Galadriel is an ancient and powerful elf queen, glowing of the original light from the beginning of time, not some yodelling bimbo with branches on her head!
Tolkien's elven languages, supposedly sounding like wind rustling trees, spoken within the mouth are so diametrically different than this harsh singing from the gut.
@SquallLeonheart88mi I think he would aprove very much. :) the books always included music and songs. This musical is just flushing them out moreso than the movies. and besides its not really a musical. its really a play that incorporates music and song within it. instead of relying on music and song to push the story forward.
There are certain parts I think Tolkien would have liked, but there was so much he would have hated....the complete elimination of Eowyn, the aesthetic for the Elves (Since when does an Elf-queen put her hair up?), Gandalf not getting a song when he was literally one of the beings who helped sing the world into creation....so much is contrary to things which he probably believed were essential to the story, but that's just my own not-so-humble opinion.
After hearing "Star of Earendil" and this AWFUL drek, I was sure I'd hate this musical, I couldn't hear a tune in this music, no pattern at all. Then, I heard Laura Michelle Kelly sing "Lothlorien". I get shivers every time, and suddenly I could understand the beautiful tunes and melodies. THIS WOMAN IS AWFUL D<
EWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Sounds like a contralto straining to sing a high mezzo's role. Sounds utterly awful,sung by a Whitney Houston wannabe...But I kinda like her hat. xD IT'S A SAY SOMETHING HAT.
I like her singing and her costume, but what the hell is that thing stuck to her head supposed to be? it may be a different adaption from the film but that is over the top XD
I agree. Galadriel's costuming was really different in the original London production; this version DOES look over-the-top. I think it's supposed to look like ferns or feathers---kind of woodsy, but I think they overshot.
I think Rebecca has a commanding presence that Laura Michelle Kelly didn't quite lend so much to Galadriel. If Rebecca's Galadriel snapped, I'd answer immediately. With Laura Michelle's, I might steal a quick glance at the roses first. But they are both beautiful women with beautiful voices. :)
I LOVED this portrayal of Galadriel. She was so unconventionally beautiful, and -- I don't know if this will make sense, but the character was portrayed as beautiful because of her strength, not sex-appeal, which I've rarely seen in the media. Most portrayals show her as conventionally, "model" pretty. By contrast, in this version she was so rooted and grounded, and strong. It may not be how Tolkien would have imagined her, but I thought it was an amazing reimagining of such a powerful figure..
You had to be there. It was magic. I saw the Toronto production eleven times, and was drawn deeper and deeper into Middle-earth each time. No, it was not exactly like the books or the movies. It wasn't supposed to be. But it did capture the same mystical and melancholy beauty Tolkien created. Rebecca Jackson Mendozza did a fabulous job. She was exotic, mysterious, beautiful, and strong. A world tour was supposed to occur in 2011. Don't know if that's still the case. Hope so!
This lady just can't sing this kind of music. I think Värttinä (the finnish band composing these songs)with bollywood composer has done a fantastic job. It souns lotr, not broadway musical. it's different and someways so primitive. Pure voices. but still Laura michelle Kelly sings this song ten times better. Saw this in london. Beautiful. She was a real elven lady. Watch it and you may change your mind....
That's pretty right, what you said (MichaelTattersall). In the songs you can hear it to: "Sit by the firelight's glow, tell us an old tale we now..." (From "Now and for always")... in film they talked about stories in osgiliath, but in book they were sit on a fire.
Well, LOTR was originally published in the 50's, long before the movies, and long before people had a set vision of characters and sounds or middle earth. And as much as I highly respect, appreciate and LOVE the music from the movies. This isn't the movie and I think it should stopped begin compared to it.
In all fairness, though, this musical was based on the FILM, not the BOOK. It took lines straight from the film that were never in the book, or were in the book in a different context or form. So, really, since the movies were the direct source for this show, it is fair to compare them - as fair as it is for people to compare the films to the books, which I think IS fair (even though I love the movies to pieces *grins* - I was not disappointed by them at all, I don't care what anybody says!)
@AdventureswithMrsK I agree, even though I love the films, this should be judged on its own merits. I personally didn't like it at all. That's just my opinion - you may feel differently - but I do think, however inconsistent it is with the texture and characters of the book, it deserves to be judged on its own.
i can't imagine that galadriel could have such a strong voice... for the first MOVIE they have chosen enya because peter jackson thought that her voice reminds him to galadriel
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This is not elven songs... this is not Nordic appearance.. this is just another American musical. Why do they use the same structures all over and over again?
my teacher conducted this piece of theatre in toronto and london and i saw it when i visited london and i can say that this version is bad
but the version of the show that performs now is different to how it was in toronto where this was filmed.
the music i feel really captured the essence of the books CERTAINLY NOT the films because this is not based on them. the story line was developed but as a show this was possibly the best show EVER i mean it had a budget of 25 million pounds.
