While it’s always fun to meet up with friends at a bar, you can easily take it to the next level by introducing a theme. Throw on a colorful wig, for example, and you instantly have yourself a party.

Audience members can follow the yellow brick road alongside Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woman and the Cowardly Lioness as the Civic Ballet hosts performances of "The Wizard of Oz" this week ...