King Kong Going to Japan

[zainmax]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 1:19am

Not sure how this affects the Broadway production. By the time it opens, it might have closed on Bway, allowing them to use the same puppet...

Also, I guess you can't really tour the show in the U.S. too easily.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/02/05/king-kong-to-go-on-rampage-at-japanese-resort/

Updated On: 2/6/19 at 01:19 AM

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 2:55am

zainmax said: "Not sure how this affects the Broadway production. By the time it opens, it might have closed on Bway, allowing them to use the same puppet...

Also, I guess you can't really tour the show in the U.S. too easily.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/02/05/king-kong-to-go-on-rampage-at-japanese-resort/"

Hope to see the big guy in Vegas one day soon.  In a tab version.  This is just a wish of mine, no buzz that I know of.

[taylortrensch]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 6:57am

this is my only way of seeing the show so i'm looking forward to it 

[zainmax]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 12:10pm

Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "zainmax said: "Not sure how this affects the Broadway production. By the time it opens, it might have closed on Bway, allowing them to use the same puppet...

Also, I guess you can't really tour the show in the U.S. too easily.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/02/05/king-kong-to-go-on-rampage-at-japanese-resort/"

Hope to see the big guy in Vegas one day soon. In a tab version. This is just a wish of mine, no buzz that I know of."

I agree. What do you mean tab version?

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 2/6/19 at 10:44pm

zainmax said: "Sho-Tunes-R-Us said: "zainmax said: "Not sure how this affects the Broadway production. By the time it opens, it might have closed on Bway, allowing them to use the same puppet...

Also, I guess you can't really tour the show in the U.S. too easily.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/02/05/king-kong-to-go-on-rampage-at-japanese-resort/"

Hope to see the big guy in Vegas one day soon. In a tab version. This is just a wish of mine, no buzz that I know of."

I agree. What do you mean tab version?"

Tab version = running time of the show is reduced so that it is no longer two acts.  Two shows that have been done that way in Vegas are Hairspray and Phantom.  Frankly, after seeing Kong on Broadway the producers should just cut the majority of the songs, severely trim the choreography, up the spectacle even more (very easy to do with Vegas bucks) and let the big guy roam. 

Updated On: 2/6/19 at 10:44 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 12:36am

100% agree. I think they need to Cirque the show up. At times, with the intense music, and no dialogue, it felt like a Cirque show, and I loved that. I think they could easily cut most of the music - maybe keep the main girl's songs as I kind of enjoyed some of it - and focus it more on Kong and the spectacle of that. There are currently no musicals running in Vegas, so could be an interesting time to transition. 

[zainmax]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 12:56pm

I agree, Sho-Tunes! I'm not a dramaturg or all, but if you make the right cuts, then I think that you can make the show a BIG hit!

[SweetLips22]

Posted: 2/7/19 at 9:40pm

Go Cirque---a perfect match for the ape--on and around and all over him. What an amazing centre piece for their show.