KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#1KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:13am
http://www.playbill.com/article/king-kong-sets-broadway-opening-night-tickets-now-on-sale
The anticipated stage musical adaptation of King Kong—written by Jack Thorne with a score by Marius de Vries and songs by Eddie Perfect—will officially open November 8, 2018, at the Broadway Theatre. Previews are set to begin October 5.
The production, which features a one-ton, six-meter-tall silverback gorilla puppet as its star, arrives on Broadway following a 2013 Melbourne world premiere.
Tickets are now on sale via telecharge.com.
An all-new creative team has been assembled to bring King Kong to Broadway, including Olivier Award-winning book writer Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Let the Right One In), Olivier Award-winning director-choreographer Drew McOnie (Strictly Ballroom, In the Heights), and Australian songwriter Perfect, who is also adapting Beetlejuice for Broadway. Perfect joins the show’s original composer and arranger de Vries (Moulin Rouge, Romeo + Juliet).
The creative team will also include Peter England (set design), Sonny Tilders (creature design), Roger Kirk (costume design), Peter Mumford (lighting design), Peter Hylenski (sound design), and Gavin Robins (aerial and King Kong movement director).
Producer Carmen Pavlovic said in a statement, “I am delighted with the creative team that has been assembled for the Broadway production of King Kong. I believe that Drew McOnie and Jack Thorne will bring an exciting new dimension to Kong’s story, propelled by the score and songs written by Marius de Vries and Eddie Perfect along with the most magnificent leading man to ever appear in a Broadway show!”
Producer Roy Furman added, “King Kong is a quintessential New York story, known and beloved around the world. Our team is creating a uniquely theatrical experience that we hope will enthrall audiences, while delighting them with its heartfelt story telling.”
#2KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:34am
I thoroughly expect this to be a campfest and can't wait to get a discounted ticket to it.
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#4KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:51am
...and closes by January 2019.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
smidge
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/06
#5KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:52amWill the gorilla puppet stage door? And will there be an alternate on Tuesday evenings?
schubox
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/16
#6KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 12:05pm
smidge said: "Will the gorilla puppet stage door? And will there be an alternate on Tuesday evenings?"
Asking the real questions
#7KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 12:06pm
ACL2006 said: "...and closes by January 2019."
*November 2018*
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#8KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 12:18pmI can't wait for this. Have been following it and praying for it to come to Broadway.
Just give the world Love.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#9KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 12:39pm
I think this could be a big sweeping, epic love story. I just think it will be misguided. I wish Jason Robert Brown was writing the complete score.
#10KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 1:53pm
Personally, I'm still holding out for a Donkey Kong musical.
#11KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:11pmI’d love for this to run in rep with Rebecca.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#12KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:16pm
TotallyEffed said: "I’d love for this to run in rep with Rebecca." AND Nerds
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#13KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:19pm
This news is hardly surprising, considering how super relevant and super trendy King Kong has been in popular culture recently.
...wait
#14KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:28pm
TFW you just want to see some awesome theatre but you wind up getting chased by a gorilla...
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#15KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:28pm^there was a new King Kong movie that came out this year. So it’s not like it’s not relevant completely. I think it did pretty well at the BO too.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:43pmAnd if this is successful, we'll look forward to a stage musical of MOTHRA.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#17KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:07pmI saw this in Melbourne. I know that basically everything has likely changed except the puppet so that’s what I’ll comment on - if I hadn’t already seen a show with large puppets (War Horse) it would seem more novel. Zzzzzz.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#18KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:08pm
I actually really excited. I imagine it will be quite the visual spectacle, which is fine by me. Curious about the score, but I can't imagine this being any worse than Spider-Man, especially if they have anyone at the helm with any business sense.
This news is hardly surprising, considering how super relevant and super trendy King Kong has been in popular culture recently.
You mean like how super relevant and super trendy Alexander Hamilton was before the musical opened? Or Spring Awakening? Or Phantom of the Opera? Or Les Miserables? Please.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#19KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:16pm
I'll say this: mainstream Broadway is banking HARD on Eddie Perfect being the Next Big Thing, throwing him two hugely-anticipated adaptation scores before he's even had one big hit, let alone any name recognition, stateside.
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#20KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:43pm
The Broadway Theater can't catch a break. It's winning streak continues.
#21KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:45pm
Not a big fan of Jack Thorne...
edmundog2
Understudy Joined: 5/15/10
#22KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:46pm
"This news is hardly surprising, considering how super relevant and super trendy King Kong has been in popular culture recently."
I'm just loving this attempt at sarcasm, given that this year, a new King Kong movie came out, and was critically acclaimed, and it made 600 million bucks.
#23KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:51pm
King Kong v.s. Godzilla is coming in 2020. Let's hope it will survive this long.
AGussBway
Chorus Member Joined: 10/12/17
#24KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 5:47pm
anyone know who is cast in this?
#25KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening
Posted: 11/8/17 at 5:51pm
So this is actually happening, huh? I can already see the set design and the puppet (and probably the lighting) getting praised. I can also see that the show will probably flop too. Hopefully, it doesn't.
I don't really know how to feel about this....
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