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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.
40 characters. 3 masterworks. 3600 seconds.
One Man to do it all.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
I'm waiting for Lord Of The Rings On Ice!
I thought for sure they were talking about "Fellowship" the Tap-Dancing hobbit musical in LA...
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http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2005/01/21/Lifest
"Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important." (Lisa Hoffman)
Luke, be a Jedi tonight! ...
Just be a Jedi tonight!
Do it for Yoda, while we serve our guests a soda.
Uh, and do it for Chewie and the Ewoks, and all the other puppets
Luke, be a Jedi tonight!
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Troy McClure as Frodo
Here's hoping they cut Tom Bombadil out of this one, too...
"Hi, I'm Troy McClure! You might remember me from such Tolkien epics as Hobbit 2: There and Back Again, Again and Dial M for Mordor..."
/ Oh, my god - I was wrong:
/ It was Frodo all along...
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
that they could have managed to reserve a theater. :)
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
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.
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
I'm off to destroy the One Ring... after which all the hobbits will siiiinnngggg...
My pressshhhhious... my pressshhiiiouuusss... we must get the ring backs to ussssss...
Frodo! Frodo! Be careful where you trod, lest that Golum take the ring whilst you nod...
Sam, you have eaten all the fooooood. That was very ruuuuuude! I'm most upset... as your lack of respeeeeeccttt...
To the mountain! To the mountain! The ring will go in the fire, or I am a big fat liaaaarr...
What shall I do? The ring calls me so... I must say NO! I must say NO! Into the fire you go!
My pressshiousss... I will not linger! I will get you and eat his finnngeeerrrrr!
Into the lava, into the lava!
[chorus] We're a happy Hobbit town! Our frowns have all turned upside down!
[curtain drops]
Trolling is a art,
One (sung by Gandalf, to the tune of "One"):
Well it's - one Ring,
To bind,
And hold them in the darkness -
Tonight
It's One, but we're, not the same
We'll just hurt each other
I'm Too Sexy (Sung by Aragorn):
I'm - to sexy for my sword,
To sexy for my shield, to sexy for my shirt
So sexy it hurts,
And I'm, to sexy for shampoo,
My hair is long and greasy,
But girls don't think I'm freaky,
No way I'm becoming the High King
I'm a Ranger, you know what I mean,
And I'm dating a real hot Elf girl
Oh, an Elf girl, yeah.....
Fish Heads (Sung by Golem)
Fish heads, fish heads,
Rolly polly fish heads
Fish heads, fish heads,
Eat them up - yum!
(OK, so no word changes - but why mess with a classic?)
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
...this isn't going to help eliminate the running jokes about gay subtext between Sam and Frodo.
"Me? Lady, I'm your worst nightmare -- a pumpkin with a gun."
Why does he have nine fingers?
Toronto is our version of Minas Morgul. Their motto is "one city to rule them all, from the center of the universe, for the rest of time".
Wait until it hits the road...
Any theatre buffs have any idea on how they'll pull this off?
I'm not a theater buff, but my best guess is poorly.
SiO2
That sounds strange, considering how many theaters there are in greater London. The official line is, "no theatre [was] available to accommodate the massive and technically complex three-hour production". I suspect there was, but the one in Toronto was cheaper. So if the Toronto production doesn't do well enough to justify the expense of staging it in Toronto, the show will never make it back to London.
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.
Treat me like a marketing stat, and I'll treat your movie like a series of ones and zeros
How has the thread gotten so far without a link to The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins?
Goo goo g'joob.