This year is the 75th anniversary of Judy Garland’s walk down the Yellow Brick Road in “The Wizard of Oz,” and a group of Austin theater makers are celebrating writer Frank Baum’s enduring influence with a visit to Oz with a twist. “Bright Now Beyond” is a new musical from writer Daniel Alexander Jones, known to Austin audiences as Jomama Jones (of last summer’s “Radidate”). She returns to Austin to performs as both Ozma and Jack Pumpkinhead in this musical exploring themes of self-identity, love, sacrifice of gender for the common good, and war.
Burning questions
Why are we here? Who am I? Where am I going? Can you really make a difference?
Ingredients
musical, Jomama, The Wizard of Oz, Emerald City, world premiere
Essentials
Thurs-Sat through August 23, 8pm
Salvage Vanguard Theater
Tickets start at $20, $15 students, $25
http://brightnowbeyond.bpt.me
More from Jomama Jones
The first video from JOMAMA JONES’s RADIATE. Directed by Owen Cook, featuring Jomama Jones, Bobby Halvorson, Helga Davis and Sonja Perryman. Taken from RADIATE on Aries Records (2011).