I think they did good in that aspect, they caught the beauty and pride the elves have, the connections they grow for eachother, such as the song Now and For Always that frodo and sam sing.
That's the problem with musicals adapted from popular franchises. A lot of their songs have nothing to do with the plot. That is why this musical sucks.
I'm into musical theatre business and I totally agree with you. The story is just too long and complex to develop it on stage... But well, vanity is in fact a common sin... LOL!!!
I saw it in Toronto and I hated it, though I am a HUGE Tolkien fan.
WOW....i mean really, she has a nice voice, but why did they make a musical out of the best trilogy ever made? Makes me sick, i fucking hate musicals....Just fucking say what you have to say, don't burst into song. So unrealistic it makes me sick.
I liked her costumer. It kind of suggested that the elves have a very different idea of beauty than what we would normally have. It was different, and I really liked that.
I also think that the outfit of LMK was more "Galadrielish". Galadriel is the Lady of Light and if you think of it, in the London production, when they sing "Lothlorien" and she descends from the ceiling, the colour of the costume and the lights they used make her look like a ray of sunlight. At least that was my impression u.u (oh, and sorry for my english ^_^U
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I really wish I had gotten a chance to see the London production. I saw LotR a few months after it opened in Toronto and I loved it, absolutely loved it -- but from what I've heard and seen on YouTube, I think the London production was much better than the Toronto one. Galadriel really needed a new design, I'm still not sure what it make of her costume here. :-p
Apparently where Toronto was a stage experience, London is much more a musical. Still an experience, but much more a musical.
I wish I had seen either, but London looks better, even though I really wish there were somewhere where you could look at the precise differences... it's very interesting that in Toronto they decided to stage such a long show and then managed to cut out almost half an hour for London.
no was definitely abbie, i mean dont get me wrong she is a brillient performer but her voice, i thought, was too operatic for the role and it didn't suit it the way Laura's did
"I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this...In place of a Dark Lord YOU WOULD HAVE A QUEEEEN! NOT DARK BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS A GOD! ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIIIR!"
Not really; you'll recall Gandalf did the same thing earlier in the film. I think it's what Tolkien meant by the magical characters being "uncloaked," that is, they let the mask of their everyday appearance slip a little revealing their true power.
Things aren't always what they seem; remember Saruman, after all. But Gandalf and Galadriel were indeed trustworthy, even if they didn't trust themselves with the Ring.
they wise ones like galadriel and gandalf know better than to let the ring touch them.sauron himself was once a valar,greater and wiser than either of them.galadriel was very tempted to take the ring when frodo offered it to her.but overcoming this last great temptation to fall completely made her much stronger.
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no offence but the design of the english galadriel was better but a amazing voice, Laura Michelle Kelly was very good ( why is she white man its GOLD she looks more like the queeen of snow)
I agree with you but in the movie she´s wearing silver and white clothes too. In my opinion they want to show that the elves are leaving and that they´re in the winter of their life (meaning the life in middle earth). The english one wears gold because it fits better when Legolas is talking about the golden wood (Lórien laurë/Orë aró - Golden Dream/heart of the dawn). That´s what I would think about it.
I think i prefer the London galadriel (not that this one wasn't good) but i think Abbie has an amazing voice that can be soft and gentle and then she can belt out all the necessary bits but it isn't like shes just shouting.
This is not a gimmick. I sat in the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto and was in tears, laughed out loud, and felt my heart and soul leap at times. It is not musical theatre, it is a life experience with music and to think it may now just sit on a shelf and gather dust breaks my heart. I cannot think of any other moment in a theatre when I have been so overwhelmed and touched and changed than that night in Toronto. LOTR is a miracle...those who saw it should think of themselves as blessed.
i agree 100%, i saw and was in a bad mood when it ended i bacame happy when my mum said she loved it soo much she bought tickets for the closing night
It's true. Laura Michelle Kelly is way better. This lady lacks the vocal subtlety that LMK has, in addition to cracking just to hit all the "high" notes (which are not that high). There is no purity or beauty to this girl's voice. :-(
I saw LMK do it last year, i can't believe its closing.... totally gutted! She's totally different to this Galadriel, she was more "otherworldly" if you get me, like an elf should be, something pure. you get me?
