Hey Hey,

For those of you purists out there.... don't go see the stage play... Cutting it down to 3.5 hours and incorporating song didn't do the original justice...

That being said... If you're just looking to be entertained, or just like the story behind LotR... check it out... at 130/seat it's worth the ticket price (Then again... I got my tickets half price or I never would have gone)...

The acting was awesome... even though we saw the matinee which meant (for the most part) that the understudies were on stage... Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin were all amazingly played.... Gandolf was great and Aragorn... I thought it was Viggo Mortensen at first.

I suppose the way I went in was also part of the problem... Having seen Shakespeare at Stratford and the Medevial Times dinner theatre... I expected the sword play to be like that... very realistic and expertly rehearsed with real blades. Instead they were using plastic blades and for the most part removed the fight scenes.... Some of the flys were amazing but the technical stuff at a theatre prolly amuses me more than others as I used to work at one..

The songs were good.... but again I wasn't going for a musical...

The ending was partially what made it all worthwhile... although it was overall quite good.

Just thought I'd pass that on..

Peace
HT