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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. Should be funny by l2718 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fitting all six books into a reasonably long show will be hilarious. Think "Reduced Shakespeare Company". I'm all for it.

    Lior

  2. Where's there a whip... there's a way by zakezuke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey, it worked for the cartoon "The Hobbit" and "Return of the King".

    An epic saga that is much akin to human growth, the adventure of youth and the burdon of responcibility over back drop of middle earth dragons and wizards is the perfect musical material, in the same sorta way that Les Miserables works. Les Mis sorta takes place in a romantised volitile time in French history, people vs the establishment, rocks and baracades. Not everyone's glass of tea, but it's something I enjoyed, even if it's a bit over the top. One thing that is considered a mark of good litature is something that can be enjoyed by all audiances... and The Lord of the Rings is something that can be read a child and read as an adult and still be enjoyed.

    But to this day I still remember the edition of "Return of the King" cartoon, with the Orcs in Mordor chanting, "Where there's a whip, there's a way". While it was a sorta cheezy dumbed up cartoon, that is just classic.

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  3. It's not so crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What a lot of people seem to be missing is the fact that the original books were very musical to begin with. There's scores of songs in there.

    At Slashdot, I would've expected more people to know the books, rather than just the movies.

  4. Re:perfect background music for by mccalli · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I hate to disappoint, there was no fight between Saruman and Gandalf

    You think Gandalf allowed himself to imprisoned on the roof of Orthanc voluntarily?

    There was no pseudo-kung fu staff fight as per the film, true, but there was a struggle. It just isn't described in detail in the book.

    Cheers,
    Ian

  5. Re:Should be funny - doesn't have to be by Malfourmed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They turned the 5-part, 1200-page Les Miserables into a serious three hour show which many think is one of the best musicals ever.

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