# The Wizard of Oz (1902 musical)

The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Although Baum is the credited bookwriter, Glen MacDonough was hired on as jokewriter after Baum had finished the script, and the book was largely ghostwritten by a man named Finnegan. Much of the original music was by Paul Tietjens, some of which has been lost, although it was still well-remembered and in discussion at MGM in 1939 when the classic film version of the story was made. The original show was particularly popular because of its two comedy stars: Fred Stone playing the Scarecrow, and David C. Montgomery as the Tin Woodman.
The show premiered at the Chicago Grand Opera House on June 16, 1902, and then went on tour throughout the upper Midwest before moving to the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on January 21, 1903, where it ran for 293 performances through October 3. A second company was established, and the show went on tour from September 1903 through March 1904 before returning to the Majestic with an updated "Edition De Luxe". This version played through May and then moved on to the New York Theater for three weeks before returning to Chicago for a five-week run to finish the season.
The two companies toured the country from August 1904 to April 1905, and again from September 1905 to May 1906. By this time, demand had slowed, and the second company was disbanded on February 28, 1906. The main "Company A" had one final tour from August to November 1906 before the rights were sold to Hurtig and Seamon. The new production resumed the tour through May 1907, and continued for the 1907–08 and 1908–09 seasons. Finally, the show was released to stock theater companies in 1911.
The show's history is covered in more than 100 pages of the book Oz Before the Rainbow: L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' on stage and screen to 1939 by Mark Evan Swartz.

## Characters and original cast

In order of appearance, the 1902 Chicago cast consisted of:
| Role and comments from program | Cast member |
| Dorothy Gale, a Kansas girl | Anna Laughlin |
| Imogene, Dorothy's Cow | Edwin J. Stone |
| Cynthia Cynch, the Lady Lunatic | Helen Byron |
| The Witch of the North, a friend in need | Aileen May |
| Sir Dashemoff Daily, Poet Laureate | Bessie Wynn[e] |
| The Army of Pastoria | Joseph Schrode |
| Pastoria II, Ex-King of the Emerald City | Neil McNeil |
| Tryxie Tryfle, prospective Queen of the Emerald City | Mabel Barrison |
| Brigadier General Riskitt, commanding Pastoria's Army | Harold Morey |
| The Scarecrow, looking for brains | Fred Stone |
| The Cowardly Lion | Arthur Hill |
| Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman, in search of a heart | David C. Montgomery |
| Private Gruph, the Guardian of the Gate | Harold Morey |
| The Soldier with the Green Whiskers | Joseph Schrode |
| Sir Wiley Gyle, an Inventor who scorns all magical arts | Stephen Maley |
| Oz, the Wonderful Wizard, Ruler of the Emerald City | John Slavin |
There were several major character changes from the original book:
* Dorothy Gale's surname was introduced in the show. She had no name in the original book, but the surname is mentioned in Ozma of Oz (1907).
* Imogene the Cow replaces Dorothy's dog Toto.
* The Good Witch of the North causes a snowfall which defeats the spell of the poppies that had put Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion to sleep – this idea was later used in the classic 1939 movie.
* The role of the Cowardly Lion was reduced to a bit part, mostly to add humor.
* The Tin Woodman is called Niccolo Chopper. In the book he had no name, but would be called Nick Chopper in the sequels.
* The Wicked Witch of the West is mentioned but does not appear in this version.
* New characters in the piece are King Pastoria II and his girlfriend Trixie Tryfle (a waitress), Cynthia Cynch (a lady lunatic), Niccolo's love interest; Sir Dashemoff Daily (the poet laureate), Dorothy's love interest; Sir Wiley Gyle, and General Riskitt.

## Plot

The main plot of the show, as recounted in newspapers of the time, is Pastoria's attempts to regain the throne from the Wizard of Oz. The original protagonists' search for the Wizard puts them on the wrong side of the law. Synopsis by David Maxine

### Act One: The Storm

The show opens on a Kansas farm from which Dorothy and her pet calf Imogene are blown to the Land of Oz by a tornado. Dorothy's farmhouse lands on a Wicked Witch, and the Munchkins proclaim Dorothy their heroine for setting them free. Dorothy wants to go home to Kansas. The Good Witch of the North gives Dorothy a Ruby Ring and tells her to go to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz to send her back to Kansas. Dorothy also gets a love interest when Sir Dashemoff Daily, the poet laureate of Oz, falls in love with her. Now, it so happens that a Kansas streetcar conductor named Pastoria, along with Tryxie Tryfle, his waitress-girlfriend, has been blown to Oz in the same tornado. To make matters more complicated, it turns out that Pastoria is the former King of Oz, having been ousted by the Wizard. Pastoria determines to regain his throne. Another new character is an Ophelia-like lady lunatic named Cynthia Cynch. She has gone "mad" searching for her long-lost lover, Niccolo Chopper. Dorothy and her pet calf proceed on their journey and meet the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman (who happens to be Cynthia Cynch's lover turned tin). Dorothy with her friends and Pastoria with his entourage all stumble into a deadly Poppy Field where they nearly perish from the poisonous breath of the flowers. Everyone is saved by the Witch of the North, who creates a summer snowstorm to break the spell of the poppies.

