Lord of the Rings (musical)
The Lord of the Rings is a novel by the English author JRR Tolkien, who has already served as a template for various plays a few times.
The first official adaptation of the substance as a musical is that produced by Kevin Wallace. Under the current by Bernd Berger in the nineties in Berlin as " The Lord of the Rings Musical" advertised production actually hid an adaptation of " The Hobbit ".
Templates
As models for the musical books by British author JRR Tolkien from the years 1954/1955 were used.
The Lord of the Rings:
- The Companions
- The Two Towers
- The Return of the King ( or the Return of the King )
The story tells of the young hobbit Frodo Baggins and his companions which break down, to destroy the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron. They have to travel across the continent fictional Middle-earth, where they have to face many adventures.
Toronto
Kevin Wallace and his partner Saul Zaentz - Owner of stage and film rights and producer of the 1978 resulting animation film " The Lord of the Rings" - produced in collaboration with the theater owner David Mirvish of Toronto and the advertising specialists Michael Chole a stage version, in which the libretto ( book and lyrics ) by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus and the composition (Music) by AR Rahman, Christopher Nightingale and Värttinä came.
At this nearly four-hour version worked with 65 actors. To see them was at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada. The production was about 26.9 million US.Dollar. On 4 February 2006, the first performance began. The musical received mixed press reviews, but was generally well received by the audience. and closed on September 3, 2006 after seven months of game time.
London
The slightly shortened (but still three hours ) and newly revised show had on 19 June 2007 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane its official premiere. The same creative team as in Toronto worked with here. In the London version worked with 50 actors and it cost "only" $ 25 million, which the " Lord of the Rings Musical " one of the most expensive productions ever to be listed in the West End or anywhere outside of Las Vegas, does. In contrast to the English Canadian press was benevolent. In its closure on 19 July 2008, the piece after 14 months was performed for 492 times and was able to attract over 700,000 visitors.
Cologne
In Cologne, the " Lord of the Rings Musical" should open its doors in late 2009 for a German version again. It should be for a new theater near the former Chemische Fabrik Kalk be built for around 20 million euros. For the production of the musical itself 18.5 million were estimated. The theater was reminiscent of a ship, " which takes visitors on a journey ." The premiere of the musical was to take place on 6 December 2009.
Since the job immediately went to the agency by the architect Hans Peter Kottmair, but there was a controversy among various city council members, why not before a competition for the job was advertised. Early February 2009 was also the retreat of Art.emis, one of the main sponsors of the musical, announced ..
World tour
An English-speaking world tour to celebrate 2015 premiere.