Did anybody see both stagings? I love this costume for Galadriel so much better than the gold London costume. I'm assuming they didn't do the arial entrance here (I can just imagine that fabulous headpiece getting caught in the fabric). How did they do Galadriel's entrance in THIS production?
SOOOOO glad I got to see Laura in this :) I saw it right when it opened in London-- I loved her adaptation much better. Though this lady does have a voice, LMK was so amazing :)
She was absolutely phenomenal, LMK I mean, although this woman has an amazing voice she doesn't have the clarity and sweetness I think Laura brought to the role.
her head dress makes her look like an evil snow queen.. laura's costume was much, much better and it had a tolkienesc essence in it, compared to this galactic queen.
I'm totally with you! I like musicals and I love Tolkien...but they just can't go together. Tolkien created something so monumental, celestial and unique...it can only become worse when you fuzz around with it.
i love everything about lotr and I was very exited to know they were producing a musical...but i was very disappointed, this is an insult to lotr and doesn't do it any justice. The completely destroyed galadriel.
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rockfootfootfoot 1 week ago
Galadriel is an ancient and powerful elf queen, glowing of the original light from the beginning of time, not some yodelling bimbo with branches on her head!
Rhuddlan 2 weeks ago
........wtf?!??
Artemis101full 4 weeks ago
I'm sorry, but Tolkien would be coming out of his grave to kill these people if he could.
geturgeekon 4 weeks ago 5
As awesome as the costumes are and the song sounds really cool and I really like it, but... it doesn't feel elvish at all.
CarmelSRobinson 1 month ago
wtf is that?
its not galadriel lad of the light, its:
the lady of the HAIR GEL XD
and whats up with the singing?? horribile !
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
TheWisdomJar 1 month ago 3
horrible
MsJune6969 4 months ago
Tolkien's elven languages, supposedly sounding like wind rustling trees, spoken within the mouth are so diametrically different than this harsh singing from the gut.
sorrowfulfall 4 months ago 5
Que merda é essa?
joaogabrielpenalva 5 months ago
weird
kafkazar 6 months ago 2
@kafkazar Are you?
TheRealLifeOfRiley 4 months ago
I like London version more but this is greatly done as well.
lachimnamlok 6 months ago
was it necessary? Tolkien must be crying in his grave...
SquallLeonheart88mi 7 months ago 5
@SquallLeonheart88mi I think he would aprove very much. :) the books always included music and songs. This musical is just flushing them out moreso than the movies. and besides its not really a musical. its really a play that incorporates music and song within it. instead of relying on music and song to push the story forward.
skybreaker09 6 months ago
@skybreaker09
There are certain parts I think Tolkien would have liked, but there was so much he would have hated....the complete elimination of Eowyn, the aesthetic for the Elves (Since when does an Elf-queen put her hair up?), Gandalf not getting a song when he was literally one of the beings who helped sing the world into creation....so much is contrary to things which he probably believed were essential to the story, but that's just my own not-so-humble opinion.
Serena2009ification 5 months ago 5
omg, i walked into a nightmare. tolkien is rolling in his grave
kimelene2011 8 months ago 2
Gawd, the way that woman "sings", I would make a more convincing Galadriel on stage, and I'm 18 stone.
Lakritzwolf 8 months ago
Galadriel who is screaming?! It ruins my vision.... she should be quiet and dignified !
MrRollPoll 8 months ago 2
Love the costume, hate the make-up.
OrihimeInferi 8 months ago 3
Ohh... I don't like this at all... where is this? Its terrible :/ Sorry.
TweetaNova 8 months ago
After hearing "Star of Earendil" and this AWFUL drek, I was sure I'd hate this musical, I couldn't hear a tune in this music, no pattern at all. Then, I heard Laura Michelle Kelly sing "Lothlorien". I get shivers every time, and suddenly I could understand the beautiful tunes and melodies. THIS WOMAN IS AWFUL D<
RaWrZzZz 10 months ago
EWWWWWWWWWWWWW. Sounds like a contralto straining to sing a high mezzo's role. Sounds utterly awful,sung by a Whitney Houston wannabe...But I kinda like her hat. xD IT'S A SAY SOMETHING HAT.
