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One more reason our neighbors to the north are nerdier than we are: According to Playbill, the Lord of the Rings musical (yes, the Lord of the Rings musical) will debut in Toronto, which you may have seen in a number of movies playing "New York."

As Andrew Gans writes:

About the upcoming musical, director Warchus told the Toronto Star, "We have not attempted to pull the novel towards the standard conventions of musical theatre, but rather to expand those conventions so that they will accommodate Tolkien's material. As a result, we will be presenting a hybrid of text, physical theatre, music and spectacle never previously seen on this scale."

Oh, good. Just what the 48-hour movie version needed: a larger scale.

Lord of the Rings Musical to Bow in Toronto [Playbill]