Altaira writes: The Misty Mountains Smial, the Denver, Colorado Tolkien Society group, invites you to join us to celebrate Tolkien Reading Day! On Saturday, March 25 th , people all around the world will gather to read their favorite passages from Tolkien’s works. March 25th is the day the Ring of Power was destroyed and Sauron was defeated:
“It is a date of renewal: the change from the Third Age to the Fourth, the change from fear and oppression to new hope.” – Tolkien Society website
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: Tattered Cover Book Store, Cherry Creek (1st & Milwaukee, just north of the Cherry Creek Mall) – Lower Level Event Space.
Cost: Free
- Bring your favorite Tolkien passage to read
- Excerpts from the audio CDs of J.R.R. Tolkien reading his own works
- Excerpts from the audio CDs of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings
- Selected readings from “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien”
- Lean about the Tolkien Society
The Tattered Cover will display many books and other items to add to your Tolkien and fantasy collection, including some of the newest Tolkien items (yes, there are new books)!
Please stop by any time between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Children welcome!
Food and beverages are available at the Tattered Cover’s full service café. At 4:00 p.m. we will adjourn to the Fourth Story Restaurant and Bar for snacks and a toast to professor Tolkien.
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TORONTO — Memo to producers of would-be blockbusters: Keep your outrageous production costs to yourselves. One would have thought that “Waterworld” was enough to teach everyone this basic lesson. Now we have “The Lord of the Rings,” the theatrical juggernaut that had its world premiere here Thursday, flaunting its $23-million price tag. Well, much as the theater may deplore its beer-budget conditions, a colossal bankroll is no guarantee of such legendary status — or, for that matter, a measly standing ovation, which noticeably failed to ignite after the reviewed performance Tuesday. [More]
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It was the custom of Tolkien, CS Lewis and their fellow “Inklings” to read extracts from work in progress over foaming pints in the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. One evening, as Tolkien launched into yet another chapter from The Lord of the Rings, a fellow member of the circle, Hugo Dyson, was audibly heard to groan: “Oh no! Not another elf!” It is a feeling likely to be shared by all but the most fanatical of sword and sorcery fans, as this musical version of the Middle Earth epic wends its often weary way, finally clocking in at just under four hours. [More]
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TORONTO — Attention, Ontario: Resume breathing. That show you’ve been counting on to bring in tourists? It just might do the trick. The most expensive stage show ever (more than $23 million U.S.), the musical version of “The Lord of the Rings” began its world premiere engagement at the Princess of Wales Theatre right on schedule. Seven weeks ago, technical glitches made the first preview clock in at 5 hours. These days “LOTR” runs 3 hours and 50 minutes, with two intermissions and a song after the curtain call. It may not be the 3 hours, 30 minutes that producer Kevin Wallace envisioned, but it doesn’t feel overlong. [More]
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Andy Serkis helped to create two of filmdom’s most celebrated characters, but most people probably wouldn’t recognize him. That’s because the veteran actor’s breakthrough performances — as Gollum in “Lord of the Rings” and the big, misunderstood ape in the 2005 “King Kong” remake — were created using digital technology. Although computer animators relied on Serkis’ performance for the emotional center and movements of both characters, he doesn’t get any face time (aside from a small, secondary role in “Kong”). Serkis is fine with that. [More]
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The team behind the stage version of Lord Of The Rings have been slogging through a journey almost as epic as the one they are depicting through Middle Earth. More than four years in the making and at a cost of $25m (£14.3m), it has become the world’s most expensive theatre show to date. And its global future as an enterprise hangs on its opening night in Toronto, Canada, on Thursday. [More]
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