The Lord of the Rings Musical in Toronto?

[perfectlypink3]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:59pm

Can anyone give me more info on this? I have a friend in Canada who was asking about it and I have never heard of it before... thanks!

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:01am

there is a really cool video on Broadway.com of the show in rehearsals you might want to check that out

[wickedfreak]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:22am

CLICK ME

[taperina]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:59am

It's starting at the Princess of Whales theatre Feb 2nd...same theatre where the Lion King/Hairspray played. Check out www.mirvish.com and click on the LOTR pic.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:00am

wickedfreak your link doesnt work

[taperina]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 7:20pm

Try this link
http://www.mirvish.com/Lord/

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 12/31/05 at 7:21pm

It is actually a play with music now, isn't it?

[bare_nakedlady]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 4:04pm

I just got my tickets for the end of FEB and I am giddy


...Just thought I'd share.

Updated On: 1/8/06 at 04:04 PM

[Tag]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 4:14pm

Last I heard, it was being billed as a 'theatrical event' rather than a musical or a play with music.

I'm holding off on getting tickets for now because they are $120 (orch & mezz seating). That is extremely high for a Toronto based show (in obviously Canadian $$$).

[James885]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 4:24pm

Interesting, I didn't know it was being billed as a "theatrical event". I'm still very curious how this show it gonna come off. It seems like an awful lot of material to compress into a musical, although i'm sure it will be very flashy with lots of spectacle.

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 4:51pm

taperina, it's the Princess of Wales, no *W*, as in the country, not the mammal.

To the OP:

https://www.playbill.com/news/article/94185.html

A family friend is going to be in it and from everything he's told us, he was very impressed with the writing, the music, the cast, and the amazing sets. So I'm excited.

[MissElphie]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 7:31pm

I am going on Feb 2nd. I think it can either be amazing or terrible. But I'm very interested.

http://www.lotr.com

[dreaminaret]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 10:45pm

I just got back from Toronto and it's insane how much publicity LOTR is getting. Like you know those street signs from NYC 2012 (the ones that hang from flagpoles) - half of them in the city are advertising LOTR and the other half are for Hair.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 10:57pm

Hair?

[erinrebecca]

Posted: 1/8/06 at 11:04pm

Yes, Hair. The first large professional production in North America in about 30 years. Will be produced by Canstage starting in March, I believe.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 12:19am

Interesting, I didn't know it was being billed as a "theatrica event". I'm still very curious how this show it gonna come off.

Ya know, I have an aching suspicion that it really is gonna be a musical; but they changed their marketing to emphasize it as a "theatrical event" because the headline "LOTR - THE MUSICAL!" scared a lot of people off (both theatregoers, who think the idea is silly, and LOTR fans, who aren't show queens). From the rehearsal clips I've seen and heard, it still resembles a book musical to me, complete with ballads and dance numbers.

[ally_kay_on_broadway]

Posted: 1/9/06 at 1:28am

i am seeing this on the 15th- the first show after it closes briefly for 2 days to work out the kinks.

Whoever sees this before me HAS to post about it. I'm dying to know how it is