RaWrZzZz 10 months ago
"Galadriel " does look like a drag queen. I do not think Tolkien would appreciate this musical.
minna33 11 months ago 2
Oh god I'd commit murder to see this,
andipoetic 1 year ago 6
I like her singing and her costume, but what the hell is that thing stuck to her head supposed to be? it may be a different adaption from the film but that is over the top XD
DemonicAngelstar 1 year ago
@DemonicAngelstar
I agree. Galadriel's costuming was really different in the original London production; this version DOES look over-the-top. I think it's supposed to look like ferns or feathers---kind of woodsy, but I think they overshot.
Serena2009ification 11 months ago
So ridiculous... Galadriel seems like she is an american cabaret actress in a Broadawy musical... gee...
poisehector 1 year ago
@poisehector ermmm ... it is a musical. -_-
TheTobMonster 1 year ago
I think Rebecca has a commanding presence that Laura Michelle Kelly didn't quite lend so much to Galadriel. If Rebecca's Galadriel snapped, I'd answer immediately. With Laura Michelle's, I might steal a quick glance at the roses first. But they are both beautiful women with beautiful voices. :)
Serena2009ification 1 year ago 2
I LOVED this portrayal of Galadriel. She was so unconventionally beautiful, and -- I don't know if this will make sense, but the character was portrayed as beautiful because of her strength, not sex-appeal, which I've rarely seen in the media. Most portrayals show her as conventionally, "model" pretty. By contrast, in this version she was so rooted and grounded, and strong. It may not be how Tolkien would have imagined her, but I thought it was an amazing reimagining of such a powerful figure..
silhuetto 1 year ago 7
I can't believe they actually have a LOTR musical. Gaah.
Elemarth 1 year ago
@Elemarth The London production was actually amazing.
RaWrZzZz 9 months ago
It's a musical adaptation of A BOOK written in post-WW2 times... get real, everything does not have to correspond to the Jackson movies.
Guitarscreech06 1 year ago 2
@Guitarscreech06 i'm sorry, but this awful
kimelene2011 8 months ago
Omg she totally ruins the character Galadriel :S.
ThexNaaru 1 year ago 4
You had to be there. It was magic. I saw the Toronto production eleven times, and was drawn deeper and deeper into Middle-earth each time. No, it was not exactly like the books or the movies. It wasn't supposed to be. But it did capture the same mystical and melancholy beauty Tolkien created. Rebecca Jackson Mendozza did a fabulous job. She was exotic, mysterious, beautiful, and strong. A world tour was supposed to occur in 2011. Don't know if that's still the case. Hope so!
tillielily 1 year ago 7
I think she doesn't look like an elf :( they don't wear trees on their heads o0
facesx3 1 year ago
I think she just sold Frodo some crack rock at 00:53?! No good drug dealing elves!
macnafee 1 year ago
breath taking
sailumad 1 year ago
This lady just can't sing this kind of music. I think Värttinä (the finnish band composing these songs)with bollywood composer has done a fantastic job. It souns lotr, not broadway musical. it's different and someways so primitive. Pure voices. but still Laura michelle Kelly sings this song ten times better. Saw this in london. Beautiful. She was a real elven lady. Watch it and you may change your mind....
pesusieni 1 year ago 4
Galadriel was quite jolly in the book.
morkhan 1 year ago
shes good
RaynardES 1 year ago
i think this is insulting
galandelmbeje 1 year ago
Sure she's a good singer and all but... wtf is does this Andrew Lloyd Webber- sounding shit have to do with LOTR? I'm sorry.
Howard Shore's music is the only music to even begin to do LOTR justice. I know I sound like a mainstream-slave or somethng, but it can't be helped.
This "Galadriel"... does not exactly convey the air of ancient wisdom...
thebbeenn 1 year ago 5
She is Wonderful !
But, the voice and the music...totally different.
Excuse me for my english, I'm french^^
Ozerparadise 1 year ago 4
Yoko Ono is awesome! Thanks for sharing.
EvodiusTheophile 2 years ago
@ yougottagetagimmick rubbish it was based on the books not the films
MichaelTattersall 2 years ago
That's pretty right, what you said (MichaelTattersall). In the songs you can hear it to: "Sit by the firelight's glow, tell us an old tale we now..." (From "Now and for always")... in film they talked about stories in osgiliath, but in book they were sit on a fire.
LOTRFreakyFreak 2 years ago
Is this the Toronto version or the London version? (just asking)
mizzfreakster96 2 years ago
the women on the sountrack is 100000000000000000000 times better
04danhyn 2 years ago 6
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Gawd I hate musicals...
cosmoline626 2 years ago
Hmmm... VERY good voice, but not at all right for the character.
