Tim Rice Follows Yellow Brick Road to Oz???

And while Over the Rainbow could signal the end of the partnership between Andrew Lloyd Webber and the BBC, the resulting production of The Wizard of Oz may be the start of a new – or rather renewed – collaboration between the composer and lyricist Tim Rice. Rice and Lloyd Webber had big hits in the 1960s and 1970s with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. In a recent BBC Radio 2 interview, Rice said the pair are likely to reunite for The Wizard of Oz, for which Lloyd Webber is writing four new songs. The production starts performances at the London Palladium on 7 February 2011.