King Kong the Musical — Page 2

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This clip gives me hope that the music could sound modern and fresh. Does anyone know if this is representative of the orchestrations and sound that will be in the actual stage version, or if this is more of a pop version just for the teaser clip?

YvanEhtNioj said: "I’m hoping that all of the music is just as fresh and vibrant as this. When I heard this today I was actually blown away and very surprised. Based on the clips I’ve seen from previous productions I was not at all expecting this. I hope the costumes and sets match this vibe.

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Personally I laughed through that, horrible music with a talentless female singer and dancers jumping all around her. If she is the star of the show, I'll pass.

I just think this is one of the silliest ideas for a musical in my life span. Lord take me now.

devonian.t said: "Nobody has mentioned yet the new director/ choreographer, whose Strictly Ballroom for Global Creatures has just flopped massively in the West End.

His productions are typically cluttered with over-busy chorus business and weak story-telling. Neither producers nor director have yet managed to successfully tell a story of this scale on stage. A musical is so much more complex than a dinosaur theme show."

I wanted to see Strictly when it began out of town at the West Yorkshire Playhouse but couldn't get up north. Then when I heard it was transferring I was delighted, great movie, great music what could go wrong?

The rumours dripped through, they had stopped all the actors singing the songs and were stunt casting a 'Narrator' character who was going to sing all the songs at the actors while they danced. I passed.

How to kill a show in one fell swoop.

Lol. I get it. The general consensus is that you are all hoping for it to fail, or at least anticipating that it will. But I thought it was cute. The sing gave me In The Heights tease. So me, personally, I liked it. I’m willing to give it a shot.

If they realeased a clip of stuff that sounded like the old Sydney production, I’d pass. This makes me wanna know more about the score and vibe of the show. I’m looking forward to it. **shrugs**

Updated On: 8/31/18 at 06:30 AM

Star quality is in the eye of the beholder. I thought that she did a great job in A Bronx Tale. This role is an amazing next step. This song clearly says that this is not the Melbourne production and I am excited to see what Jack does with the book. My read was that the music video was a song from the show and clearly not the show (right?). I get excited and hopeful every time I see the words " a new musical". I'm hoping for some classic elements to the show..

This song makes me feel things. Lots of things. As a song itself, I like it. It's nothing spectacular but it's catchy, upbeat, and has fun lyrcis. I could bob my head along to it. But then I step back and think about the show this song is coming out of and I cringe a little. I hope that this is the 'lure them in' orchestrations because to have this song smack in the middle of a 1930's setting risks being a MASSIVE clash of style and tone. Which was, if I recall, one of the things on the laundry list of criticisms of the Melbourne production. I mean, we have not seen anything of this new reworked production so... maybe the altered design calls for a song that sounds like it fits into "In the Heights" in the middle of a production meant to be set in the era of cultural known for big band, jazz, and swing? I mean the clash of old and new has worked before but more often they result in odd misses and killer hits.

That music video was simply terrible and that girl is nothing special. Who is she and what has she done?

Where are they showing it? The audience is not on BWW that's for sure! Who are they targetingmfor this? When my friends ask me what is new and coming to Broadway and say King Kong the musical...they all laugh and say seriously?

I sense a BIG FAT FLOP!

When I originally read "contemporary take" I thought like, updating the plot a bit so it's a bit less dated. You know, Ann's not just a girl waiting to be saved. Being a bit more sensitive to race and culture. Things not that so.... early 1900s. I didn't think set in modern day because YIKES. And the wording still leaves a grey area between what exactly this show is going to be. I mean I REALLY hope it's the former and not the later because it didn't work for them when they updated the story to be set in the 80s for the remake movie and part of the appeal (to me at least) is the look of that period. The stylized design of the 1930s, the fashion of it. I don't want to see Ann running around in a fuzzy feathered jacket, shorts, and high heels. Oh god what IS this show going to be?! What is that music video IS the style and setting of this musical?