Talk:Lord of the Rings (musical)

Contradictory sources

I'm sorry but i don't have time to write this page, and some of the info i found was contradictory, so i will just let someone else do it. Here are two links. FlowerSniffer 15:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

http://www.tolkiensociety.org/event_musical.html

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/03/15/ringsTO050315.html

Yes, there is a lot of contradictory information! -- Ssilvers 03:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Nothing contradictory at all. Two versions of the musical. One in Toronto, Canada (the first one). After that closed down, the production was moved to London, where it is currently playing. Carcharoth 00:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Show Dates and Timings

I was wishing to add show dates & times as shown below:

• Booking From: Wednesday, 09 May 2007
• Booking Until: Saturday, 19 July 2008
• Matinees: Thursday and Saturday 2pm
• Evenings: Monday 7pm, Tuesday-Saturday 7.30pm

Referencing: http://www.discounttheatre.com/page/5/show/1001/The_Lord_of_the_Rings.htm

Could you tell me if this was appropriate to go ahead with? Or if not, why? Thank You, John A25130177 (talk) 14:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the issue here (why your edit was removed) is that it comes dangerously close to being an advert/directory listing for the show (Wikipedia is not a directory). Certainly your reference is not a good one - the official site should be quoted for this info. In fact, there is already a link to the official site where all this information can be found for those who really want it... Hope that makes some sense - feel free to ask if not! -- Dafyd (talk) 18:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

References

beardless dwarves

The last picture at Dwarf_(Middle-earth)#Adaptations a woman is shown playing the part of Gimli (without a beard). Does the musical generally take such liberties with the books? Is this mean to be funny or ironic somehow? Banaticus (talk) 09:36, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid I don't know about the Cincinnati productions! There's two completely unrelated musicals. The Kevin Wallace production, that played in Toronto and London, was more accurate to how most people visualise the characters, having a huge budget helps. Belle pullman (talk) 16:49, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Musical Numbers =/= CD selection?

Several musical numbers onstage didn't make it onto the single CD cast recording released. Should the article ignore this music?

Belle pullman (talk) 17:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Differences from the book

Would it be worth including a section detailing how the story was condensed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.110.2 (talk) 20:57, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Website

The production's URL www.lordoftherings.com was originally for the video game The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_(video_game) www.lotr.com also goes to the same show website. Bizzybody (talk) 07:32, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Title of article

This article should exist at Lord of the Rings (musical), as per theatre naming conventions. 174.57.203.45 (talk) 20:53, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

• This article is incorrectly named in two ways . Firstly, it is decidedly not considered a musical; there is talk about this in the article itself. Secondly, the name is The Lord of the Rings, not Lord of the Rings. Therefore, I propose the article be moved to "The Lord of the Rings (play)." There doesn't seem to me any reason why this wouldn't be the best name. Wolfdog (talk) 15:27, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

We call it what reliable sources call it.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] It was also nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Musical.[13].Blethering Scot 19:16, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. I think that we should then mention some of these sources in the introduction to the article, as they seem to confuse the information that's already there. Perhaps the article should state that regardless of what the composers have mentioned, many still consider the theatrical work a musical. Wolfdog (talk) 22:10, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Deleted synopsis

The synopsis in this article was identical or nearly identical to that in the show's soundtrack CD booklet, and must have constituted a copyright violation. I have therefore replaced it with "Empty section" templates. Gildir (talk) 21:57, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

I have also added the "Original research" template to the "Lyrics" section. It doesn't seem likely that this information can be independently sourced (even though all or most of it is accurate). Gildir (talk) 22:20, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Revival?

It says in the article that the show "will be revived for a world tour in 2015." It's halfway through 2016 now. We should probably get that fixed.