The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Lord of the Rings musical closing this July

davem · 03-14-2008, 06:20 AM

More here http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.ph...Date%2C+19+Jul

I think we'll have to agree to disagree about the music - I'm listening to the cast recording now & I (like all the reviewers on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-O...5496825&sr=8-2 ) think its fantastic - though I admit it I didn't 'get' it first time I listened. I've probably listened to it a good couple of dozen times & its one of my favourite albums of all time.

Still, its not the end of the show altogether - a scaled down touring version is heading for Germany & New Zealand. Perhaps if they'd gone for a scaled down version initially they wouldn't hjave struggled so hard to recoup their costs.....

For anyone who doesn't know the show - their website has footage. I can't speak from experience, but it looks more interesting than the movies... http://www.lotr.com/

03-14-2008, 06:20 AM	#3
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	More here http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.ph...Date%2C+19+Jul I think we'll have to agree to disagree about the music - I'm listening to the cast recording now & I (like all the reviewers on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lord-Rings-O...5496825&sr=8-2 ) think its fantastic - though I admit it I didn't 'get' it first time I listened. I've probably listened to it a good couple of dozen times & its one of my favourite albums of all time. Still, its not the end of the show altogether - a scaled down touring version is heading for Germany & New Zealand. Perhaps if they'd gone for a scaled down version initially they wouldn't hjave struggled so hard to recoup their costs..... For anyone who doesn't know the show - their website has footage. I can't speak from experience, but it looks more interesting than the movies... http://www.lotr.com/ __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects." Last edited by davem; 03-14-2008 at 06:26 AM.