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[jongleur]

das musical sollte ja am 2. februar weltpremiere gehabt haben.
habt ihr davon schon fotos gefunden? und spielt das musical überhaupt?
ich freu mich über jede info!

euer jongleur

[duketgg]

1 Trailer gibt's unter
http://www.thatsmusical.de/forum/viewto ... +the+rings

Ansonsten:

http://tolkienics.com/tolkien/musical.htm

http://www.lotr.com

http://omwh.gloria-mundi.net (Buffy die Vampirjägerin meets Lord of the Rings - lustig!)

Theatregoers love LOTR musical
TORONTO (CP) - Despite a two-day delay to fine-tune the production and some first-night mistakes, theatregoers say the new Lord of the Rings musical has been worth the wait.
The Toronto show had its first preview performance on Saturday night and the diehard Lord of the Rings fans in attendance gave it rave reviews.
Twenty-five-year-old Leah Hashimoto said she's read all the books, seen all the movies and still her high expectations were met.
The mistakes Saturday night actually made the experience more memorable, she said.
"There were some little technical difficulties but it was kind of better that way," she said. "You get to see how the production works and how there are mistakes at the beginning. It was really good, it was fun."
The long-awaited show hit a snag early last week when producer Kevin Wallace decided to cancel the first two opening-night previews set for Thursday and Friday, saying more time was needed to fine-tune the show.
Hundreds of fans - including many who planned to come from out of town just for the performances - were left disappointed.
Liam Kearns, 36, from Vancouver, travelled to Toronto specifically to see the show and said he felt lucky his show wasn't cancelled.
After taking in the production, he said it was definitely worth the trip, and added he wasn't bothered by the technical glitches.
"I knew this was just a preview," he said. "It's 95 per cent perfect already, so when it opens it'll be a big event, I'm sure."
He said the show is something really unique for the theatre and should impress frequent theatregoers while still appealing to the general public.
"It's not really a musical in the tradition sense, it's really a stage extravaganza. There's music but it's a dramatic play," he said.
"And for people who haven't gone to the theatre, this is a good venue for them to break into becoming theatregoers."
He said he was impressed by how well the story was translated to the stage, especially since Hollywood special effects couldn't be employed.
"They did an excellent job, they relied on the story to tell itself," he said. "And the choreography and the stage fighting - you can tell they'd been working on it for months and months."
Fifteen-year-old Kaitlin Marrin said she was impressed by how well the sets and characters were portrayed on stage.
"Gollum's costume is really creepy and he (plays) a really amazing role. You just watch him and all the behaviours that he does are really amazing," she said.
The pint-sized hobbits also looked just the right size on stage, she said.
"They look like they're four-feet-tall while everyone else looks like they're six-feet-tall; they pulled it off really well."
Kearns said knowing the story and its characters isn't essential to enjoy the play, so even those who don't know an orc from an ent can follow the story.
Hashimoto said newcomers might actually enjoy the show even more because they'll be kept in suspense, unlike most fans.
"I know how the story goes so it was a little predictable," she said. "But for people who haven't seen (the movies), I think it would be something new and exciting for them to see."

(http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/2006/02/04/1426020-cp.html)

The Lord of the Rings Musical Delays Previews Two Days
by Broadway.com Staff
The first preview of the musical adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings has been pushed back by two days. The show will now begin previews at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre on February 4.
"After four years of planning we are so close to delivering, to its first audience, a show we will all be extremely proud of," producer Kevin Wallace said in a statment. "We had every expectation of putting this together in 17 weeks of rehearsal, including five full weeks of onstage rehearsals. However, the process is going to take an additional 48 hours, and regrettably that means the first two scheduled preview performances will be moved and the first performance will now be on Saturday, February 4."
The Lord of the Rings features book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus, and music by A.R. Rahman and Vãrttinã with Christopher Nightingale. The cast features Tony winner Brent Carver as the great wizard Gandalf, James Loye as Frodo Baggins, Michael Therriault as Gollum, Evan Buliung as Aragorn, Richard McMillan as the wizard Saruman, Peter Howe as Frodo's best friend Samwise Gamgee, Dylan Roberts as Merry, Owen Sharpe as Pippin, Gabriel Burrafato is Legolas, Dion Johnstone is Boromir, Carly Street as Arwen, Victor A. Young as Elrond, Kerry Dorey as Théoden and Kristin Galer as Rosie.

The Lord of the Rings is still scheduled to officially open on March 23.