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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. If I could by CodeWanker · · Score: 5, Funny

    turn MY mental illness into a crowd-pleasing source of income, I'd do it, too.

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  2. Pundits say... by dotslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Potential Reviews by the Pundits (apologies in advance): "His one man show is the one ring to rule them all!" "The acting dwarfs any other performance of LOTRs" "This one man does the work of elven!" "Mordor, She Wrote!" "His performance was so good, I could write an entire Gollum about it!"

  3. Abridged by mapinguari · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet he leaves out Tom Bombadil too.

  4. Re:Hmm How does.. by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try 12 hours. You're missing the "Extended-Super-Duper-I-Have-No-Life" DVD edition.

    Well, for some people it's the "Extended-Super-Duper-Just-Scored-A-Quarter-Ounce" edition.

  5. Not the only short-attention-span theater in town! by Asprin · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Though technically, it's a company and not just one dude, The Reduced Shakespeare Company is pretty good at this sort of thing, too. By all means, if you get a chance to see them, do so. All 37 plays in 97 minutes, not bad!

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