Lord of the Rings musical closing this July

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Originally Posted by Sauron the White

I saw the production in Toronto and thought it was a disaster trying to put a 1200 page novel in a three hour play. Or, if you prefer, an eleven hour film digested to a three hour play.

Well, it worked for Nicholas Nickleby, didn't it?

Interesting comment here, StW. Which was the musical based on--Tolkien's books or Jackson's movies? I cannot recall reading anything which suggested the musical was attempting to put the movie on stage. It was to be an adaptation of Tolkien's LotR.

Are there aspects of the musical which clearly suggest the movies, such as horse snogging, shield boarding, dwarven jokes not from the books, a mighty-morphin' Witch King? Or is it purely an adaptation of the books for the stage?

Perhaps those who have seen the production can comment on this?