Lord of the Rings: The Musical (No Joke!) - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 03-29-2007, 10:19 AM

Here is to hoping that the London version learned from the mistakes of the Toronto version. I saw this a year ago and very good seats in the ninth row center. Was captivated by the way they turned the entire front of the theater into a set mimicing the woods. No complete review here--- BUT --- really bad idea to take a 1200 page book and try to do it in three hours on stage. It seemed so rushed and telescoped. And the actor who was Gandalf was horrid and no gravitas of any kind. It was like the role was handed to a high school kid who was trying to play a senior citizen merely with the aid of make-up. I liked what they did with Galadriel but not the orcs who were on some type of prostetic walkers. Boromir was pretty bad and Aragorn nearly invisible. Some of the special effects such as the big balrog puppet were great as were the Ents. But rather much of a let down.

03-29-2007, 10:19 AM	#29
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	Here is to hoping that the London version learned from the mistakes of the Toronto version. I saw this a year ago and very good seats in the ninth row center. Was captivated by the way they turned the entire front of the theater into a set mimicing the woods. No complete review here--- BUT --- really bad idea to take a 1200 page book and try to do it in three hours on stage. It seemed so rushed and telescoped. And the actor who was Gandalf was horrid and no gravitas of any kind. It was like the role was handed to a high school kid who was trying to play a senior citizen merely with the aid of make-up. I liked what they did with Galadriel but not the orcs who were on some type of prostetic walkers. Boromir was pretty bad and Aragorn nearly invisible. Some of the special effects such as the big balrog puppet were great as were the Ents. But rather much of a let down.