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LOTR The Musical!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the greatest-hobbit-of-them-all dept.

Blue Stone writes "The Lord of The Rings, is to become a musical, to be staged in London's West End, in 2005, on the book's 50th anniversary. The £8m (US$12m) production has lyrics by Shaun McKenna and music by Stephen Keeling and Bernd Stromberger, while Matthew Warchus will direct." If they can get Leonard Nimoy to sing the Bilbo Baggins song on stage, I'd go ;)

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  1. The Hobbit as ballet by trikberg · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's not that novel an idea. A few years ago the Finnish National Opera had a ballet version of The Hobbit for quite a while. Proof

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  2. Troy not available by stardeep · · Score: 3, Informative

    > Is Troy McClure available?

    Sadly, no. Phil Hartman, who did Troy's voice, was shot to death by his wife in 1998. :(

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  3. Tolkien Rolling by BelDurnik · · Score: 2, Informative

    I feel that J.R.R. Tolkien is not rolling in his grave over this. It seems to go against what he or his family would have wanted to have done with his works. I thank Christopher Tolkien for editing a lot of his fathers works so that we can all learn more. Are there that many money problems in this family? I would have thought that Peter Jackson helped them out a bit.

    Though I wouldn't mind hearing an opera in Ent that is about the Entwives.

    1. Re:Tolkien Rolling by bad_fx · · Score: 2, Informative

      Not rolling in his grave? Judging by the rest of your post I assume you mean he is rolling in his grave about this.. But I don't see why. Sure there's a lot of negative stigma attached to musicals these days, but have another look at the books... There's a lot of singing in there. Not much of it made it into the movies, for obvious reasons I guess. But done right I don't see why this'd have the professor "rolling in his grave," he obviously enjoyed adding a musical touch to his books.

      Having said that, I can see it all going hideously wrong... *shudder* Just have to wait and see I guess

  4. Not the first one by xTina · · Score: 4, Informative

    There was a Lord of the Rings musical in Berlin around 1999, played in a circus tent. A couple of pix can be found on this website: http://www.bnoack.com/pict/herr-der-ringe.html

  5. Not such a bad idea.... by GozerBrothers · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not such a bad idea -- it might actually work out. The Beatles considered doing a musical adaptation of the LOTR many years ago.

    As conceived, John Lennon would have played Gollum, Paul McCartney would have played Frodo, George Harrison would have played Gandalf, and Ringo Starr would have played Sam.

    http://www.hellomagazine.com/2002/03/29/beatles/ has more information (and proves that I'm no troll...)

    If well executed, a LOTR musical *could* be quite enjoyable.

  6. No seems to have by katalyst · · Score: 3, Informative

    posted the official home page. It can be found here
    They're interesting in hiring, and apparantly the show will be staged only in 2005, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the trilogy..

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  7. Lord of the Rings Symphony by oever · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out the excellent symphony by Johan de Meij.

    Here's an amateur performance of it.

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  8. Web site by f97magu · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.thelordoftheringsmusical.com/

  9. Re:Real Midgets! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Midgets, while once politically correct and even the "medical-ese" term for short stature, is now offensive and outdated - it conjurs up images of days when the short statured could not work anywhere except show business.

    May I suggest as alternatives, "the short statured", "dwarfs" (as in dwarfism, the current medical term, or "Little Person" (capitalized)? These are the current acceptable terms. If you want to learn more, check out LPA (Little People of America) at www.lpaonline.org.

    Note: I am myself a dwarf, being 3 feet exactly at my adult height.

  10. Re:Der Ring des Nibelungen by Jonathan · · Score: 2, Informative

    his would only make sense since an influence of LOTR was Wagner's opera Ring Cycle. Both are based on Norse mythology

    Well, the latter part is certainly true -- they are based on the same myths. But according to a biography of Tolkien that I've read, he detested Wagner's works as a betrayal of the meaning of the legends.

  11. The Ballard of Bilbo Baggins by mraymer · · Score: 2, Informative
    Here it is... the infamous Ballard of Bilbo Baggins, performed by Leonard Nimoy. Here's where I found it, plus my mirror. It's in QuickTime, and a mere 4MB. The video has Nimoy singing with a bunch of women dancing around him. Heh...

    http://www.ussjoshua.org/bbaggins.mov

    my mirror (same file, zipped)

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  12. Re:Real Midgets! by GiMP · · Score: 2, Informative

    Many people feel that the proper name for those who are genetically inclined towards dwarfism are dwarfs and those who are simply very short due to medical reasons (via disease or medical treatment) are midgets.

    Shame, that education on dwarfs and midgets in the USA is based mostly on the Howard Stern Show.

  13. They should get these guys... by X86Daddy · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Lords of the Rhymes do a good Hobbit Gangsta Rap routine. Watch their video; I'm not kidding.