Twister: A Musical Catastrophe (2000)

Name: Twister: A Musical Catastrophe
Genre: Comedy, Music, Fantasy
Released: 2000-01-01

2h 8m

Running Time

Plot.

A musical play themed with the end of the world, leading up to the Millennium. Set in the land of Oz, with commentary by a talking skeleton and peopled by archetypes ranging from Dorothy, the Tinman, and the Scarecrow to Elvis and Frankenstein, all scrambled together in ever-bickering banter.

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Cast & Crew.

Ken Kesey

Oz / Writer / Director

Phil Deitz

The Scarecrow

Karen McCormick

Dorothy

Ken Babbs

Frankenstein

L. Frank Baum

Characters

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 2000

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 8m

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Comedy Music Fantasy

Last updated: 2025-02-18

Wiki.

Twister: A Ritual Reality in Three Quarters Plus Overtime if Necessary, is a 1999 play by Ken Kesey, loosely based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and the 1939 film version, The Wizard of Oz. The play also features the West African deity Legba.

Kesey starred as the Wizard of Oz in the premiere of the play with Ken Babbs (as "Frankie Frankenstein") and other Merry Pranksters. A video of this production was released in 2000 by Key-Z Productions titled Twister: A Musical Catastrophe.