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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. Quote by rokzy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "There will be no singing and dancing Hobbits. The music will be in a very traditional mould and draw on ethnic traditions," assured Mr Wallace.

    jeez, why not just make them normal-sized too if you don't give a fuck about what they're supposed to be like.

  2. Meaningless Gibberish by 314m678 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We have not attempted to pull this post towards standard conventions of slash dot mockery, but rather expand those conventions to include this post.

  3. Re:I'm still waiting for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aw, two posts too late. Now the nerds get to get off on redundantizing you.

    And they get to waste a mod point on me! C'MON YA YELLOWBELLIES.