Many reviewers directed their criticism at Diana Ross, who they believed was too old to play Dorothy.
Grace Greig, a 23-year-old who plays Dorothy, has a young girl's profile and manner.
In 2006, she played Dorothy in a musical based on the The Wizard of Oz.
The girl who played Dorothy in the movies was Judy Garland.
However, Judy Garland didn't kill herself while she was playing Dorothy in the movies.
Ashanti (above) plays Dorothy, who gets her wish to leave Kansas, thanks to a powerful tornado.
Sophie Evans played Dorothy on Tuesday evenings and took over the role full-time in February 2012.
My senior year in high school they actually asked me to play Dorothy, but I was doing my school musical.
In an 1894 revival, Nancy McIntosh played Dorothy.
When the same production was reproduced in 1988, Gillian Bevan played Dorothy.