Lord of the Rings: The Musical (No Joke!)

[Eruanna]

Thanks for the link Bb. Colour me impressed.
The 'mission statement' by the creative team is encouraging too:

'Our respect for Tolkien's book means that every step of the adaptation to the stage has been rigorously thought through to avoid any possibility of trivialising the material.'

All my thoughts of seeing Legolas singing 'I Talk To The Trees' or the Hobbits dancing like Oompa lumpas are, mercifully, fading