Topaz writes: Well, Im back as Sam said. Or didnt say, at least not on Sunday afternoon at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto where I saw the second ever performance of the new theatrical production of The Lord of the Rings. Long ago when I had first heard of plans to make LOTR into a musical, it scared me. Howard Shore had just done such an amazing job with the film scores, and now someone was going to make it all sound like Broadway? Please dont . Then as time went on and the production was to be in Toronto (half an hour from where I live), there began to be articles in the papers, interviews with the director I read them and I began to feel less afraid that someone was going to ruin my favourite story. [More]