ENTERTAINMENT NEWS …
KING KONG
THE MUSICAL
A musical version of King Kong is in the works, featuring a book by Craig Lucas, the Tony-nominated librettist. Sponsored by Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the arena spectacular Walking with Dinosaurs, King Kong–Live on Stage is aiming for Broadway in 2013. No casting has been set.
In addition to Lucas, the King Kong musical will feature new music and period songs arranged by Grammy nominated composer and producer Marius de Vries and will be directed by theatre and opera vet Daniel Kramer.
Authorized by the estate of King Kong creator Merian C. Cooper, the new musical will feature a cast of more than 40 actors, singers, dancers and puppeteers and feature projections and state-of-the-art animatronics. This “beauty and the beast” love story between a woman and a giant ape begins in 1933 in New York City at the height of the Depression, but the new production aims to “preserve the classic story yet look at it through a contemporary cultural lens,” according to a statement from producer Carmen Pavlovic.
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