Source: TV Guide
Posted by: Matt Webb Mitovich
The $24 million, 3½-hour stage adaptation of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which has been playing in Toronto and is believed to be the most expensive stage show ever mounted, will close on Sept. 3, it was announced on Wednesday. There is still talk that the production, met by such critical reactions as “disappointing” and “overwhelmed by complexity,” will reopen in London next year in a trimmed-down version.