Sing-along 'Wizard of Oz' hits right notes
Of course, people do go both ways," says the Scarecrow in the "Wizard of Oz." With another crowd, it might not have brought the house down. But Thursday's premiere of "Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz" in Pittsburgh was a benefit for Persad, an organization that provides mental health services to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. It didn't matter who was what, and it was even hard to tell in some cases with so many in the audience cloaked in assorted Oz costumes. Hirsute Dorothies and Glindas as big as linebackers. The level of both imagination and effort was astonishing. Eric Gerstbrein was hidden inside a 10-foot-tall black funnel. Chris Criscuolo dressed as Dorothy with a tornado attached to his shoulder, and when the lights went down he glowed in the dark. Post-Gazette
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