Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz

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Here's an excellent review in Broadway World.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticu ... e-20161011
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Another rave review from Critics At Large. Congrats to Ruby!
Ruby Rakos is so good as the teenage Judy Garland, née Frances Gumm, in the new musical Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz that she alone justifies the trip to see the production at the Goodspeed Opera House.
http://www.criticsatlarge.ca/2016/10/ju ... s.html?m=1
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Chasing Rainbows will have three private industry lab performances next week in NYC. This is often one of the steps before a production is green-lighted for Broadway. Ruby Rakos again has the lead. MATT LENZ (Director) should be a familiar name to those who saw the BETM production at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in 2005.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ru ... s-20170707
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"Chasing Rainbows" will have yet another industry reading tonight, January 10. Ruby still stars, but many of the other cast and creative team have changed.

http://www.playbill.com/article/ruby-ra ... IM_oeRg40k
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The Paper Mill Playhouse will launch its 2019-2020 season this fall with Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz, running September 26–October 27.

http://www.playbill.com/article/paper-m ... d-premiere
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Ruby Rakos (who played Tracey Atkinson in Broadway’s Billy Elliot as kid) will again play Judy Garland in the Paper Mill Playhouse production this September-October. This article has links to a few videos of Ruby singing Judy.

https://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop ... y-garland/
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The production at the Paper Mill Playhouse is currently running through October 27. The video in this article shows some highlights. Ruby sounds amazing!

http://www.playbill.com/article/watch-h ... aybillPost
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Sounds like Chasing Rainbows and especially Ruby Rakos has impressed the critics:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/R ... S-20191009
with strong acting performances - particularly by Ruby Rakos, who is stunningly good as Garland -
If there is one aspect of this production worth celebrating, it is Rakos's stellar voice.
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