### Act Two: The Emerald City

Dorothy and her friends arrive in the Emerald City where the Wizard grants brains to the Scarecrow and a heart to the Tin Woodman. To celebrate, the Wizard announces a "Ball of All Nations" in which everybody gets to sing a topical song of ethnic origin. Pastoria arrives in the Emerald City, breaks up with Tryxie Tryfle, and stages a coup in which the Wizard of Oz is arrested. Dorothy and her pals are declared enemies of the state and they run for their lives as Pastoria regains the throne of Oz.

### Act Three: The Borderland

In hiding and in disguise, Dorothy and company flee the Emerald City. They encounter Cynthia Cynch who is delighted to have found her missing tin lover. But alas, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and Tin Woodman are eventually captured by Pastoria's henchmen and sentenced to death. Just as they are about to be executed, Dorothy calls on the Witch of the North, who magically appears and sets everyone free.

## Conception and script

L. Frank Baum decided to collaborate with his friend, composer Paul Tietjens, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrator W. W. Denslow as set and costume designer, to bring the book to the stage. They completed a script, score and designs in 1901, hewing fairly close to the novel. They submitted the package to the manager of the Chicago Grand Opera House, Fred R. Hamlin, who liked it and approached Julian Mitchell to be director.
Mitchell did not like the script, criticizing its lack of spectacle, calling it too subdued and small-scale. However, he sent a wire to Hamlin with the message "Can see possibilities for extravaganza". When Mitchell accepted the project, he brought in new songwriters, cutting some of the original Tietjens numbers. He rewrote the script, together with Glen MacDonough, introducing new characters and incidents, reducing the Cowardly Lion's role, deleting the appearance of the Wicked Witch of the West entirely, and substituting a cow for Toto as Dorothy's companion. Baum was anxious about this, but went along. He hoped Mitchell's experience in directing, as well as the casting of comedy team Fred Stone and David C. Montgomery as the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman, would make the show a hit. It turned out to be a roaring success, with 293 performances.

## Original production

In rewriting Baum's 1901 script, Mitchell hired MacDonough to add topical humor. Baum described MacDonough as a New York joke writer in a letter to The Chicago Record-Herald, responding to criticism that the show "teemed with wild and woolly western puns and forced gags". In a letter to The Chicago Tribune published June 26, 1904, Baum decried rumors that he was "heartbroken and ashamed" with the final product of the musical: "I acknowledge that I was unwise enough to express myself as dissatisfied with the handling of my play on its first production ... few authors of successful books are ever fully satisfied with the dramatization of their work. They discern great gaps in the original story that are probably never noticed by playgoers." He admitted to protesting several innovations, but ultimately concluded: "The people will have what pleases them, and not what the author happens to favor, and I believe that one of the reasons why Julian Mitchell is regarded as a great producer is that he faithfully tries to serve the great mass of playgoers – and usually succeeds."
Most of the original songs were written by Paul Tietjens on Baum's lyrics, except for three: "The Guardian of the Gate" (although it was attributed to Tietjens), which was cut after only a few performances, "The Different Ways of Making Love" (wooing) and "It Happens Every Day" were composed by Nathaniel D. Mann. Mann later wrote the score for Baum's 1908 film/theatrical presentation, The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays. Most of Baum's songs related to the story in some way, as in operetta, but as performed, the play was more like vaudeville, and new songs by other songwriters were frequently substituted. In fact, the first song interpolated into the musical was "The Traveler and the Pie", a major number for the Scarecrow. Baum and Tietjens had written it for a play called The Octopus; or the Title Trust, which was never produced and possibly never completed. The song stayed in the show. James O'Dea and Edward Hutchinson wrote one of the show's most celebrated songs, "Sammy", in which Tryxie Tryfle sings of a lost love before King Pastoria, though the only surviving recording of the piece was sung by a man (Harry Macdonough).
The witches are largely absent in this version; The Good Witch of the North appears, named Locasta, and The Wicked Witch of the East is a special effect. Toto, Dorothy's dog, was replaced by a cow named Imogene. The Wicked Witch of the West does not appear, but she is mentioned, and Glinda the Good Witch of the South, who had appeared only in Act Three, was written out by Mitchell in 1903. His re-write of that act was set in the Borderland that divides Oz and Glinda's Domain, as Dorothy and her friends try to escape Pastoria.
New characters include King Pastoria II, Oz's true king working as a Kansas motorman and his girlfriend, Trixie Tryfle, a waitress. There is also Cynthia Cynch, the Lady Lunatic, a prototype for Nimmie Amee, Nick (Niccolo) Chopper's girlfriend. Niccolo Chopper is renowned for his ability on the piccolo, the subject of one of her songs, and he is shown playing a piccolo in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the first Oz film made without Baum's input, which was highly influenced by the popular play. The Wizard was presented as various ethnic stock character stereotypes, depending upon who played him. He was assisted by Sir Wiley Gyle and General Riskitt. David L. Greene and Dick Martin erroneously captioned a picture of General Riskitt as "Sir Wiley Gyle" in The Oz Scrapbook, and Donald Abbott carried this mistake over into his illustrations for How the Wizard Saved Oz.
The animals in the play, including the Cowardly Lion, did not speak, following the pantomime tradition. Although the lion costume was realistic, far more so than Bert Lahr's in the MGM film, his main purpose was a bit of comic relief and scaring off the villains on occasion. His quest for courage is completely omitted, much as the other characters' quests are deemphasized in favor of various comic routines. Ultimately, though, their desire to seek the Wizard's aid gets them caught on the wrong side of the revolution, jailed and ultimately scheduled for execution. In a deus ex machina, another tornado arrives to sweep Dorothy home from the chopping block.
Many new plot twists are virtually pointless. In addition to a kiss of protection, Dorothy gets three wishes, one of which is wasted on a triviality. The second is used to bring the Scarecrow to life, and the third is used so she can learn the song Sir Dashemoff Daily (a trouser role) has written to his girlfriend, Carrie Barry. This song was written by Baum and Tietjens, but some programs credited the song to Glen MacDonough and A. Baldwin Sloane to make their connection to the play look greater.
Probably the biggest influence on the 1939 MGM film, aside from making the story into a musical (but not using the score created for the stage version), is the field of poppies sequence that ended Act I. In the novel, Baum imaginatively has a legion of field mice pull a cart with the Cowardly Lion out of the poppy field. This was deemed unfeasible (though the stage version of The Wiz created a variation, with the mice as anthropomorphic vice cops), and Baum, though he included it in the 1901 script, replaced the scene with that of the Snow Queen creating a storm that destroys the poppies, much as Glinda does in the 1939 movie. This concluded Act I with an elaborate dance known as "Winter Jubilation", which James Patrick Doyle plays on synthesizers on the album, Before the Rainbow: The Original Music of Oz.
Because there were no cast recordings until the late 1920s, theatre productions, including this production, often exceeded four hours in length because of multiple demands for encores, since many of the attendees knew they would never get to attend again. The most popular songs were often sung multiple times and this was often used to gauge whether a song should be retained or dropped. Two popular routines that were worked in include a sailing routine and a football routine, the latter parodying the level of violence in the sport, which had recently been lessened due to new regulations.

