Tabard couldn't help being feeling a little bit, well, surprised (and baffled) by the casting of Russell Grant as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz. After all, he replaces Michael Crawford, whose own musical theatre credits are vast, having appeared in The Woman in White and The Phantom of the Opera to name but a few. Now Tabard is no producer, but one would think Andrew Lloyd Webber would have decided to replace Crawfo…
SOURCE: The Stage at 10:28AM on February 16, 2012