"The Lord of the Rings" is to take to the stage — as a musical.

The show, based on the fantasy classic by J.R.R. Tolkien, will open in March 2006 in Toronto and hit London six months later before, hopefully making its way to Broadway, the producers said.

They have vowed to go back to the original tale of Middle Earth and not try to reproduce the dazzling special effects from the movie trilogy, which earned $3 billion worldwide and garnered a string of Oscars. "We are ultimately dependent on 50 actors and musicians to tell the story rather than technology," producer Kevin Wallace said. "We are going to have to break new ground."

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Posted by Lawren at March 16, 2005 06:54 AM

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Okay I think someone could make LOTR a musical. I didn't think Dracula could be a good ballet, but I was wrong.

What I'm afraid of is LOTR: The Musical would either be very long to do the book justice OR you would get a Cliff Notes musical version.

Says: Brian D. at March 16, 2005 09:30 AM

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Just kill me now and put me out of my misery.

Says: Iceman at March 16, 2005 04:57 PM

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