## Preparing for Broadway - The 1902 Midwest tour

After its successful summer run in Chicago, the show went on tour throughout the Midwest. This not only gave the cast more experience and increased publicity, but also provided a chance to make some adjustments to the show before it headed to Broadway. There were only a few cast changes in August prior to the tour: Carlton King and Grace Kimball took over the roles of Pastoria and Tryxie Tryfle, and Bobby Gaylor became the Wizard of Oz. Montgomery and Stone, who had been key to the success of the show as the Tin Woodman and Scarecrow, received five-year contracts.

## Success on Broadway, 1903 to 1904

The Wizard of Oz opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on January 21, 1903 and ran through October 3rd. Due to its success, a touring company ("Company 2") was created and began its tour on September 7, 1903 at the Montauk Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Several of the Broadway stars were part of that opening show, while their touring counterparts performed as understudies in New York City. They were joined on the tour circuit by the Broadway company ("Company A") on October 5, 1903. Both companies toured through March 1904, when Company A returned to the Majestic for another engagement through the end of April, with a revised show billed as the "Edition De Luxe" that included many new musical numbers.
The show changed venues to the New York Theatre for a short run on May 2-21, 1904, and then returned to Chicago's Grand Opera House for a triumphant revival in its home city from May 23 - July 9, 1904.
The major characters continued to be played by Fred Stone, David Montgomery, and Anna Laughlin, while new performers took over other roles over the years.
| Role | Broadway 1903 | 1903-1904 Touring Co A | 1903-1904 Touring Co 2 | Broadway / Chicago spring/summer 1904 |
| The Scarecrow | Fred Stone | Fred Stone | Bert Swor | Fred Stone |
| The Tin Woodman | David C. Montgomery | David C. Montgomery | John Swor | David C. Montgomery |
| Dorothy Gale | Anna Laughlin | Anna Laughlin | Isabelle D'Armond | Anna Laughlin |
| Pastoria | Gilbert Clayton Owen Westford | Owen Westford | Arthur Larkin | ?? |
| Tryxie Tryfle | Grace Kimball Lotta Faust | Lotta Faust | Madge Ryan Carolyn Huestice | Lotta Faust |
| The Wizard of Oz | Bobby Gaylor James Wesley | James Wesley | Daniel Barrett William Barry | Charles Swain |
| Sir Dashemoff Daily [The Poet Prince] | Bessie Wynn[e] Edith Yerrington Gertrude MacKenzie | Gertrude MacKenzie | Mildred Eiaine | May De Sousa |
| Cynthia Cynch | Helen Byron Jeannette Lowrie Allene Crater | Allene Crater | May Taylor | Allene Crater |
| The Witch of the North | Edith Hutchins | Edith Hutchins | ?? | Albertine Benson |
| Imogene | Edwin J. Stone Joseph Schrode | Joseph Schrode | L. J. Wyckoff | Joseph Schrode |
| The Cowardly Lion | Arthur Hill | Arthur Hill | C. Ray Wallace | Arthur Hill |
| Sir Wiley Gyle | Stephen Maley | Stephen Maley | ?? | Stephen Maley |

