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One-Man Lord of The Rings Comes to Chicago

Posted by timothy on from the smeagol-and-gollum-in-the-same-body dept.

nomadicpuma writes "In tandem with the return of the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy to Chicago (covered on Slashdot) is a new show giving the Lord of the Rings trilogy the same treatment. The One-Man Lord of the Rings, a performance of all three books by one actor in 60 minutes, will also be showing at the Apollo Theater through February 14, and by all indications looks to be similarly excellent."

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  1. Weren't the movies enough? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'd kind of hoped this hideously dull fad was over. Gess it ain't over until the very last dime is milked from it.

    Watch this post get modded down -1: Gollum by the Tolkein fanboys...

  2. This is a fantastic show by bigberk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm pretty sure it's the same guy... I saw the One-Man Lord of the Rings at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival (like, two years ago...phhbbbbt to Chicago) and this guy is amazing. He works up a real good sweat running around, doing all the voice and physical stunts. At one point there was even a baby making distracting sounds in the audience, and he used the sounds as effects to add to his performance. The man is on speed or something, go see him if you can.

  3. Re:Looks awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yup! He's done this show a few times in Vancouver, and I've seen it no less than 3 times. It is truly hilarious and cool. He's spot-on with the voices and facial expressions, and he only injects enough humour to be funny without being tiring, with stuff like nods to where you're supposed to change DVDs if you're watching the extended versions, a one-liner about the Silmarillion, and a quick reference to whether or not Sam and Frodo are gay, for example.

    In my opinion, he does a better job of this than Star Wars...and he hits just about every detail that immediately comes to mind.

    Anyway, just my $0.02

    umdesch4

  4. Re:Looks awesome! by I_M_Noman · · Score: 2, Insightful
    He's spot-on with the voices and facial expressions
    I assume you mean that about the Star Wars show, yes? Because how are we to know whether he's "spot-on" with the voices of LOTR characters? Unless you mean "characters as portrayed in the movies", in which case I'd have to say "who cares, since several of the characters in the movies were horribly miscast?"