Laura did much better, IMHO.
sopranobrunette333 2 years ago 4
Well, LOTR was originally published in the 50's, long before the movies, and long before people had a set vision of characters and sounds or middle earth. And as much as I highly respect, appreciate and LOVE the music from the movies. This isn't the movie and I think it should stopped begin compared to it.
AdventureswithMrsK 2 years ago 68
In all fairness, though, this musical was based on the FILM, not the BOOK. It took lines straight from the film that were never in the book, or were in the book in a different context or form. So, really, since the movies were the direct source for this show, it is fair to compare them - as fair as it is for people to compare the films to the books, which I think IS fair (even though I love the movies to pieces *grins* - I was not disappointed by them at all, I don't care what anybody says!)
yougottagetagimmick 2 years ago 2
@AdventureswithMrsK I agree, even though I love the films, this should be judged on its own merits. I personally didn't like it at all. That's just my opinion - you may feel differently - but I do think, however inconsistent it is with the texture and characters of the book, it deserves to be judged on its own.
yougottagetagimmick 1 year ago
i can't imagine that galadriel could have such a strong voice... for the first MOVIE they have chosen enya because peter jackson thought that her voice reminds him to galadriel
LOTRFreakyFreak 2 years ago
excuse me, but galadriel was played by cate blanchett.
0GamerOfTheDead0 2 years ago
yes but the soundtrack for the first movie is from enya!
LOTRFreakyFreak 2 years ago
@LOTRFreakyFreak
I really hate when people make stupid comments like this that make absolutely NO sense and are completely inaccurate.
john006a 2 years ago
@john006a
What is so stupid about my comment???
I don't want to argue, but what is wrong with you?
LOTRFreakyFreak 2 years ago
London cast ftw.
LifeIsRandom09 2 years ago 4
The music is terrible! Sounds like just screaming high notes all the way through the song!
NYCinema 2 years ago
@NYCinema The song is very pretty, But she IS screaming high notes all the way through. *scowl*
RaWrZzZz 9 months ago
her hat thing was weird that would be an intensly long play the set looked really amazing though
Arwen8584 2 years ago 4
laura michelle kelly sings it way better.
IrishPoptarts 2 years ago 53
@IrishPoptarts I MEANT TO VOTE UP BECAUSE I AGREE!!! haha I am so blind and thought the thumbs down was up!
SuperAngelXX 1 year ago
i couldn't imagine this Galadriel singing "Lothlórien", for one thing
macbeth132639 2 years ago
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This is not elven songs... this is not Nordic appearance.. this is just another American musical. Why do they use the same structures all over and over again?
Sounds like Wicked to me.
bleachedmagpie 2 years ago
@bleachedmagpie You do realize that this musical was made in England and that this is the Canadian cast, right? Has nothing to do with america.
skybreaker09 1 month ago
is it just her voice, or is that not so great? you see all the great staging and costumes and then the song is....eh
xanitos84 2 years ago
my teacher conducted this piece of theatre in toronto and london and i saw it when i visited london and i can say that this version is bad
but the version of the show that performs now is different to how it was in toronto where this was filmed.
the music i feel really captured the essence of the books CERTAINLY NOT the films because this is not based on them. the story line was developed but as a show this was possibly the best show EVER i mean it had a budget of 25 million pounds.
tomjomoore 2 years ago 5
Great costumes, great make up, but they failed to capture the essence of the Lord of the Rings in the music.
migglemunker 2 years ago
I think they did good in that aspect, they caught the beauty and pride the elves have, the connections they grow for eachother, such as the song Now and For Always that frodo and sam sing.
Aseratia 2 years ago 3
That's a really nice costume
MerinaWish 2 years ago 2
no.
mysticmansion555 2 years ago
not as good. i don't like it as allllll.
discodust 2 years ago
sorry, don't like it
maratmasry 2 years ago
i did not know there was a lord of the rings musical!!!! wow!!!
cuddlebuttons 2 years ago
great creative direction. but wow, she's pitchy, dawg. the london examples are much better.
dgunders 2 years ago
i like it.
PLKatePL 2 years ago
ahh the queen of the elves..
DawnNoir 2 years ago
Forgive my ignorance (I know virtually nothing about the musical), but what is she singing about? Or rather who? Aragorn? Arwen? Uhm ... Frodo? ;)
robin0823 2 years ago
That's the problem with musicals adapted from popular franchises. A lot of their songs have nothing to do with the plot. That is why this musical sucks.
