| has gloss | eng: The Lord of the Rings, an epic high fantasy novel by the British author J. R. R. Tolkien, set in his world of Middle-earth, has been adapted several times for the musical theatre. The musicals tell the tale of a humble hobbit who is asked to play the hero and undertake a treacherous mission to destroy an evil, magic gold ring without being seduced by its power. Though sometimes described as "musicals", no adaptor(s) of either version (Bowden/Goers in Cincinnati or Warchus/Rahman/Värttinä in Toronto/London) characterized their productions as musical theatre. Indeed, both versions were specifically noted to be theatrical adaptations with vital musical elements, but not with the structure of a musical, per se. |