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There are hobbits, a very important wizard, an epic journey and civilization’s fate resting on one ring. It’s the story “The Lord of the Rings” fans have all come to know and love – except for one, two … maybe a handful of differences.
“This is a parody musical, so it's a bit crazy,” said Miranda Seighman of Orange, who plays the hobbit, Pippin, in Maverick Theater’s upcoming rendition of “Fellowship!”
“It's obviously about ‘The Fellowship of the Ring,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ movie, but it takes a little bit of the musical theater tropes and the film tropes and kind of blends them together into just like a comedy mess. It's a bit of a wild ride as far as the audience goes. You're going to be going on the journey with them.”
Maverick Theater co-owner and “Fellowship!” director Brian Newell said the theater first performed “The Lord of the Rings”-themed parody musical in 2019. He said the production was presented to him by the group who created it. The book was written by Kelly Holden-Bashar and Joel McCrary and the music is by Allen Simpson.
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