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Old 03-13-2004, 02:16 AM   #1
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Lord Of The Rings Musical Spring 2005

Sorry if this has already been posted somewhere in time but I was thrilled to know that a musical LOTR adaptation is set for 2005 in London (though I can't have the chance to see it.. ) Anyway, here's their site.
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Old 03-13-2004, 02:37 AM   #2
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I have heard of this before, and it should be interesting
But gosh they do have a fancy website, so maybe it won't be that bad because of all the money they seem to be funneling into it.

I just am not fully sold on the idea because it is just not the greatest concept for a musical in my opinion. Imagine the songs! But I could be wrong
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Old 03-13-2004, 11:59 AM   #3
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Oh my God! This is going to be amazing! I just wish I could go see it, I'll probably be in Italy and Greece then.
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Old 03-15-2004, 08:18 AM   #4
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This will go one of two ways.

It will either be very good, or (and I'm hedging my bets on this one) extremley horribly sickingly bad!!!!!!

On the other hand: if they use a lot of the poems / songs from the book itself, then it COULD work!
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Wow.... this sounds interesting. I agree with you Gorwingel, I seem a little curious to know what they are going to do for songs (well except for the ones already in the book) How will they pull that off? I mean it took Tolkien three books to write the story out and all the movies together are like eight hours. I do admit I would like to see it though

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Old 03-15-2004, 09:34 PM   #6
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Goodness gracious -- a musical!? Is this the new fad for big movies? First it was the sequels, now this? Not that I'm complaining...
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Old 03-15-2004, 10:05 PM   #7
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Hmmmmm interesting topic.

Being involved in a musical right now for school, I wonder how they are going to make this work. There is no way they could put in all the relevent material, unless the thing is twelve hours long (Sweetness!!!!). However, I don't think that's something the actors, or the general public would like.

Also, I wonder how they would work in the songs. For, they would need a whole lot of songs. More, I think, than Tolkien wrote. Also Tolkien's songs aren't the type typically found in a musical.

I guess we will just have to see how this turns out. Anybody know if it's going to come to the U.S.?
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Old 03-21-2004, 03:08 PM   #8
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Ok...

*Aethelwine enters a theater one faithful day in 2005 ( no correct dates for now ) and sits down. The big day has arrived, she's going to see the musical of The Lord of the Rings for the first time. She's excited, not knowing what to expect.

Then the lights go out, and... on a screen at the back of the stage a word appears: PROLOGUE. 'A yes', Athelwine thinks, 'for those under us who still don't know what LotR is about...'
Suddenly, a strange noise can be heard, to the side of the stage. A strange looking man appears, wearing on his head a big... eye? With a shock Aethelwine realizes that this has to be Sauron, our dear dark lord. Looking utterly ridicules. And than he opens his mouth... and... sings...

" I'm gonna make my own ring
's gonna make me a king
's gonna make me a lo-o-o-ord

They will bend down to my voice
gonna drop down their toys
gonna drop down their rings
The rings of their kings!"

Then, a choir is revealed, consisting of 3 elves, 7 dwarves and 9 man, singing:

"He's gonna make his own ring
's gonna make him a king
's gonna make him a lo-o-o-ord

But we will march on
let the odds be all wrong
we won’t let go of our rings
The rings of our kings!”

Terrified, Aethelwine leaves the theater, never to return…*

I’ll never get the image of a singing Sauron out of my head…
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Old 03-25-2004, 07:04 PM   #9
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Lol Aethelwine! Now I'm gonna have the image of a singing, dancing Sauron stuck in my head too *shudders*

It's about time someone opened up a thread on this, I heard about the play a while ago and was wondering what others thought of it. It'd be really, um, interesting to say the least. I really can't imagine LOTR as a musical - that'd be really strange and probably really long. However, I would absolutely LOVE to see it! Too bad it's in London, don't think I'll be visiting anytime soon (I wish...)
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Old 04-04-2004, 06:09 AM   #10
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Well?

Doesn’t anybody else have a opinion on this?

One would think that there would be more replies to a thread like this!

Anyway, when I first read the news that there was going to be a LOTR - musical, the first thing that popped into my head was the image of a singing Sauron ( see above )...

That kinda ruined it for me...

I wish those producers all the luck in the world. They’ll need it...

Cheers!

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Old 04-04-2004, 07:26 AM   #11
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Aethelwine, I have an opinion, and it's simply that I think a 'musical' version of LOTR would be awful!

I'm not a big fan of musicals as I find them ever so slightly cheesy, I am already thinking of all that dreadful soft rock/Cliff Richard/Andrew Lloyd Webber rubbish with people in leg warmers throwing themselves around on a stage. They did a musical a few years ago of one of the finest British films made, Whistle Down The Wind, and it was completely embarrassing, so I've had this thing about hating musicals created from pre-exisiting works ever since.

