Follow the yellow brick road to Adventure Theatre and its latest production, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The classic tale brought to life on stage at the Glen Echo theatre is getting such rave reviews its run has been extended through May 31. Even better, two KFDC readers have a chance to win a 4-pack of tickets to see it!
Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum and adapted by Jacqueline E. Lawton, the show is recommended for all ages. Running time is one hour with no intermission.
Life in Kansas has been a bit boring for Dorothy and her little dog Toto. Until one day, a cyclone swoops in and takes them “over the rainbow” to the wonderful and magical land of Oz. With the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy sets off on the adventure of a lifetime down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. These new friends brave witches, flying monkeys, and a Haunted Forest all to meet the Wizard of Oz, who promises to make their dreams come true.
Showtimes and tickets are available online — I recommend getting them in advance, since they often sell out before performances. For a glimpse of the show, visit Adventure Theatre’s Facebook page.
Giveaway: For a chance to win a 4-pack of tickets to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Adventure Theatre, simply leave a comment below telling me your child’s (or yours) favorite classic tale. To be eligible, you must like KidFriendly DC on Facebook. There will be two ticket giveaways: The first will run through Friday, May 22, then a winner will be drawn at random and notified shortly thereafter. The second will run through next Wednesday, then another winner will be drawn at random and notified shortly thereafter. You only need to enter/comment once to be included in both drawings. Good luck!
My child hasn’t started exploring the classics so no favorite yet!
We love Jack and the Beanstalk! Every time Daddy comes down the stairs, he yells, “Fe fi fo fum!” and our kids squeal in mock fear.
We like Goldilocks!
My son’s favorite book (currently) is The Hobbit.
Our girls love Goldilocks and the three bears and all the different variations on the classic especially Goldilocks and the three Dinosaurs! 🙂
I love the Little Mermaid! However, in a house with boys they prefer Pinocchio and Aladdin.
We love stories with monsters. My mom has made up her own story with a monster named Harry Scary!! My kids love her story telling!
Our favorite classic is A Dangerous Journey–a beautifully illustrated children’s version of Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.
We love Goldilocks too!
We love Pippi Longstocking as a classic tale, and Peter Pan.
Right now, my daughter’s favorite tale is Frozen, but for the longest time it was the story of Perseus and Medusa. She’s 5.
My son loves Peter Pan!!!
My favorite is The Princess Bride
Our favorite is the Three Little Pigs!
The Princess and the Pea.
We just listened to Anne Hathaway’s reading of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz last weekend, and the kids LOVED it. I’d call it a favorite! So, this show would be perfect…
My daughter absolutely loves Wizard of Oz!!! She has begun a collection of trinkets and things of the Wizard of Oz. She would love to come to this play as it never gets old for her. She is now seven and has adored it since she was probably three years old.
I love little red riding hood, my grandmother told it the best way!
My kids favorite tale is Peter Pan… it has the magic of Thinker Bell for our girls and the adventures of the pirates for our boy, and they are also 3 kids and involves they parents…
my 3 year old love any of the classics that involve wolves, esp big bad ones, I have to tell him variations of the 3 little pigs over and over at bed time.
Our family’s favorite old classic is The Wizard of Oz and our favorite new classic is The Gruffalo!
Not exactly sure that it’s a classic but my kids love Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
I like Wicked, a twist on the Wizard of Oz. The story is told from the viewpoint of the witch. Great music too. For older kids.
Peter Pan!
My 7 year old just loves Oz. I’ve been reading her the books and she’s loved most of them. Went to see Wicked and a high school play of The Wiz. I just love that she’s more into Oz than princesses, etc.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a favorite with all three of our kids. My youngest (2) needs to hear it every night before bed.
my daughter is 8 and she loves the Sound of Music
we love all the different versions of cinderella
Game of Thrones
It was Anne of Green Gables–but now it is Emily of New Moon by the same author.
3 little pigs
We love The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe!
My child’s favorite classic tale is “Little Mermaid”. We haven’t watched “Wizard of Oz” together so this would be a treat! .
Winnie the Pooh is my son’s favorite classic!
So far we’ve loved Charlotte’s Web, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Matilda.
little house was a big hit for my prairie-loving daughter. the children’s theater scene here in dc is really great!
My daughter loves Goldilocks and the Three Bears! Wow, this show looks great!
My daughter likes Rapunzel, because she has long hair like her.
My kids recently rediscovered Winnie the Pooh!
Favorite fairy tale is Little Red Riding Hood.
My son loves the story of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
My daughter’s favorite is Little Red Riding Hood.
Can’t go wrong with Cinderella.
Our favorite is the Princess and the Pea.
My daughters love Winnie the Pooh. Thanks for the contest!
The Jungle Book and Peter Pan are favorites in our house. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My kids love Peter Pan right now–they watched the musical and want to see other versions of it now. They did watch Wizard of Oz movie last summer and really liked it–I’ll have to check out the Anne Hathaway reading that another commenter suggested!
My daughter luvs the little mermaid.
My boys love Jack and the Beanstalk!
My son loves Little House in the Big Woods and my daughter loves James and the Giant Peach.
We just finished “James and the Giant Peach” and it was a big hit.
Peter Pan and The Wizard of OZ have always been my favorite!!
My kids love the story of the Three Little Pigs!
My son Matty (age 3) asks me on a daily basis “Mom, tell me the story of the Wicked Witch!” He is totally enthralled by the Wizard of Oz. We’d love to take him to the showing!
Three Billy a Goats Gruff
anything Winnie the Pooh but I would LOVE to introduce them to Wizard of Oz!
My son’s favorite is Charlotte’s Web.
tom & jerry and Merry Poppins
The Three Little Pigs!!
