Lord of the Rings Musical to Open in Toronto

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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Re:A Slashdot First!

[tomhudson]

Poster wrote:

A Slashdot First!

All the hotel web sites have been slashdotted.

I doubt it - it's in Toronto:

... in Toronto in March 2006

Seeing as Toronto is the 5th-largest city in North America (after Mexico City, Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago), and #1 on the B*O*R*I*N*G index ...

http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/economic_profile/

One quarter of Canada's population lives within a 160 kilometre (100-mile) radius of Toronto.

... it's the city everyone else in Canada loves to hate [tt]. Until a couple of decades ago, they still rolled up the sidewalks at 9 pm. If they're showing it in T.O., then they should rename it "Lord of the Bling-Bling" and pitch it to the artsy-fartsy blue-bloods on Bay Street.

MOD PARENT DOWN!!

[fembots]

This is Informative?!?! You're wasting time and space here!

Wait? You mean I'm still in my fembots costume?