I could bet on it that they won't use the Donald Swann/JRR Tolkien song cycle already written. I have visions now of Aragorn in a mullet singing soft rock love songs in the mode of Bon Jovi to Arwen, who would be one of the British 'singing TV stars', like Claire Sweeney or Denise Van Outen or something. And the hobbits would be little stage school kids with Home Counties accents and perfect enunciation. No. Take it away!

It might just be my deep dislike of musicals but in my humble opinion, I shall approach with extreme caution if not run the other way.
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Old 04-04-2004, 10:10 AM   #12
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In honor of the new muscial coming out - I have started the process of writing my own . . . . . full of the corniest songs and dance numbers you can imagine. It is going to be a representation of what every Tolkien fan fears will happen to this musical. Let me know if you want me to post any of my songs - once I have them written of course.
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Old 06-30-2004, 01:27 AM   #13
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Please tell me this is a joke.... We'll now have to see Legolas dancing and singing? I hear enough teasing about that since I'm so head over heels for him already! Now the teasing will never end..... *sigh* Still, I want to see it, so I may have to force my boyfriend to go to Europe with me! We're planning to go next year anyway, so may as well make it coincide with this! Of course, I won't tell him beforehard... :evil grin:

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Old 06-30-2004, 11:01 AM   #14
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My first reaction on hearing the rumours was "Oh no! oh deary deary me, NO!"

But 'Finnish group called the Värttinä' makes it sound a tiny bit more hopeful
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Old 06-30-2004, 10:28 PM   #15
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I agree that it will probably be more of a Le Mis (French Revolution, kind of a serious topic for a musical) type of musical, than a happy-go-lucky one. From the appearance of the website I am guessing they will be going in about the same direction as the films, so I am guessing it will be quite serious. I am expecting a dark somber stage, and dramatic ballad type of songs. But the one question I have is how long is this thing going to be? They are most definitely going to be making major cuts (I wouldn't expect them to have dear old Tom B.) in the story because who wants to sit down for a 9 hour musical.

I just hope this is not a complete failure, but then I wouldn't bet on this being a huge success
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The most unfortunate thing about producer/fandom relationship is the sure knowledge of the former that, given decent amount of PR, the members of the latter are going to buy any rubbish produced, provided that it is effectively tied up with the original. Even when fans (myself included) know that what they are going to purchase is a failure, they are still going to buy it, just for the look of the thing.

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Old 07-02-2004, 03:22 PM   #17
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Tu ché. If it's a darker sort, like Le Mis, it could work. I am guilty of the immediate thinking of something happy-go-spunky. But, Gorwingel, I think we would have a good number of people here who would sit through 9 hours! We've all sat through more than that for the films and asked for more!! But LotR is so wonderfully involved and elaborately created that, even with 10 and a half hours (counting the extended editions), a lot was left out. It will be interesting to see what they do in two or three hours, just how painful it will be....

No matter, I still want to go!!
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Old 07-25-2005, 09:04 PM   #18
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They have completed the casting for the musical. Here is an article from the webstie for my morning paper. For those who live in the Seattle area it think it will probably be in tomorrows paper.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/artand...%20the%20Rings
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Old 07-26-2005, 07:55 AM   #19
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Thanks for that link, Dûrbelethwen.

Estelyn, oh Mighty Mod of Movies, I wonder if you could merge this thread with the one in the Novices and Necomers thread?

For those of you wanting information about the cast--something like 52 of the 55 announced roles went to thespians of the Great White North, so you might never have heard of most of them--here are some links. The roles of Galadriel, Gimli and Bilbo have not yet been filled.

Brent Carver--Gandalf

Michael Therriault--Gollem

citypulse news release on casting LotR

TorStar article

Globe

Sadly, that Globe link does not include a photo of the seven top leads, but it does have a quote comparing Tolkien and Shakespeare!

As preposterous as this idea sounds, I have to say that casting Carver as Gandalf is a shrewd move to demonstrate integrity. He comes with as credible a history of achievements as Ian McClellan. And after all, the Royal Shakespeare company did carry off Nicholas Nickleby with amazing success.
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*shocked*

Can you believe I really didn't know?

This will be horrible. I'm sure of it. *envisions Orcs hopping along and singing a strange, cheery tune that reminds one oddly of 'Under the Sea' (Under the Eye?) or something else Disney-related*
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Ahhh!! I have even more exciting news!! I know I've already said previously on the thread that my school will be attending the Musical in October. However, the wonderful news that I didn't recieve until recently is.....drum roll please!!!.......We get to have an acting workshop with the characters who play the Hobbits in the musical!!! This is so exciting!! Gah! I can't wait!!!
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Hopeful hobbits start auditions.

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