Much has happened since we premiered The Wizard of Oz at Wolf Trap in 2005. A movie that I thought I had memorized long ago has seeped even further into my consciousness-I have performed it several times and wi th each one I find something new about it and about those watching it. Of course\, it is still a life and death struggle to keep it all in s ync-and not only with the wicked witch (who I have great affection for since her music is the most fun to conduct)\, but also with Munchkins \, talking trees\, and those slightly ironic "Optimistic Voices." They never get any better at staying with me and the orchestra-singing "yo u will be a bust\, be a bust\, be a bust in the hall of fame" or "you' re out of the woods\, you're out of the dark\, you're out of the night " blissfully ignorant of the fact that I might be a tad ahead or behin d them. Sort of like Alvin and the Chipmunks meets Chucky\, they mock me with their squeaky falsettos. But I've finally made my peace with t hem-the Tin Man who can't dance in time\, the flying monkeys who tear up the Scarecrow a moment before they should\, and Dorothy's heels cli cking every so slightly off of the music in her dream return to Kansas . We are all good friends now\, and the above complaints are just insi de jokes for us to enjoy (and hopefully for you not to notice). One th ing I love to do when I am not conducting concerts-or even when I am i f I can sneak a peak behind my back-is to look at you! Audience watchi ng has long become a sort of spectator's sport of mine-even a wee bit of an obsession. Take tonight for example-it is possible that on this 70th anniversary we could still have people in the audience who saw Oz when it was brand new. Many more saw it when it was re-released to th eaters in the 1950s\, and still more (me included) in the Baby Boomer generation\, when it was a much-anticipated stay-up-late-in-your-jammi es television event. There may be children here tonight who are seeing this Technicolor classic on the big screen for the very first time\, and are amazed at how beautiful it is (take that\, iPhone 3Gs). As I w atch people watching this most iconic of films\, I think of how differ ently we all see the same thing. Author Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz has spanned nearly a third of our country's history\, and the story is one of the great archetypal tales of 20th century popular culture-a q uest\, a mission\, Homer's Odyssey in Technicolor with a calico dress- a very American story about the meaning of home. Of course\, Dorothy's adventure\, like Jonah's or Frodo's\, is really about the quest for a vague and usually unattainable idea in some far off imagined place. B ut what makes this unintended masterpiece of a movie (and those here t onight watching and listening to it) endlessly fascinating to me is ho w we will all experience it in a slightly different way depending on o ur personal ideal of home. Wrapped in this candy-coated confection is something surprising-a mirror. Nothing is richer than a children's sto ry well-told. Which is why\, when we are young\, we follow the charact ers in all of their silly quirkiness so intently for 109 minutes. This is why\, when we are older\, we find the ending\, and it's final meld ing of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Be it ever so humble there's no place like home" so poignant. Throughout our short history\, we as Americans have always been preoccupied with the idea of home\, in folk songs\, campfire stories\, and tales of explorers in the Wild West in search of a new life. Home is something we've all had to invent\, just like the sepia-toned Kansas backyard nestled in a Hollywood backlot. As you can probably tell I love this movie and will never tire of perf orming it live with my friends on stage and in the audience. Tonight\, I hope you will laugh at Glinda's chirpy upper-crust intonations\, sm ile when the Lollypop Guild does their soft shoe (in perfect time with the music I hope)\, or maybe boo the Wicked Witch as she appears in t hat hourglass\, taunting the condemned Dorothy with her signature cack le. But more importantly\, I hope you will see something gentle\, hope ful\, and innocent in yourself and those around you-that's what keeps this story so fresh to all of us\, young and old\, all these many year s. The part that rings most true is found in the movie's final line of dialogue\, that real or imagined\, there is indeed no place like home -and remembering that brings you closer to your own. -Emil de CouRober t OsborneHost As primetime host and anchor of Turner Classic Movies (T CM)\, Robert Osborne brings viewers out of their living rooms and into the world of classic Hollywood\, providing insider information\, fact s and trivia on TCM movie presentations.Osborne is also a columnist-cr itic for The Hollywood Reporter\, the daily show business trade paper. He is known as the official biographer of Oscar®\, thanks to a serie s of books he's written on the subject of Hollywood's annual Academy A wards®. His latest book\, 80 Years Of the Oscar\, written at the requ est of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences\, has been call ed "the most comprehensive and definitive book ever done on the subjec t."Osborne was born in Colfax\, Wash.\, and graduated from the Univers ity of Washington's School of Journalism\, appearing in local plays in his non-study hours. He eventually went to Hollywood as an actor unde r contract to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. It was Lucy who encouraged him to pursue writing\, which he considers "the best advice at the bes t time" he's ever been given. Lucy remained a friend and mentor to him until her death.Osborne joined the staff of The Hollywood Reporter in 1977 and six years later began writing the paper's influential "Rambl ing Reporter" column\, which covers all aspects of the movie and telev ision business. In 1982\, he also began as the on-air entertainment re porter for the nightly news on Los Angeles' KTTV. In 1987\, he was sig ned by CBS to make daily appearances on the CBS Morning Program\, and from 1986-1993\, he was also a regular host of The Movie Channel cable network.From 1981-83\, Osborne served as president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). He is a frequent guest on Entertain ment Tonight\, Good Morning America and other network shows\; was twic e a CableACE nominee for his "Osborne Report" segments for The Movie C hannel\; and was nominated for an Emmy® as Best Host Moderator. Osbor ne is also the winner of the 1984 Press Award from the Publicists Guil d of America. On Feb. 1\, 2006\, he received a star on the Hollywood W alk of Fame\, and in January 2008\, he received a special award from t he National Board of Review for his contributions as a film historian. In addition to his hosting duties for TCM\, Osborne has also done seve ral specials for the network\, including Private Screenings\, an hour- long interview series with such Hollywood luminaries as Shirley MacLai ne\, Lauren Bacall\, Angela Lansbury\, James Garner\, Jane Fonda\, Sid ney Lumet\, Norman Jewison\, and Tony Curtis. He also hosts TCM's Gues t Programmer series\, in which he has been joined in introducing movie line-ups by an eclectic mix\, including David Mamet\, Alec Baldwin\, Mia Farrow\, Martha Stewart\, Whoopi Goldberg\, Tom Ford\, Liz Smith\, Bill Cosby\, Donald Trump\, James Elroy\, Evander Holyfield\, Danny D eVito\, Renee Feming\, Gore Vidal and Kermit the Frog. \n LOCATION:The Barns at Wolf Trap @ 1624 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia 221 82 United States SEQUENCE:1247417199 UID:E0-001-009991022-3 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-009991022-3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR