Penny writes: I just wanted to let everyone know that I attended the LOTR Symphony performance at the Blossom Festival in Cleveland this past weekend and it was brilliant!! I have now seen the symphony 5 times around the midwest and this was the best every performance. Perhaps this can be attributed to the talent of the Cleveland Orchestra and their attending choirs, perhaps it can be attributed to the fact that this orchestra and performed it before, or perhaps we can attribute it to the passion of the conductor, none other than composer Howard Shore. I have a feeling it was all three of these factors plus the incredible setting of the outdoor venue that really enhance the feel of the music. [More]
Month: July 2007
Meghan S. Rodberg, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar writes: We just announced the launch of a referral program for LOTRO, which lets our players earn free game time for referring their friends to play the game.
We’re proud to announce the Turbine Referral Program, a great way to earn free game time by introducing your family and friends to The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™! It’s so easy an orc can do it! [More] [lotro.com/referral]
Internationally acclaimed artist and LOTR guru John Howe writes: This is the limited pendant done for the summer exhibition “Saint-Ursanne la Fantastique”. Done by a local jeweller, it is based on one of the exhibition’s sculpture designs. Made of sterling silver, it is engraved “johnhowe07” on the back. This engraved edition is strictly limited to 100 copies.
Claire writes: Reviews of “In Celebration”, with Orlando Bloom in his London stage debut, have been appearing in UK newspapers.
The Observer’s critic was impressed with Orlando’s acting, and indeed the whole production. [More]
On the other hand, the Telegraph’s reviewer really didn’t like the play at all, and his opinion of Orlando definitely comes under the heading of “damning with faint praise”.
The Independent’s review feels that the play always lacked psychological depth and is now rather dated. [More]
Dated, perhaps, but still having an impact, is the opinion of The Times’ reviewer. [More]
There are more compliments, too, in The Stage, the theatrical world’s trade paper. [More]
SINGAPORE — Ian McKellen says playing the title character in William Shakespeare’s “King Lear” is more nerve-racking than his recent Hollywood film roles. Singapore is the first stop on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s international tour of “King Lear” and “The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov. ” ‘King Lear,’ I’ve been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime … to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that’s challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics,” the 68-year-old actor said Wednesday at a briefing. “Without doubt, Lear is the one I got most nervous about.” [More]
Two years ago, director David Cronenberg and actor Viggo Mortensen had a huge triumph with the world premiere of A History of Violence at the Toronto International Film Festival. And when they stroll down the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall before dusk on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the 2007 festival, you could be pardoned for having a flash of déjà vu. Yes, it’s another Toronto International Film Festival; another world premiere; another night at Roy Thomson Hall; and, once again, the Star has learned, Cronenberg will occupy what some regard as the most desirable slot in the festival: the early gala on the first Saturday. [More]