WITH a career that’s flown over the rainbow in a little more than 12 months, teenage star Nikki Webster needs no wistful refrain like Dorothy’s to guide her future.

The 14-year-old has leapt from her centre-stage performance at last year’s Olympics to the starring role in a stage version of The Wizard of Oz, which reaches Melbourne next year.

Webster will be in good company as she follows the yellow brick road, with the likes of Bert Newton, Pamela Rabe and Philip Gould to guide her to the Land of Oz and back.

The mammoth $6 million show opens at the Regent Theatre in June, when Melbourne dog lovers can flinch at the Wicked Witch of the West’s vows to get Dorothy – and her little dog, too.

Source: Herald Sun