The Lord Of The Rings: "The Lord of the Rings", the first major stage musical adaptation of JRR Tolkien's classic trilogy, will receive its World Premiere when it opens in London in Spring 2005. This coincides with the 50th anniversary of the publication of the complete trilogy, "The Fellowship of the Ring", "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King".
The £8 million production has book and lyrics by Shaun McKenna and music by Stephen Keeling and Bernd Stromberger. McKenna & Keeling were the team responsible for the critically acclaimed West End musical "Maddie".
Award-winning Matthew Warchus will direct. His recent credits include the London musicals "Tell Me On A Sunday" and "Our House", and the Yasmina Reza plays "Life x 3", "The Unexpected Man" and "Art". Award-winning Rob Howell will design. His recent West End credits include "Our House", "Simply Heavenly", "The Graduate", "The Caretaker" and "Sophie's Choice" at The Royal Opera House.
The Musical Supervisor is Christopher Nightingale. Chris provided additional arrangements for "Bombay Dreams" for which he is also Musical Supervisor.
"The Lord of the Rings" will be produced by Kevin Wallace and Saul Zaentz. Kevin Wallace was in-house producer at The Really Useful Theatre Company from 1997-2001 when it produced the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals "Whistle Down the Wind", "The Beautiful Game", "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Sunset Boulevard". In 2001 he received an International EMMY Award as executive producer of the film version of "Jesus Christ Superstar". His other London productions include the critically acclaimed "Gagarin Way" and "Eden". The legendary Saul Zaentz, whose film productions include the award-winning "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Amadeus", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "The English Patient", was this year awarded the BAFTA 'Academy Fellowship'.
Noel Appleby, Sean Astin, Sala Baker, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Marton Csokas, Megan Edwards, Michael Elsworth, Mark Ferguson, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Lawrence Makoare, Brent McIntyre, Peter McKenzie, Sarah McLeod, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Ian Mune, Craig Parker, Cameron Rhodes, John Rhys-Davies, Martyn Sanderson, Andy Serkis, Harry Sinclair, Liv Tyler, David Weatherley, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Alan Howard
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Sir Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Sir Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving
Elijah Wood, Sir Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Kevin Conway, Hugo Weaving, Brad Dourif, Martin Csoka, Bernard Hill, Sir Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, John Noble, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Cate Blanchett, David Wenham
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