Hot Ticket: Lord of the Rings Live
Attention, Frodophiles: It's Lord of the Rings. With a 300-piece orchestra. At Radio City. Get your credit card out.
By ELIZABETH BOUGEROL
Updated 7:18 AM EST, Thu, May 21, 2009
The Event: For this truly unusual (and likely fairly epic) night, a big-screen showing of The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring will be accompanied by 300 musicians -- including the 21st Century Orchestra, The Collegiate Chorale and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus conducted by Ludwig Wicki -- performing Howard Shore's Oscar-winning score live.
What We're Looking Forward To: You don't have to love Tolkien to appreciate the sheer musical bombast involved in this event. Usually, only silent movies get the live-music accompaniment treatment. How often do you get to hear a swelling, cinematic score performed live to a contemporary film? Beyond that, you can count on this event to draw die-hard Ringheads out of their homes -- this is their pilgrimage to Mecca. (And you know what that means: costumes!)
Where and When: Radio City Music Hall; Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, 7:30PM.
Cost: $54-150
More Info and Tickets: Head to the Radio City website.
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First Published: May 20, 2009 12:40 PM EST
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