The latest incarnation of The Lord of the Rings is here in the form of musical theater and, as reported by Yahoo News, [a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060324/stage_nm/leisure_rings_dc"]the reviews are not good[/a].
The Toronto production puts less emphasis on plot, character, and music, and concentrates more on hi-tech theatrics. The production uses a 40-ton, computer controlled stage with 17 elevators and the cast of 55 goes through 500 costumes in the 3 hour performance. Despite this, the same critics say it will be a big money-maker. Of course, they said that about "[a href="http://www-tech.mit.edu/V115/N31/waterworld.31a.html"]Waterworld[/a]", too.