My children love Peter Pan.
My kids love the big bad wolf in the three little pigs
I think my favorite kids’ classic has to be Charlotte’s Web and I cannot wait to share it with my kids!
Hansel and Gretel
My kids (and I) love the little mermaid!
My kids love plays/musical theater (which is why we love your round-up feature on the blog). I would say Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan (and all the various spin-off tales), and Chronicles of Narnia are some favorite classic tales.
Little red riding hood is my daughter’s favorite!!
Alice in wonderland is my fave. The kids are currently enjoying Charlie and the chocolate factory.
My son and daughter both love the book “A Wrinkle in Time.”
My son loved the BFG.
The Wzard of Oz was my favorite classic tale as a child!
My son loves Tom Sawyer. I like Cinderella because of the movie.
My daughters love The Wizard of Oz! Together, we read the original story at bedtime over the course of a few weeks- it’s been their favorite since then. My 7 year old was Dorothy for Halloween and for “dress as a book character day” at her school. This would be such fun to see together.
My seven-year old daughter loves The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child. I gave birth to a baby boy last year and my daughter made it a point to memorize both stories. Now, she recites it to him every day, sometimes multiple times a day and we call him our Lil Gruff. Her birthday is next Wednesday, May 27 and her one wish is to see Washington, DC where mommy has to go on business often. So, we’re going to make the long trip together and I thought since she is also a fan of The Wizard of Oz, that this might be a fun birthday treat for her. Thanks for the opportunity!
My kids are completely in love with Rumplestilskin. They love to mske up new names gor the little man esch time we read it!
My Andria has two favorites. Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz. thank you
My girls love The Boy Who Cried Wolf at the moment.
my daughter – The Hobbit; me- Cinderella
My son and I love to read Each Peach Pear Plum. It’s a more recent classic and there’s nothing sweeter than seeing the joys and memories of reading stories echoed through the generations by your children’s own squeals and giggles when reading one of your old childhood favorites.
My daughters love ” Three little pigs” and ” Jack and the bean stock”.
My son absolutely loves reading books with my husband and I. By far his favorite tale is Peter Rabbit. I know it’s not a long story, but it is a classic and teaches a good lesson. /// We’d be honored to win the prize pack!
We love Lion Witch and Wardrobe. So many good connections to other books and life!
My son’s obsessed with both “The Wizard of Oz” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!”
Our daughter loves Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. We enjoy going to see live shows together and would love to see the Wizard of Oz!
My child’s favorites are the Wizard of Oz and the Little Prince!
My Baby Goddess’ favorite is Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…thanks for the awesome content and giveaways!!
I have twins, so of course they have different tastes. My son loves “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings” but my daughter loves traditional fairy tales and all their retellings (Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland… the list goes on!).
Our favorite is the Three Little Pigs. Every night at bedtime, my son asks for us to tell the story. He’s heard it so many times that we let him fill in the blank to most of it. It’s one of my favorite times of each day! 🙂
Peter Pan!
Charlotte’s Web!
My daughter has recently started liking Snow White, although is a fan of Alladin and Little Mermaid. I’m not sure if Frozen is considered a “classic” yet 🙂
My son just read Pippi Longstockings and adored it! He is ten.
Alice in Wonderland 🙂
We love The Nutcracker in our house!
Wizard of Oz is near and dear to my heart. I was born and raised on a farm in Kansas, survived many tornados. I would love to take my girls to see this!! There’s no place like home!! Thank you!!
Jack and the Beanstalk is one of our favorites. One of the few I can consistently tell from memory when a story is requested during car rides.
my daughter just finished reading the wizard of oz and loved it! We would LOVE to see this production! My kids favorite right now is probably the Narnia series
Twins (11 next week) – The Lion, the witch and the wordrobe
Jack(4)- Peter pan
Husband- Wizard of Oz
Me- Heidi
Bella’s favorite is cinderella
We like Charlotte’s Web
My kids and I love Goldilocks and the three bears 🙂
My littles love Cinderella! (and mommy loves The Last Unicorn!)
My child loves Pippi Longstocking.
My 5 y.o. is currently obsessed with Pinnochio!
Three little bears!
Sadly, my kids haven’t really connected with any classic tales yet. But, one of mine happens to be Wizard of Oz. I remember having abridged copies of the books when I was a kid, and read them over and over.
Little Red Riding Hood is a favorite in my household!
She loves all the classical tales she has read to this day. All of them are her favorite
My son likes Peter Pan.
My daughter loves Alice in Wonderland!
they love Cinderella!!
The three little pigs. No playground visit is complete without a complete reenactment. I always have to play the big bad wolf.
She loves Cinderella the most.
My daughter loves Cinderella.
My son can’t get enough of Peter Pan.
My kids, particularly my son, loves any story involving “The Big Bad Wolf” 🙂
The also love combining the stories!
Beauty and the Beast all day!
My 5 year old daughter LOVES the Wizard of Oz! She chose to dress as Dorothy for Halloween 2 yrs ago! She even loves doing lines from the movie and acting out the scenes. Her favorite is when Glenda the Good Witch appears.
We’d love to win these tix!
The little Mermaid and the little red hen
Our favorite classic would be little mermaid.
My very favorite classic tale is The Wizard of Oz, but I also love Peter Pan.
When I first responded to this opportunity, I forgot to add that my daughter loved “Wicked” and has read the Chronicles of Narnia, one of my favs from when I was her age — 11 as of yesterday! My, how time flies!
My daughter loves Cinderella, princess and the pea, wizard of oz and so many more
My kids love the Lion King
Right now my 8 year old’s favorite is The Wind in the Willows.