Lord of the Rings: The Musical (no joke)

[Mystery Man]

Old news.

Anyone with a search function can find my post on this months ago.

 

[Mark]

I agree - Peter Jackson did well integrating Tolkien's poetry when he did, but had he been truly faithful to the books there would've been ten times that amount in the trilogy!

I don't know... That whole "to rule them all" bit seemed a little forced.

 

[Impeesa]

Some things just weren't meant to be adapted to stage. I'm not sure about LotR, but it certainly reminds me of this.

--Impeesa--

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again- this will either be dreadful or sublime.

Part of me sees the Witch King breaking out into song, dancing hobbits, and every bit of campiness that could possibly be brought in...

And the other sees the potential for the sort of work that hasn't been done since Wagner...

We'll see. (fingers crossed tightly)

 

[Shadowdancer]

I stopped being shocked/dismayed by musical theater when someone tried to stage a musical version of "Cujo" a decade or more ago.

 

[FraserRonald]

IMO: I don't see any sacrilege in this.

However, I am not sure that the kind of audience who loves fantasy literature and movies is the same that loves stage musical shows (and vice-versa). As such, it seems to me a dubious idea, especially when that show will cost 27 millions of dollars... In any case, they better create excellent music, singing, and choregraphy, because it's the only part that could make such a project stand out on its own and not look ridiculous when compared to the book or the movies.

I tend to agree. My however would be that something like the Lion King musical also sounded ridiculous when I first heard it. Not saying LotR: tM is a grand idea, just that there may, in fact, be an audience out there ready to drop bucks on it.

Does anyone else remember the Kabuki-type LotR play? Maybe it was only around here, but it was back in the late 1980s. Of course, perhaps it's just a mushroom flashback . . . anything is possible.

 

[Alzrius]

it certainly reminds me of this.

Yeah, but as awesome as that was, I think this will be even better. Man oh man I can't wait to see this!

 

[Harmon]

Do not get a picture, do not get a picture, do not get a picture, do not get a picture.

I could have gone a dozen more years without even considering someone would be that- oh, never mind, now I can't get that picture of Sam and Frodo dancing along through a bog sing happy songs with Golum rubbing his hands together.

To many bad plays when I was a kid I guess.

 

[Ogrork the Mighty]

Let the shameless peddling of crappy LotR ripoffs begin!...

 

[Von Ether]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again- this will either be dreadful or sublime.

Part of me sees the Witch King breaking out into song, dancing hobbits, and every bit of campiness that could possibly be brought in...

And the other sees the potential for the sort of work that hasn't been done since Wagner...

We'll see. (fingers crossed tightly)

I always thought LoTR was more a story for Opera. .... I wonder why.