## National touring companies, 1904 to 1906

Starting in August 1904 both the "A" and "2" companies were touring full time, although they did return to New York's Academy of Music at 14th and Irving Place for the Holiday season (November 7 - December 31). Company A tended to have week-long engagements in large cities, while Company 2 tended to have 1-3 day engagements in smaller cities and towns. As interest in the show slowly began to wane, both companies took an extended summer break from April -September 1905. By 1906, two companies were no longer required and Company 2 disbanded on February 28, 1906. Montgomery and Stone announced that they were moving on to other work at the end of the season (May 1906). Although Company A resumed touring in August, by November the Producer felt the show had run its course and put it up the rights for auction after the November 9, 1906 performance. The highest bidder was Hurtig & Seamon.
Performers changed more frequently during this period, sometimes multiple times in a single season, as shown in the table below. In a few cases, the performers names are not yet identified.
| Role | 1904–1905 Touring Co A | 1904–1905 Touring Co 2 | 1905–1906 Touring Co A Touring Co 2 | 1905–1906 Touring Co 2 | Aug – Nov 1906 Touring Co A |
| The Scarecrow | Fred Stone | Bert Swor | Fred Stone | Bert Swor | George Stone |
| The Tin Woodman | David C. Montgomery | John Swor | David C. Montgomery | John Swor | Fred Nice |
| Dorothy Gale | Anna Laughlin | Blanche Powell Todd | Mabel Barrison Netta Vesta Mona Desmond | Blanche Powell Todd | Anna Wilks |
| Pastoria | ?? | Lute Vhroman | Charles E. Mitchell | Lute Vhroman | ?? |
| Tryxie Tryfle | Virginia Levick | Florence Lee Florence Sinnot | Marion Stanley | Mildred Lee | Nellie Nice |
| The Wizard of Oz | ?? | John Mayer | James Wesley | Daniel Barrett | Charles E. Mitchell? |
| Sir Dashemoff Daily [The Poet Prince] | ?? | Mildred Elaine | Virginia Foltz Helena May | ?? | Ethel Green |
| Cynthia Cynch | Allene Crater | May Taylor | Allene Crater | Eulalie Jensen | Rosa Gore |
| The Witch of the North | Albertine Benson | ?? | Lenore Stevens Therese Von Brune | Vera Stacey | Frances Lears |
| Imogene | Joseph Schrode | L. J. Wyckoff | Joseph Schrode | Fred Woodward | Joseph Schrode |
| The Cowardly Lion | Arthur Hill | Fred Woodward | George Ramsa | Joe A West | ?? |
| Sir Wiley Gyle | Stephen Maley | ?? | George B. Field | ?? | ?? |

## The final years, 1906 to 1909

The Hurtig & Seamon show started its tour almost immediately, with the first show starting in New York City on December 9, 1906 at the Yorkville Theater. Although little information for this partial season is available, it seems that much of the cast would have been retained due to the limited preparation time (see table). One exception was that the role of Dorothy was taken over by Minerva Coverdale. The show continued to tour under the new management for another two seasons before finally closing for good in February, 1909.
| Role | 1906–1907 Hurtig & Seamon | 1907–1908 Hurtig & Seamon | 1908–1909 Hurtig & Seamon |
| The Scarecrow | George Stone | George Stone | George Stone |
| The Tin Woodman | Fred Nice Irving Christian | Frank Wilkins Charles Wilkins | William Baker |
| Dorothy Gale | Minerva Coverdale | Minerva Coverdale | Beatrice Turner |
| Pastoria | ?? | James Wilson | ?? |
| Tryxie Tryfle | ?? | Gertrude Barthold | Gertrude Barthold |
| The Wizard of Oz | ?? | Willam Barry | James Wesley |
| Sir Dashemoff Daily [The Poet Prince] | ?? | Hattie Simms McCarthy | Edith Millward |
| Cynthia Cynch | ?? | Lillian English Mildred Barry | Zoa Mathews |
| The Witch of the North | ?? | Myrtle Owens | Jesse Willard |
| Imogene | Joseph Schrode | Joseph Schrode | Joseph Schrode |
| The Cowardly Lion | ?? | Robert Burns | Robert Burns |
| Sir Wiley Gyle | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Reception

The critic of The New York Times described the show as "the Darling of Mr. Belasco's Gods". Leone Langdon-Key loved the scenery, but found Baum's script commonplace, commenting that many lines start with, "Well, wouldn't that..." and deplored Tietjens's "fondness for a lack of contrast and rhythms".
Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia gained considerable notoriety by drinking champagne from the satin slipper of one of the chorus girls during a 1902 trip to Chicago.

## Sequel

The success of the play led Baum to write The Marvelous Land of Oz after four years of demand for a sequel to the novel. He dedicated the book to Montgomery and Stone, and made the roles of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman prominent, with the roles of Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion reduced to a reminiscence. After the team balked at leaving Wizard for a sequel, Baum wrote the stage musical, The Woggle-Bug, eliminating the Tin Woodman, replacing the Scarecrow with Regent Sir Richard Spud, replacing Glinda with Maetta from The Magical Monarch of Mo and renaming the Emerald City the "City of Jewels," though Oz is mentioned several times. The first appearance of the title character was moved from halfway through the novel to the opening scene, and his mentor, Professor Knowitall, name shortened to Professor Knowitt, was raised to the level of romantic lead with a girlfriend named Prissy Pring, a Captain in General Jinjur's Army of Revolt. Jack Pumpkinhead and The Woggle-Bug became a comic team analogous to the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman. The play was performed at the Garrick Theater in Chicago and opened to reviews panning Baum's script and praising the score by Frederic Chapin. No songs were interpolated (although two were derived from an earlier source and erroneously credited to Baum), but the general consensus was that the play was a cash-in or rip-off of The Wizard of Oz rather than a sequel.

