Lord of the Rings musical closing this July

[davem]

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/...lord_of_t.html

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/theatre/story...cal-close.html

The music was written for a play that most people are going to walk in having not heard it before. They should be able to "get it" on first hearing or else the composer has failed in his job. Is the composer suppose to take the approach that the music is simply so dense and complicated that you have to come back and pay big bucks to hear it again and again until it sounds right to you?

I can only advise anyone who hasn't heard the music to listen to the album - or just go to the website & watch the videos there. The music - particularly the instrumental/elvish pieces - is awesome.

Of course, maybe the show itself is terrible - I haven't seen it - but I love the designs - especially the costumes, which are far more interesting than the ones in the movie .