KING KONG sets November 2018 Broadway opening- Page 2

[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.... 

[juice23]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 5:57pm

What is the show curtain like?

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 11/8/17 at 7:05pm

6 meters = 19.6850394 feet

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 11/9/17 at 8:08am

WAIT. 

What happened to Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown???????

Last I heard they had completely rewritten the book and score. WHA HAPPENED???!!!! 

Were they fired? 

There is tea to spill here... who's got the tea?

[Marianne2]

Posted: 11/9/17 at 8:49am

^ That's what has me confused by this news. Like when was the thread about that made? I remember responding to it with the song Jack Black sang on SNL. I didn't think it was that long ago.

[perfectliar]

Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:03am

MadonnaMusical said: "WAIT.

What happened to Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown???????

Last I heard they had completely rewritten the book and score. WHA HAPPENED???!!!!

Were they fired?

There is tea to spill here... who's got the tea?"

All the press materials from months ago when the show announced intentions to open fall 2018 mentioned that JRB and Norman had been replaced: http://www.playbill.com/article/king-kong-musical-will-conquer-broadway-in-2018-harry-potter-scribe-joins-creative-team

[newintown]

Posted: 11/9/17 at 11:50am

And before them it was Craig Lucas on book and Marius de Vries doing the entire score:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/king-kong-musical-to-hit-_n_1022706.html

This is like that ridiculous Betty Boop project that has been through untold creative teams. But I'm sure (sarcasm alert) that they've got the winning team this time around...

Updated On: 11/9/17 at 11:50 AM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/15/17 at 7:42pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "This news is hardly surprising, considering how super relevant and super trendy King Kong has been in popular culture recently.

...wait"

Oooh. There’s also going to be another King Kong film this spring starring the Rock

[kaykordeath]

Posted: 11/16/17 at 6:23am

Call_me_jorge said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "This news is hardly surprising, considering how super relevant and super trendy King Kong has been in popular culture recently.

...wait"

Oooh. There’s also going to be another King Kong film this spring starring the Rock"

 

 

OOOhhh, I get to be "that guy."

The giant gorilla movie with The Rock is Rampage, based on the 80s arcade game of the same name. Other than featuring a giant gorilla (and potentially giant Lizard and Wolf creatures) it has nothing to do with King Kong.

 

[TheSassySam]

Posted: 11/16/17 at 7:42am

kaykordeath said: "Call_me_jorge said: "BroadwayConcierge said: "This news is hardly surprising, considering how super relevant and super trendy King Kong has been in popular culture recently.

...wait"

Oooh. There’s also going to be another King Kong film this spring starring the Rock"





OOOhhh, I get to be "that guy."

The giant gorilla movie with The Rock is Rampage, based on the 80s arcade game of the same name. Other than featuring a giant gorilla (and potentially giant Lizard and Wolf creatures) it has nothing to do with King Kong.

"

They're making a movie about that?! I used to play that all the time at the arcade. 

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 11/16/17 at 12:39pm

Rampage was my go to arcade game at Chuck'E'Cheese back in the day, until the X-Men game arrived.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 4/24/18 at 10:19am

No Eva Noblezada? I’m out. BAI.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Christiani-Pitts-and-Eric-William-Morris-Will-Star-in-KING-KONG-20180424

Updated On: 4/24/18 at 10:19 AM

[Elegance101]

Posted: 4/24/18 at 10:23am

I’m not surprised. She went back to London after Saigon and I think she’s basically there to stay. Her close friends and husband are all Londoners.