## Post-World War II revivals

In 1945, Milwaukee Civic Light Opera Company produced the Witmark rental version which includes Harburg/Arlen songs from the 1939 MGM movie.
In 1946, the Witmark rental version was produced by Milwaukee Civic Light Opera Company & John McCormick's company (in England) which incorporates elements and songs of the 1939 MGM movie version.
In 1949 the Denis DuFor for the Louisville Park Theatrical Association produced the Muny version of Oz and included songs from the 1902 musical.
In 1952, at the State Fair Auditorium in Texas, a version was produced with music by Tietjens, Sloane, Arlen, Harburg, and Gabrielson.
Loretto Academy produced the show in 1952 with songs from the MGM movie.
The musical was performed in a concert version in New York City's Alma Gluck Recital Hall in May 1982 by the New Amsterdam Theatre Company.
It was revived in Tarpon Springs, Florida by the New Century Opera Company in 1998, 2006, and 2007. The version was adapted by Constantine Grame who is now the Executive & Artistic Director at New Century Opera Company.
The Canton Comic Opera Company, a community theatre company in Canton, Ohio, performed a "restored" version in 2010. It was done with a 28-piece orchestra and a cast of 50. It was adapted, directed, and conducted by Joseph N. Rubin.
In 2016 a Swedish production was produced called "Trollkarlen av Oz" and adapted and directed by Dick Lundberg, who also played the Scarecrow and Sir Wiley Gyle.
In 2023 Offsite Connecticut Theatre did the show. T. Craft adapted and directed the show; she also starred as Dorothy, Trixie, and some chorus roles. A recording of the show can be found on YouTube.

