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LOTR TO BE MUSICAL
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| March 14, 2004
Posted on 03/14/2004 2:29:16 PM PST by billorites
Fresh from its runaway success at the Oscars, fantasy epic Lord of the Rings is set to hit the stage as a lavish musical, reports say.
Producers are planning to turn the book series into the most expensive musical ever seen in London, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
News of the musical version comes weeks after the final film installment of the trilogy, Return Of The King, won 11 Academy Awards.
The £8m production will see dozens of actors portray hobbits, elves, wizards and orcs in complex battle scenes.
"I have been in theatre for 25 years and I know the power of theatre in telling epic stories," said co-producer Kevin Wallace, a former collaborator of successful stage composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
"I believe that we will be able to make a version of The Lord of the Rings that will be a brilliant piece," he told the newspaper.
The show, to open next year, would last a mammoth three and a half hours, Wallace said.
"If Shakespeare can put all England on stage in Henry IV, I am confident that we can put on the whole of Middle Earth and tell the story of the entire trilogy over that time," he said.
The three books in the Lord of the Rings series, chronicling the struggle between good and evil in Middle Earth, were written by
British author JRR Tolkien from 1954-55 and have proved enduringly popular ever since.
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To: billorites
If a Jerry Springer musical can be made so can LOTR.
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:32:03 PM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Arguments that got Arnold elected in 02, will get a "moderate" RINO elected to the White House in 08)
To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog; Fedora; RosieCotton; Wneighbor
Where there's a whip
There's a way!PING!
This doesn't sound like a good idea to me...
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:33:43 PM PST
by
JenB
To: billorites
Lemme guess.
They're gonna call it "The Ring Cycle".....
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:35:16 PM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: JenB
Its going to be a bust. My 2 cents.
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:35:42 PM PST
by
Jalapeno
To: Jalapeno
I'm willing to wait and see...
But my initial reaction is "Oh, dear me, the horror!"
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:36:53 PM PST
by
JenB
To: billorites
The £8m production will see dozens of actors portray hobbits, elves, wizards and orcs in complex battle scenes. When the show makes it to Broadway, I'm sure they will include lots of fairies too.
To: billorites
Frodo-o-o-o of the Nine Fingers
and the Ring of Do-O-o-O-o-O-mmmm.
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:38:23 PM PST
by
Overtaxed
To: billorites
Dunharrow, Dunharrow!
I love ya Dunharrow.
For Rowan, you saved the day....
To: JenB
To: BikePacker
When you're a Elf,
You're a Elf all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.
When you're a Elf,
If the spit hits the fan,
You got brothers around,
You're a family man!
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:44:44 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
I feel silly Mr. Frodo
So do I, Sam...
To: billorites
I Can Make You A Hobbit
A weakling weighing ninety-eight pounds
Will get sand in his face
When kicked to the ground
And soon in the gym
With a determined chin
The sweat from his pores
As he works for his cause
Will make him glisten
And gleam, and with massage
And just a little bit of steam
He'll be pink and quite clean
He'll be a strong Hobbit
Oh, honey!
To: billorites
Oh no....is there anything worse in the history of musical theatre than a British production?
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:47:14 PM PST
by
Havisham
To: billorites
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It seems you blend in with so many other ord'nary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
or stars in the sky.
To: Havisham
" Oh no....is there anything worse in the history of musical theatre than a British production? "Well, I've seen some pretty bad summer stock.
In upstate New York a couple years ago I saw a production of Twelve Angry Men.
I sat there in the front row, counted again and again and never came up with more than nine.
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:54:27 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
Been done:
One More With Hobbits. 
Some friends rewrote the lyrics to the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" musical episode songs, so that they're now the story of the Lord of the Rings. And the results are hilarious. The lyrics are all available at the above site, along with MP3 files of two of the songs actually being performed (more to be added as they have time).
The title is a play on the name of the "Buffy" musical episode, which was titled "One More With Feeling".
To: billorites
Boromir, Denethor, Saruman, and Lurtz. In the Executive Washroom:
"I've gotta stop that man!
I've gotta stop that man-- cold!
Or he'll stop me...
--From "How to Succeed in Kingship Without Really Trying"
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posted on
03/14/2004 3:43:04 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: billorites
The show, to open next year, would last a mammoth three and a half hours, Wallace said.What's mammoth about a 3.5 hour musical compared to the movies?
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posted on
03/14/2004 3:45:56 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: tiamat
Frodo!
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