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Got back from my Toronto trip Thursday night. Friday morning I took my mom to a dr appt and spent the rest of the day with her, mostly at her house, before taking her back to the assisted care place.

I'll be spending the rest of the weekend unpacking, catching up on lj and recovering from the week away, hopefully in time for work on Monday.

FilKONtario! Lord of the Rings musical! Ontario wine-tripping! Posts to follow at some point. If I don't do them this weekend, I don't think I'll get around to them later.

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Welcome kbeader!

LOTR - with singing and dancing

I've got a load of wash in, so I think it's okay to take a break.

As some of you may have noticed, I like musicals. I was looking forward to the Lord of the Rings musical which was very conveniently playing while I was in the Toronto area last week. As I mentioned back when the first of Peter Jackson's movies came out, I never loved the books. I read them, once a decade or so to see if I'd eventually get a clue, but they didn't take. Enjoyed The Hobbit much more. One of my best friends, Chris, was a die-hard fan from the time I met him in the late '70's it (and he constantly reminded me LOTR was really one book). Likewise, I know many folks here on lj (hi allisona ! hi jhayman!) love the Marching and Fighting and Gollum, oh my!

Avoiding reviews was the name of the game. Part of me wanted to read them, of course. Hearing impressions of the show from con-goers at FilKONtario, though. (During one of those conversations, unclechristo mentioned how much he enjoyed the version of "Hair" that opened in Toronto. Maybe next year?)

During the convention I wore the t-shirt and cap from the musical, "Lestat" (that was not so good) hoping ick vibes from that show pulled away any from LOTR. ("Lestat" btw started previews on Broadway in late March, with late April opening, pushed back from the original dates, new songs and retooled first act and all.)

Anyway, on to the show.

( Spoiler? I guess, if you want to be surprised by the production ... )

One final "hee hee" -- the scene in the Prancing Pony where Strider says he goes by various names, which made me think of Sib's song ... again.

All that said, if it was convenient I'd see it once more.

Now I can read all those other reviews.