## Music

The following table lists all musical numbers included over the years in the 1902 Wizard of Oz production. Most of this information is found (in a more descriptive, chronological format) in the book Oz before the Rainbow, by Mark Evan Swartz. This and other references are provided citations in the column header, and then simply named in the individual rows. Some of the music was known even beyond the United States. During the Baums' 1906 stay at Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, a Hungarian Gypsy Band played songs from the musical in their honor.
Much of what is known has come from surviving scripts and show programs which are not comprehensive, resulting in gaps. In particular, the musical numbers from 1906 - 1909 are not well documented.
| Index | Act | Title | Lyricist | Composer | Character | Dates | Notes | Sheet music publisher/date | References Swartz 1902 program 1903 script Recording |
| 01.1 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: Prelude | N/A | Paul Tietjens | N/A | 1902 - 1909 | | | 1902 program |
| 01.2 | 1 | Overture [Selection] | N/A | Paul Tietjens | N/A | 1909 - | Tietjens Instrumentals: Opening Prayer (Transformation); Phantom Patrol; Just a Simple Girl From the Prairie; Poppy Song; Love is Love; When We Get What's A'Coming to Us; The Traveler and the Pie; When You Love, Love, Love; Rejoice, The Wizard is No Longer King. | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | Swartz |
| 02 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: [Farm] Life in Kansas | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Dorothy Chorus | 1902 - 1909 | | | 1902 Program, Swartz |
| 03 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: Cyclone | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | 1902 - 1909 | | | 1902 Program, Swartz |
| 04 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: Transformation | N/A | Paul Tietjens | N/A | 1902 - 1909 | | | 1902 Program; Recording |
| 05 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: Maypole Dance | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | 1902 - 1909 | Cut for the Jan 1903 New York opening | | 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 06 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: Death of the Wicked Witch | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | 1902 - 1909 | | | 1902 Program |
| 07 | 1 | Instrumental Introduction: Locasta's Entrance | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Locasta Chorus | 1902 - 1909 | | | 1902 Program |
| 08 | 1 | Niccolo's Piccolo | L. Frank Baum Glen MacDonough | Paul Tietjens A. Baldwin Sloane | Cynthia | 1902 - 1906+ | | Publisher? (1902) | 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 09.1 | 1 | In Michigan | Glen MacDonough | A. Baldwin Sloane | Pastoria Chorus | 1902 - 1904 | Replaced for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe | | 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 09.2 | 1 | The Tale of a Cassowary | Will D. Cobb | Gus Edwards | Cynthia | 1904 - 1905 | Added for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe Replaced for the 1905 touring season | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | Swartz |
| 09.3 | 1 | The Tale of a Monkey | Vincent P. Bryan | Leo Edwards | Cynthia | 1905 - 1906 | Added for the 1905 touring season | | Swartz |
| 09.4 | 1 | The Bullfrog and the Coon | Felix F. Feist | Joseph S. Nathan | Cynthia | 1905 - 1906 | | Leo Feist (1906) | Recording |
| 09.5 | 1 | Pocahontas | Vincent P. Bryan | Gus Edwards | Cynthia | 1907 - 1908 | | | Recording |
| 10.1 | 1 | The Man Who Stays in Town | Glen MacDonough | A. Baldwin Sloane | Pastoria Tryxie | 1902 | Cut in the show's third week to reduce length of show (Attribution to MacDonough is unconfirmed and uncredited) | | Swartz |
| 10.2 | 1 | When the Circus Comes to Town | Robert J. Adams | James O'Dea | Pastoria Tryxie | 1903 - 1904 | Added for the Jan 1903 New York opening | Sol Bloom (1902) | 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 10.3 | 1 | Daisy Donahue | Robert J. Adams | James O'Dea | Pastoria Tryxie | 1903 - 1904 | Replaced for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe | | Recording |
| 10.4 | 1 | Down on the Brandywine | Vincent P. Bryan | J. B. Mullen | Pastoria Tryxie | 1904 - 1906 | Added for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | Swartz; Recording |
| 11.1 | 1 | Carrie Barry [Won't You Marry Me?] | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens A. Baldwin Sloane | Dorothy Chorus | 1902 - 1906 | | | 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 11.2 | 1 | Come Take a Skate With Me | R. A. Browne | Gus Edwards | Dorothy | 1907 - 1908 | Originally sung in His Honor, the Mayor (1906) | | Recording |
| 12 | 1 | Alas for the Man Without Brains [The Scarecrow] | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Scarecrow | 1902 - 1906 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program, 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 13.1 | 1 | Love is Love [Ballad Romanza] | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Sir Daily | 1902 | Replaced in Aug 1902 | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program, Swartz; Recording |
| 13.2 | 1 | As Long as There's Love in the World | Vincent P. Bryan? James O'Dea? | Leo Edwards? Edward Hutchinson? | Sir Daily | 1902 | Starting Aug 1902, replaced for the Jan 1903 New York opening | | |
| 13.3 | 1 | That is Love [That Must Be Love] | Maurice Steinberg | Maurice Steinberg | Sir Daily | 1903 - 1906 | Added for the Jan 1903 New York opening. Except May - Jul 1904 | "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) | 1903 Script, Swartz |
| 13.4 | 1 | Only You | Frank Keesee | Charles A. Zimmermann | Sir Daily | 1904 | May - Jul 1904 | Leo Feist (1906) | Swartz |
| 13.5 | 1 | I Love You All the Time | Will R. Anderson | Will R. Anderson | Sir Daily | 1903 - 1904? | By Dec 1904 | | Swartz; Recording |
| 14.1 | 1 | Mary Canary | Edward P. Moran | Seymour Furth | Sir Daily | 1904 | Added for the Mar 1904 Edition De Luxe Replaced May 1904 | | Swartz |
| 14.2 | 1 | When the Heart is Sad | Hollister | Charles A. Zimmermann | Sir Daily | 1904 - 1905 | May - Sep 1904 | | Swartz |
| 14.3 | 1 | The Moon Has His Eyes on You | Billy Johnson | Albert Von Tilzer | Sir Daily | 1904 - 1906 | Starting Sep 1904 | | Recording |
| 15.1 | 1 | When You Love, Love, Love | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Scarecrow Tin Man Dorothy | 1902 - 1906 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording |
| 15.2 | 1 | When You Love, Love Love [Schottische] | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Scarecrow Tin Man Dorothy | 1902 - 1904? | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program |
| 16 | 1 | Poppy Song [Poppy Chorus] | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | 1902 - 1906 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording |
| 17 | 1 | Act 1 Finale: Invocation and Death of Poppies | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Ensamble | 1902 | | | 1902 Program |
| 18 | 1 | Act 1 Finale: Transformation | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Ensamble | 1902 | | | 1902 Program |
| 19 | 1 | Act 1 Finale: Winter Jubilation | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Ensamble | 1902 - 1906? | | | 1902 Program |
| 20 | 2 | The Guardian of the Gate | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Private Gruph | 1902 | Cut in the show's first week to reduce length of show | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | Swartz |
| 21 | 2 | Hayfoot, Strawfoot | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | 1902 | | | 1902 Program, Swartz |
| 22 | 2 | When We Get What's A'Coming to Us | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Scarecrow Tin Man Dorothy | 1902 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording |
| 23 | 2 | The Phantom Patrol | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | 1902 - 1906 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | Swartz; Recording |
| 24.1 | 2 | Mr Dooley | William Jerome | Jean Schwartz | Wizard | 1902 | Originally sung in A Chinese Honeymoon (1902) | Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer (1902) | 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording |
| 24.2 | 2 | On a Pay Night Evening | John W. West | Bruno Schilinski | Wizard Chorus | 1903, 1904 | Replaced in Jan 1904, but reinstated Jun 1904 | | 1903 Script; Swartz |
| 24.3 | 2 | The Tale of a Shirt [The Tale of the Red Shirt] | W. W. Brackett | Lottie L. Meda | Wizard | 1904 | Added Jan 1904, Replaced Jun 1904 | M. Witmark & Sons (1904) | Swartz |
| 24.4 | 2 | Mrs. O'Harahan | Harold Atteridge | Bert Peters | Wizard | 1905 - 1906 | | Victor Kremer Co (1905) | |
| 24.5 | 2 | Julie Dooley | Frank R. Adams Will M. Hough | Joseph E. Howard | Wizard | 1905 - 1906 | Originally sung in His Highness the Bey (1904) Added for the 1905 touring season | | Swartz; Recording |
| 24.6 | 2 | Meet Me Down At the Corner | Will D. Cobb | Harry Hoyt | Wizard | 1907? | | | Recording |
| 24.7 | 2 | Budweiser's a Friend of Mine | Vincent P. Bryan | Seymour Furth | Wizard | c. 1908 | Originally sung in Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 | | Recording |
| 25.1 | 2 | The Witch Behind the Moon | Charles Albert | Louis Weslyn | Cynthia Chorus | 1902 - 1903 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording (noted) |
| 25.2 | 2 | There's a Lot of Things You Never Learn in School | Ed Gardenier | Edwin S. Brill | Cynthia | 1903 - 1904 | | Doty & Brill (1902) | Recording |
| 25.3 | 2 | Twas Enough to Make a Perfect Lady Mad | Vincent P. Bryan | J. B. Mullen | Cynthia | 1904 - 1906 | | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | |
| 26 | 2 | The Different Ways of Making Love | L. Frank Baum | Nathaniel D. Mann | Dorothy Cynthia | 1902 | Cut in June 1902 | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | Swartz |
| 27.1 | 2 | Sammy | James O'Dea | Edward Hutchinson | Tryxie | 1902 - 1905 | | Sol Bloom (1902) "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording |
| 27.2 | 2 | Johnnie, I'll Take You | Will D. Cobb | Gus Edwards | Tryxie | 1904 - 1905 | | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | |
| 27.3 | 2 | The Tale of a Stroll | George Totten Smith | Byrd Dougherty Benjamin M. Jerome | Tryxie | 1905 - 1906 | Added for the 1905 touring season | Charles K. Harris (1905) | Swartz; Recording |
| 27.4 | | Johnnie Morgan | Harry Williams | Egbert Van Alstyne | Tryxie | 1904? | | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | |
| 27.5 | 2 | Can't You See I'm Lonely | Felix F. Feist | Harry Armstrong | Tryxie | 1905 - 1906 | | Leo Feist (1905) | Recording |
| 27.6 | 2 | Are You Sincere? | Alfred Bryan | Albert Gumble | Tryxie | 1908 - 1909 ? | Later parodied by Nat M. Wills as "Are Youse in Here?" on Victor 5613. | | Recording |
| 28 | 2 | The Dance of All Nations: Connemara Christening | Edgar Smith | A. Baldwin Sloane | Tin Man | 1902 - 1906 | | | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz |
| 29.1 | 2 | The Dance of All Nations: Spanish Bolero | Edgar Smith | A. Baldwin Sloane | Scarecrow | 1902 - 1904 | | | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz |
| 29.2 | 2 | Good Bye, Fedora | Harry H. Williams | Robert J. Adams | Scarecrow | 1904 - 1905 | | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | Recording |
| 29.3 | 2 | Sitting Bull | Vincent P. Bryan | Charles A. Zimmermann | Scarecrow Chorus | 1905 - 1906 | Added for the 1905 touring season | | Swartz; Recording |
| 29.4 | 2 | Green Corn Dance | Vincent P. Bryan | Charles A. Zimmermann? | Scarecrow Chorus | 1905 - 1906 | Added for the 1905 touring season | | Swartz |
| 30 | 2 | The Dance of All Nations: Wee Highland Mon | Edgar Smith | A. Baldwin Sloane | Wizard | 1902 - ? | | | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz |
| 31.1 | 2 | The Dance of All Nations: Rosalie [My Royal Rosie] | Will D. Cobb | Gus Edwards | Dorothy Cynthia | 1902 - 1904 | Replaced in Jan 1904, but reinstated Jun 1904. Originally a duet, later became a solo for Dorothy | F. A. Mills (date?) | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording (noted) |