SforzandoFilms 2 years ago
I'm into musical theatre business and I totally agree with you. The story is just too long and complex to develop it on stage... But well, vanity is in fact a common sin... LOL!!!
I saw it in Toronto and I hated it, though I am a HUGE Tolkien fan.
ElfoBlanco 2 years ago
This song is about lothlorien and how it's going to fade when the ring is destroyed. but yeah it is kind of confusing without the dialogue around it.
broadwaylady22 2 years ago
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WOW....i mean really, she has a nice voice, but why did they make a musical out of the best trilogy ever made? Makes me sick, i fucking hate musicals....Just fucking say what you have to say, don't burst into song. So unrealistic it makes me sick.
Arrada101 2 years ago
hmm, you're rather obtuse. grow up. you must be like 12 or 13.
alligatorsheriff 2 years ago 2
It's an opinion. Get over it.
Arrada101 2 years ago
i had no idea they made a musical out of Lord Of The Rings. .whoa, this is kind of weird. .but exciting sort of. =)
HowPoetic 2 years ago
I liked her costumer. It kind of suggested that the elves have a very different idea of beauty than what we would normally have. It was different, and I really liked that.
silhuetto 2 years ago 4
Oh dear God. That was almost painful to watch =o
She's not the best of singers.
Gunnar125 2 years ago
agreed. Pitchy.
broadwaybaby05 2 years ago
laura michelle kelly was far better, i agree. Look, voice and everything was sooo much better!!
BroadwayFlounder88 3 years ago 4
Ew... Michelle Kelly is so much better as Galadriel. Far more beautiful and a far better singing voice.
And that costume?!?!?! 1. It is the Lady of the Golden Wood, you would expect her to wear gold!
2. That is an insane head dress...
elvishjedi 3 years ago 3
Lady of the GOLDEN WOOD not the golden lady of the woods.. XD
KhmerDubbed 3 years ago 4
Like kalacs32 said, she's the Lady of Light, not the White Lady though. =-p
Elvendreams 3 years ago
She didn't really wear gold in the movie either anyway :D. And she's the White Lady, too, you know, these are symbolic names :D.
kalacs32 3 years ago
Ya... true. But this version she looks like the white witch. Michelle Kelly's costume was more appropriate.
True, true.
But I thought Aredhel was the White Lady O_o
elvishjedi 3 years ago
Oops, sorry, you're right, she's the Lady of Light, not the White Lady.
kalacs32 3 years ago
I also think that the outfit of LMK was more "Galadrielish". Galadriel is the Lady of Light and if you think of it, in the London production, when they sing "Lothlorien" and she descends from the ceiling, the colour of the costume and the lights they used make her look like a ray of sunlight. At least that was my impression u.u (oh, and sorry for my english ^_^U
dunezgz87 3 years ago
There was nothing bad with your English. (Ok, except a comma maybe, lol :P)
kalacs32 3 years ago
cna you guys PLEASE sign the petition to make this into a dvd , (like cats.) Go into google and type go petition, Click on the link and go into quick search and type lord of the rings on dvd and click the right link and sign the petition. it doesn't cost a thing.
nunderst 3 years ago
This woman's terrible. I don't know if she does the recording for the album but this is terrible compared to it.
RyanKelleyTV 3 years ago
I really wish I had gotten a chance to see the London production. I saw LotR a few months after it opened in Toronto and I loved it, absolutely loved it -- but from what I've heard and seen on YouTube, I think the London production was much better than the Toronto one. Galadriel really needed a new design, I'm still not sure what it make of her costume here. :-p
Idrella 3 years ago
Apparently where Toronto was a stage experience, London is much more a musical. Still an experience, but much more a musical.
I wish I had seen either, but London looks better, even though I really wish there were somewhere where you could look at the precise differences... it's very interesting that in Toronto they decided to stage such a long show and then managed to cut out almost half an hour for London.
svenarvidtadhg 3 years ago
Why has she got such strange hair??? That looks really odd!
Silmaril11 3 years ago
really nice, but i like laura michelle kelly better
MariaGrisham 3 years ago
ooh man! i loved it when it opened in toronto back in like, 05 or 06... so awesome :D
ckouri25 3 years ago
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SmashingShinyRay 3 years ago
The original and London cast are basicly the same with the execption of Laura Michelle Kelly as Galadriel and Michael Routhe as Legolas
Ryanlaskey 3 years ago
and Rosalie Craig as Arwen and Andrew Jarvis as Gandalf.
gonnawallow 3 years ago
oh yeah them to
but apart from that
basicaly the same
Ryanlaskey 3 years ago
umm.... i hope you do know that the original is the one in TO, it's where it opened first. do some research.
xjy5 2 years ago
WORST GALADRIEL EVER!
Quetzacoatl2 3 years ago
Not the worst!
The original british Galadriel was the best but the worst the last british Galadriel
Ryanlaskey 3 years ago
Abbie Osmond? I thought she was amazing when i saw her on one of the last performances. maybe u just saw her on a bad day or maybe an understudy
snowfyre93 3 years ago
no was definitely abbie, i mean dont get me wrong she is a brillient performer but her voice, i thought, was too operatic for the role and it didn't suit it the way Laura's did
Ryanlaskey 3 years ago
Pretty voice, pretty song and lovely effects but I hate her costume it just doesn't look like something an elf would wear to me.
Alia101 3 years ago 4
I think it's mostly the headpiece that's the problem.
princessleene 3 years ago 4
yes i want to see the part where frodo offers her the ring, all i can find is an audio sinip of it.
Pale0Enchantress 3 years ago
Idk. This version makes me think more of Titania from midsummers night dream.
abominablequestion 3 years ago
sounds awkward
LadyEaglestar18 3 years ago
Seemed really odd
GHardingR 3 years ago
sorry...the image looked evil
solutionsplease 3 years ago
Im not keen on this version...
Im Laura Michelle Kelly All The Way she was truely amazing!
and i dont get the loudness of it. it jut does go well for elves.
willmarocks 3 years ago
Galadriel belting?
I don't buy it.
seesnapefly 3 years ago
lol me neither, actually i don't think elves should be allowed to belt haha
lovemusic191 3 years ago
Cate is more quiet than this person,even if Cate did sing it wouldnt be this loud
lotrlovergirl 3 years ago
Don't you remember when she did the whole, "You would have a queen" deal? She was pretty loud there.
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
lol I love that part.
"I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this...In place of a Dark Lord YOU WOULD HAVE A QUEEEEN! NOT DARK BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS A GOD! ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIIIR!"
SaintPandemonium 3 years ago
Yeah that's the bit.
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
On the last night, she was going all out!!! It made me cry even more cause of beauty
Tiffy576 3 years ago
And I'm sure on that occasion there really was a feeling of "This is coming to an end."
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
yeah but she was kind of posessed and it wasnt her normal talking voice,but dont get me wrong I like this person singing she is very good
lotrlovergirl 3 years ago
Not really; you'll recall Gandalf did the same thing earlier in the film. I think it's what Tolkien meant by the magical characters being "uncloaked," that is, they let the mask of their everyday appearance slip a little revealing their true power.
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
well yeah there is that,the magical characters always seem so content and trustworthy though
lotrlovergirl 3 years ago
Things aren't always what they seem; remember Saruman, after all. But Gandalf and Galadriel were indeed trustworthy, even if they didn't trust themselves with the Ring.
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
they wise ones like galadriel and gandalf know better than to let the ring touch them.sauron himself was once a valar,greater and wiser than either of them.galadriel was very tempted to take the ring when frodo offered it to her.but overcoming this last great temptation to fall completely made her much stronger.
thedukeofantioch 3 years ago
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AleePiper 3 years ago
no offence but the design of the english galadriel was better but a amazing voice, Laura Michelle Kelly was very good ( why is she white man its GOLD she looks more like the queeen of snow)
weenylem 3 years ago 3
reading that makes me think of Narnia
XD
mewsamantha 3 years ago 2
Your point?
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
huh??????
mewsamantha 3 years ago
Narnia and Middle-earth have a long association; people are reminded of one by the other all the time.
MaskedMan66 3 years ago
oh....lol o.0
mewsamantha 3 years ago
I agree with you but in the movie she´s wearing silver and white clothes too. In my opinion they want to show that the elves are leaving and that they´re in the winter of their life (meaning the life in middle earth). The english one wears gold because it fits better when Legolas is talking about the golden wood (Lórien laurë/Orë aró - Golden Dream/heart of the dawn). That´s what I would think about it.
ElanorDeMonnier 3 years ago 2
I thought this was quite magnificent.
Thank you.
pennymusicMAma 3 years ago
seein this today i had to see it before it closed in london. better go to bed gotta be up early for my train to london
karlfrac 3 years ago
I think i prefer the London galadriel (not that this one wasn't good) but i think Abbie has an amazing voice that can be soft and gentle and then she can belt out all the necessary bits but it isn't like shes just shouting.
groovycheekyally 3 years ago
no offence to the others but laura owned them all ^^
xshotgunweddingpatdx 3 years ago
This is not a gimmick. I sat in the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto and was in tears, laughed out loud, and felt my heart and soul leap at times. It is not musical theatre, it is a life experience with music and to think it may now just sit on a shelf and gather dust breaks my heart. I cannot think of any other moment in a theatre when I have been so overwhelmed and touched and changed than that night in Toronto. LOTR is a miracle...those who saw it should think of themselves as blessed.
mwp2paris 3 years ago 3
i agree 100%, i saw and was in a bad mood when it ended i bacame happy when my mum said she loved it soo much she bought tickets for the closing night
Ryanlaskey 3 years ago 2
WOAAAAH!! The scenery is really beautiful!
Faunatik 3 years ago
It's true. Laura Michelle Kelly is way better. This lady lacks the vocal subtlety that LMK has, in addition to cracking just to hit all the "high" notes (which are not that high). There is no purity or beauty to this girl's voice. :-(
SingingMaris 3 years ago
The play was good. The music especially, her entrance was very exclent as well.
DancingInTheWolfRain 3 years ago 2
Laura Michelle Kelly is way better.
EnchantressOfTheNite 3 years ago
im going to see loth on the closing night, does anyone know if they film it and sell the dvd??? x
elizabethanddave 3 years ago
Ur so lucky, im going on the 17th!
I managed to get half price tickets that night. Couldnt get them half price for 19th so i didnt bother, enjoy the show tho x
hurleyd 3 years ago
I want to know that too :) I want to see it so bad
phatchrulesforever 3 years ago
The woman singing is Rebecca Mendoza.
MATEKUARE 3 years ago
I saw LMK do it last year, i can't believe its closing.... totally gutted! She's totally different to this Galadriel, she was more "otherworldly" if you get me, like an elf should be, something pure. you get me?
scottishfruitloop 3 years ago
Did anybody see both stagings? I love this costume for Galadriel so much better than the gold London costume. I'm assuming they didn't do the arial entrance here (I can just imagine that fabulous headpiece getting caught in the fabric). How did they do Galadriel's entrance in THIS production?
buddyboy80 3 years ago
SOOOOO glad I got to see Laura in this :) I saw it right when it opened in London-- I loved her adaptation much better. Though this lady does have a voice, LMK was so amazing :)
FreddieHighmoreFan 3 years ago
She was absolutely phenomenal, LMK I mean, although this woman has an amazing voice she doesn't have the clarity and sweetness I think Laura brought to the role.
IBDoyle 3 years ago
her head dress makes her look like an evil snow queen.. laura's costume was much, much better and it had a tolkienesc essence in it, compared to this galactic queen.
aisha043 3 years ago
hmmm....agreed :]
Recycleplease27 3 years ago
the way she began the notes had a bit too much air released...well hard to explain :l
it was good though
I wish i could see it with Laura Michelle Kelly though!!
Recycleplease27 3 years ago
dint do the book justice at all
hsioning09 3 years ago
This lady had way too much of a big part in this!
BottomlessLocker 3 years ago
LMK is better.
FayeJen 3 years ago 3
i dont like it well the movie was good but this is ridicle
postalimposible 3 years ago
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Tolkien didn't even want lotr to ever be made into a movie and now its a musical? I'm speechless. Thinking about this musical makes me...ugh
bbrriiaann9922 3 years ago
I'm totally with you! I like musicals and I love Tolkien...but they just can't go together. Tolkien created something so monumental, celestial and unique...it can only become worse when you fuzz around with it.
Steedrider 3 years ago
The show is amazing, people should approach it with an open mind and not compare the book to the musical or the musical to the film.
BritishHeroGuy 3 years ago 6
uh-uhhhh, this is not right!
bpthi 3 years ago
She would wish she was as beautiful as Cate Blanchett is.
dioj2fji 3 years ago
i love everything about lotr and I was very exited to know they were producing a musical...but i was very disappointed, this is an insult to lotr and doesn't do it any justice. The completely destroyed galadriel.
michellebbb23 3 years ago
woah... london galadriel kicks this ones ass
a million time over!!
dantetldk69 3 years ago