Noyana
03-18-2006, 01:07 PM
2006 musical production
London-based theatre producer Kevin Wallace and his partner, Saul Zaentz, representing the Tolkien estate, in association with Toronto theatre-owner David Mirvish, have produced a four-hour stage musical adaptation of The Lord of the Rings that has a cast of 55 actors and cost C$27 million (US$23.2 million). The show was written by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, with music by A. R. Rahman and Värttinä, collaborating with Christopher Nightingale. The director is Matthew Warchus; choreography is by Peter Darling; set and costume design are by Rob Howell. The production began performances on February 4, 2006, and will have its press opening on March 23, 2006 at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre.
The show has already secured a London transfer to the Dominion Theatre from March 2007, and New York from late 2007/early 2008 is in the pipeline.
The director explained his vision of the play’s format by saying, "We have not attempted to pull the novel towards the standard conventions of musical theatre, but rather to expand those conventions so that they will accommodate Tolkien's material. As a result, we will be presenting a hybrid of text, physical theatre, music and spectacle never previously seen on this scale. To read the novel is to experience the events of Middle-earth in the mind’s eye; to watch the films is to view Middle-earth as though through a giant window. Only in the theatre are we actually plunged into the events as they happen. The environment surrounds us. We participate. We are in Middle-earth."
http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=522858
There is no way they can pull off LotR.
It's not possible.
London-based theatre producer Kevin Wallace and his partner, Saul Zaentz, representing the Tolkien estate, in association with Toronto theatre-owner David Mirvish, have produced a four-hour stage musical adaptation of The Lord of the Rings that has a cast of 55 actors and cost C$27 million (US$23.2 million). The show was written by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, with music by A. R. Rahman and Värttinä, collaborating with Christopher Nightingale. The director is Matthew Warchus; choreography is by Peter Darling; set and costume design are by Rob Howell. The production began performances on February 4, 2006, and will have its press opening on March 23, 2006 at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre.
The show has already secured a London transfer to the Dominion Theatre from March 2007, and New York from late 2007/early 2008 is in the pipeline.
The director explained his vision of the play’s format by saying, "We have not attempted to pull the novel towards the standard conventions of musical theatre, but rather to expand those conventions so that they will accommodate Tolkien's material. As a result, we will be presenting a hybrid of text, physical theatre, music and spectacle never previously seen on this scale. To read the novel is to experience the events of Middle-earth in the mind’s eye; to watch the films is to view Middle-earth as though through a giant window. Only in the theatre are we actually plunged into the events as they happen. The environment surrounds us. We participate. We are in Middle-earth."
http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=522858
There is no way they can pull off LotR.
It's not possible.