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Lord of the Rings Musical to Open in Toronto

Posted by Zonk on from the duck-during-the-arrow-volleys dept.

MitsuMirage writes "Mirvish Productions is hosting the world opening of The Lord of the Rings musical in Toronto in March 2006. Originally planned for London, UK and to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication the trilogy, the musical was moved to Toronto when no theatre was available." From the article: "With a cast of 50 and elaborate staging, the audience will be "plunged into the events as they happen...We have not attempted to pull the novel towards the standard conventions of musical theatre, but rather to expand those conventions so that they will accommodate Tolkien's material." A look is also available at the BBC. We originally mentioned the musical when it was slated to run in Britain.

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  1. Oh my god that scared me... by Alpha_Traveller · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I thought for sure they were talking about "Fellowship" the Tap-Dancing hobbit musical in LA...

    http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2005/01/21/Lifesty le/TapDancing.Hobbits.Bring.New.Light.To.ring-8375 27.shtml

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  2. Bah! Nothing compared to... by Dirtside · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fellowship! The Musical Parody of "The Fellowship of the Ring." Playing in Hollywood for only another week or two, unfortunately, but hopefully they'll continue it somewhere down the line. We've seen it twice, and it's damn hilarious.

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  3. A little information about Ed Mirvish by asoap · · Score: 4, Interesting
    You guys might find him interesting.

    Here is a link to the wiki page.

    He started a business called honest Eds, which is now a landmark in Toronto. Imagine a crummy little store, with a GIANT "Honest Ed's" sign, and thousands and thousands of light bulbs lit up just like the las vegas strip. All the lights turn off/on in the usual patterns. One thing to note also, I don't know if this is true, but one of his marketing gimmicks was to stand infront of his store with a big fist of $1 dollar bills. He would bet people walking by that they couldn't go into his store and buy something the liked for a dollar. Regardless if it worked or not, people did go inside and find all of his great deals.

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