Journey to Center-earth in a New Immersive Musical Primarily based onThe Lord of the Rings

Get able to expertise The Lord of the Rings in a brand new musical retelling of J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore. Directed by Paul Hart, The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Story will quickly make its transfer from a run on the UK’s Watermill Theatre to the Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

The U.S. manufacturing begins its performances July 19, working via September 1. The ebook options lyrics by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus and unique music by A.R. Rahman, Finnish people band Värttinä, and Christopher Nightingale.

“I can’t anticipate this subsequent step within the epic journey of The Lord of the Rings as we craft this new staging for the U.S. premiere manufacturing with Chicago Shakespeare Theater for Chicago audiences,” Hart stated in a press release shared by Deadline. “We liked creating this model which was retold from the angle of the Hobbits on the Watermill and can now be expanded far past these horizons. Will probably be thrilling to share with new audiences internationally as a part of this subsequent stage.”

Mixing open air areas and a theater set, the manufacturing units to make the most of an analogous arrange in Chicago because it did within the UK, telling the story of how Frodo Baggins inherits his uncle Bilbo Baggins’ treasured ring. The course of Frodo’s life adjustments launching him on the journey to satisfy a fellowship that may information him to the darkest realms of Modor to destroy an evil that threatens Center-earth. The musical seemingly crams all three books into its three hour run-time, which begs the query, “will there be second intermission?”

Check out the trailer beneath for the Watermill Theatre’s manufacturing final yr. It appears to be like to cowl loads of floor and maybe condensing the tales into tune makes it go by quicker, however that doesn’t essentially bode nicely for storytelling functions.

The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Story will start performances July 19 on the Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and run via September 1, with a global tour to observe.

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