KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening

[jacobsnchz14]

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.”

Updated On: 11/8/17 at 11:13 AM

[TheSassySam]

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]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:41am

Yikes.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:51am

...and closes by January 2019.

[smidge]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 11:52am

Will the gorilla puppet stage door? And will there be an alternate on Tuesday evenings?

[schubox]

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 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 12:06pm

ACL2006 said: "...and closes by January 2019."

*November 2018*

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 12:18pm

I can't wait for this. Have been following it and praying for it to come to Broadway.

[RippedMan]

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.

[Keiichi2]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 1:53pm

Personally, I'm still holding out for a Donkey Kong musical.

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:11pm

I’d love for this to run in rep with Rebecca.

[ggersten]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:16pm

TotallyEffed said: "I’d love for this to run in rep with Rebecca."  AND Nerds

 

[BroadwayConcierge]

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

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

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...

[Call_me_jorge]

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.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 2:43pm

And if this is successful, we'll look forward to a stage musical of MOTHRA.

[binau]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:07pm

I 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.

[Mister Matt]

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.

[darquegk]

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]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:43pm

The Broadway Theater can't catch a break. It's winning streak continues.

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 3:45pm

Not a big fan of Jack Thorne... 

[edmundog2]

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.

[Dancingthrulife2]

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]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 5:47pm

anyone know who is cast in this?

[CoolDogeGuy]

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....