Me too, Akiva.
I was lucky enough to see it in Toronto, and whatever flaws it might have had were wiped out by the spectacle of it for me. Any time you try to adapt a novel the size of The Lord of the Rings and put it on stage, you're gonna have some issues!
That stage, the lighting and costumes, staging, along with what they did at the end of the first act, blew me away! - no pun intended!
I'm anxious to hear more reviews.
The Overture is part of the show, people. Please shut your pie hole.