Canada made theatre history Saturday evening with the opening of previews of The Lord of the Rings in Toronto. …
The stage version of the J.R.R. Tolkien epic is a huge project, with a budget of $27 million, a cast of 55 and a complex stage operation.
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A lot of Tolkien fans were pretty skeptical when the production was announced last year. “When we first heard about this play we thought, this sounds a little cheesy…,” said Edward Rodrigues, president of a group called The Gathering of the Fellowship. — CBC

I love that the president of a group called The Gathering of the Fellowship can accuse anything else of sounding a little cheesy.