| 31.2 | 2 | Under a Panama | Vincent P. Bryan | J. B. Mullen | Dorothy | 1904 | Added Jan 1904, Replaced Jun 1904 Also featured in Sergeant Brue (1904) and mentioned in Sally Benson's novel Meet Me in St. Louis] | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1903) | Swartz; Recording |
| 31.3 | 2 | An Afternoon Tea | Edgar Smith | A. Baldwin Sloane | Dorothy Scarecrow Tin Man | 1904 | | | Recording (noted) |
| 32.1 | 2 | I Love Only One Girl in the Wide, Wide World | Will D. Cobb | Gus Edwards | Sir Daily | 1903 - 1904 | | F. A. Mills (1903) | Recording |
| 32.2 | 2 | I Never Loved a Love as I Love You [I'll Never Love Another Love Like I Love You] | Will D. Cobb | Gus Edwards | Sir Daily | 1904 - 1905 | | Shapiro, Remick, and Co. (1904) | |
| 32.3 | 2 | Only You | Frank Keesee | Charles A. Zimmermann | Sir Daily | 1905 - 1905 | Moved later in the show (see 13.4) | Leo Feist (1906) | |
| 32.4 | 2 | My Own Girl | Vincent P. Bryan | Leo Edwards | Sir Daily | 1905 - 1906 | Added for the 1905 touring season | | Swartz |
| 33.1 | 2 | The Lobster Song [I Was Walking Round the Ocean] | Hugh Morton | Gustave Kerker | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1902 | | | 1902 Program; Swartz |
| 33.2 | 2 | Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!) | Vincent P. Bryan | Theodore F. Morse | Scarecrow Tin Man Chorus | 1903 - 1904 | Possibly originally sung in The Girl From Up There (1901) | Howley, Haviland, & Dresser (date?) | Swartz; 1903 Script ("Specialty"); Recording |
| 33.3 | 2 | The Nightmare | Vincent P. Bryan | J. B. Mullen | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1904 - 1906 | By Dec 1904 | | Swartz |
| 33.4 | 2 | Football | Vincent P. Bryan | Charles A. Zimmermann | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1905 - ? | Added for the 1905 touring season | Vincent Bryan Music Company (1905) | Swartz; Recording |
| 34.1 | 2 | I'd Like to Go Halves on That | David C. Montgomery | | Tin Man | 1904 - 1906 | By Dec 1904 | | Swartz; Recording |
| 34.2 | 2 | Marching Thro Georgia | Vincent P. Bryan | Charles A. Zimmermann | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1904 - 1905 | | | Swartz |
| 34.3 | 2 | Marching Through Port Arthur | Vincent P. Bryan | Charles A. Zimmermann | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1905 | Added for the 1905 touring season | | Swartz |
| 35.1 | 2 | Act 2 Finale: Waltz and Grand March | N/A | Paul Tietjens | Chorus | | | | |
| 35.1 | 2 | Act 2 Finale: Rejoice, The Wizard is No Longer King | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Ensemble | 1902 | Section from the Finale published as "Just a Simple Girl from the Prairie" | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program; Swartz; Recording |
| 35.1 | 2 | Act 2 Finale: Star of My Native Land | Glen MacDonough | A. Baldwin Sloane | Pastoria Chorus | 1903 | | | 1903 Script |
| 36 | 3 | Cooks and Waitresses Number [March] | N/A | Charles A. Zimmermann | Chorus | 1903 | | | 1903 Script |
| 37 | 3 | Opening Chorus | Glen MacDonough | A. Baldwin Sloane | Chorus | 1903 | Cut in Mar 1903 | | |
| 38 | 3 | I'll Be Your Honey in The Springtime | Harry Freeman | Harry Freeman | Dorothy Chorus | 1902 | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | 1902 Program; Swartz |
| 39 | 3 | She Really Didn't Mind the Thing At All | John Slavin | Nathaniel D. Mann | Wizard | 1902 | Cut Jun 1902 | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | Swartz |
| 40.1 | 3 | That's Where She Sits All Day [Cockney Coon Song] | Frank Leo | Frank Leo | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1902 - 1908 | | T. B. Harms & Co | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording |
| 40.2 | 3 | Blooming Lize | Matt C. Woodward | Benjamin M. Jerome | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1902 | August 1902 Originally sung in The Chaperons (1902) | | |
| 40.3 | 3 | Pimlico Malinda | James O'Dea | Robert J. Adams | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1903 | Replaced in Jan 1903 | | |
| 40.4 | 3 | Must You? | Harry Boden David C. Montgomery | Bert Brantford | Scarecrow Tin Man | 1903 | Jan 1903 (several weeks after opening) | M. Witmark & Sons (1903) "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) | 1903 Script |
| 41 | 3 | The Traveller and the Pie | L. Frank Baum | Paul Tietjens | Scarecrow Chorus | 1902 - 1906 | Intermittently used | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz; Recording |
| 42.1 | 3 | Honey, My Sweet | Henry M. Blossom Jr. | George A. Spink | Dorothy Chorus | 1903 | | | 1903 Script |
| 42.2 | 3 | The Sweetest Girl in Dixie | Robert J. Adams | James O'Dea | Dorothy | 1904 - 1905 | Originally sung in Sergeant Brue (1904) | Jerome H. Remick & Co (1903) | Recording |
| 42.3 | 3 | Fraidy Cat | James A. Brennan | James A. Brennan | Dorothy | 1911 | | O'Neill & Story (1912) | |
| 43 | 3 | Finale [All Aboard for Sunny Kansas] | L. Frank Baum? Glen MacDonough? | Paul Tietjens? A. Baldwin Sloane? | Ensemble | 1902 | | | 1902 Program; 1903 Script; Swartz |
| ?? | | March | N/A | Paul Tietjens | | 1902? | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | |
| ?? | | Waltzes | N/A | Paul Tietjens | | 1902? | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | |
| ?? | | Waltz and Grand March | NA | Paul Tietjens | | 1902? | | | |
| ?? | | Lanciers | N/A | Paul Tietjens | | 1902? | | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | |
| ?? | | It Happens Ev'ry Day | L. Frank Baum | Nathaniel D. Mann | Cynthia Pastoria Wizard | 1902 | Cut to reduce length of show. Possibly performed between "The Different Ways of Making Love" and "Sammy" | M. Witmark & Sons (1902) | |
| ?? | | How'd You Like to Like a Girl Like Me | Felix F. Feist | Jos S. Nathan | Dorothy? | 1906 | | Leo Feist (1906) | |
| ?? | | It's Lovely to Love a Lovely Girl | Edward P. Moran | Seymour Furth | Dorothy? | 1903 - 1904?? | | "Songs Sung in Hamlin and Mitchell's Musical Extravaganza The Wizard of Oz" M. Witmark & Sons (1903) M. Witmark & Sons (1904) | |
| ?? | | Nemo and his Bear | Al. Gumble | Dave J. Clark | Dorothy Chorus | 1907 | Mentioned in contemporary article in Omaha Daily Bee, Sep 8, 1907. | Jerome H. Remick & Co | |