🎥 “The Jitterbug” is a lost musical sequence from “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). This video feature’s Harold Arlen’s personal footage from the set, giving us a glimpse at the deleted scene. Details: Composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. Harburg wrote the song “The Jitterbug” in May 1938, it was one of the first pieces they created for the film. The idea was that the Jitterbug was a tool of the Wicked Witch of the West, a blue and pink insect like a mosquito; its bite causes a person to break into

POV: You’re at the sitzprobe for The Wizard of Oz! 🪄 A sitzprobe is an essential part of every musical – it’s a rehearsal where the band and the singers come together to work on the music together for the very first time. It was magical hearing the songs finally come together in the room, and we can’t wait to show you all what we’ve been working on! ✨ Here’s a sneak peek of the track ‘In Yishun’ 😉 In our adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy comes from Yishun, and she gets swept away by a cy

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