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Suzanne Chessler
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D

aniel Lincoln, associate music
director and conductor for
the new stage version of The
Wizard of Oz, is grateful to family
members serving as mentors for his
performance talents.
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Grandfather Robert
Nadell was cantor at
Temple Isaiah in Los
Angeles, where grand-
mother Lucille Nadell
was organist. Both had
performance experi-
ence outside religious
Daniel Lincoln
circles.
"I had a mentor
when it came to singing, and I had a
mentor when it came to piano; says
Lincoln, 29, in a phone conversation
from the road.
"I always wanted to be in entertain-
ment, and I always was a fan of the
1939 Wizard of Oz movie. Now, in a
new stage adaptation, Andrew Lloyd
Webber is presenting audiences with
the movie plus:'
The musical will play June 17-29
at the Detroit Opera House, where
Dorothy will be portrayed by Danielle
Wade, who grew up in Windsor and
was chosen through the Canadian real-
ity show Over the Rainbow.
In addition to featuring the movie's
beloved songs by Jewish composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and Jewish lyricist
Harold Arlen (including "Over the
Rainbow"), "certain plot points have
been fleshed out, and five new songs by
Webber and Tim Rice have been added
to turn what was a delightful and magi-
cal 90-minute movie musical into a
21/2-hour stage musical;' says Lincoln
as he prepares for the final stop in the
national tour.
"This is such a joyful show:' says
Lincoln. He says he particularly relates
to the new song "Already Home which
has Dorothy realizing that home is a
place in the heart.
"This show has been an exciting and

interesting departure for me Lincoln
says. "My two most recent projects
were the national tour of The Midtown
Men, a '60s rock concert, and the New
York production of Avenue Q, a fun,
trash-talking puppet show:'
Lincoln, who was a child actor
in California, studied opera at the
University of California Los Angeles,
where he also learned about conduct-
ing and composing. Graduate school
was at New York University.
"I played in piano bars to make ends
meet when I moved to New York and
started getting offers to music-direct for
cabaret shows, one-man shows and small
ensemble shows:' he recalls. "Musical
direction branched into Off-Broadway,
and then I got The Midtown Men tour:'
Lincoln, who sang in temple while
he was growing up, was an associate
producer of an Off-Broadway musical
called To Paint the Earth, inspired by
firsthand accounts of experiences in the
Warsaw Ghetto.
When the Oz tour ends, Lincoln will
have more time to devote to developing
three musicals for New York and one
for Los Angeles while contemplating a
return to Avenue Q as well as teaching
responsibilities at New York University
and the New York Film Academy.
There also will be plans to establish a
new life with fiance Christopher Enlow,
a hair and makeup artist branching out
to do more theatrical productions.
"I think one of the most exciting
things about choosing a life in theater
is that you never really know what life
is going to look like in six months:' says
Lincoln, who also does orchestrating
and arranging.
"With The Wizard of Oz, I got a call
from [Music Director] David Andrews
Rogers to join the show last June. He
and I had been friends for many years,
but we hadn't had the opportunity to
work together.
"I've found that this production is
not just for kids. There are the old gags
and jokes, but certain moments have
been enhanced for the enjoyment of
the parents:'

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The Wizard of Oz runs June 17-29 at the Detroit Opera House. Curtain
times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, and
1 and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. $24-$79. Tuesday, June 17, is a Kids Night on
Broadway performance; pre-show activities begin at 6 p.m. (313) 872-
1000; broadwayindetroit.com .

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