King Kong Reviews

Musical Fan from New York, New York

BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS, WEAK RETELLING

Kong the beast is amazing to see. The effect of seeing and hearing this masterful presentation of an icon is astonishing and exciting. Wish that I could say the same about the music and the retelling of the story, which is a mess. And I pity the poor actress who must both sing and scream as Ann Darrow - how she will keep that up show after show, I've no idea. My son and I saw the second NYC preview. It was worth it to pay for some of the cheaper seats, just to experience the beast, but I wouldn't fork out full price. Sorry, but really a musical needs one songwriter/composer with individual vision, and not a "team" cobbling together a forgettable "score".

David from New York, New York

MONKEY BUSINESS

the producers were so involved in the monkey, they forgot to write a show.....simply awful. not one good song, lousy twist on the story....Ann was a blonde screamer, replaced by a powerful woman....silly and politically correct....silly and unnecessary. I was embarrassed for the actors

Pete from New York, New York

KING DEAD ON ARRIVAL

One of the biggest wastes of money ever thrust upon a stage. Ego and arrogance have driven this ape of a musical to New York. Appalling songs by Eddie Perfect (an amateur lyricist at best) and just the mess of ideas with no clear narrative or purpose other than to con hapless folk into forking over their cash with claims of spectacle. The puppet is impressive, for 5 minutes. The remaining two hours in the theater you’ll be wishing for a quick death - either yours or the apes.

Jim Krelbourn from New York, New York

A MOST WRETCHED EVENING ON BROADWAY

The new.musical of King Kong (yes, a concept as ridiculous as it sounds) is currently in previews at The Broadway Theatre in New York. It looks like a fifth grade teacher wrote a spring pageant version of Kong and someone threw fifteen million dollars at it. Sometimes you just want the story to be the story you know and love. By pumping it with the "appropriate" girl-power, natural conservation, anachronistic contemporary choreography etc. it becomes a show that doesn't even know what it wants to be. If you're going to set the show in 1931 I don't want to see break dancing. While on the subject of the choreography, it's all very athletic and "dancy" but none of it is character-driven. The music was so loud it was pure distortion. The tunes are utterly unmemorable, and seem so contrived. There are few actual characters in the show, and none of them are likable. The Anne Darrow character is saddled with weak monologues to imply communication with the twenty-foot puppet. It doesn't work

John Tucker from New York, New York

NOT WORTHY OF BROADWAY

Weak and dreary script, mediocre leads, amateurish choreography, uncompelling unmemorable music but a puppet that stole the show despite distracting stage hands crawling all over it to keep it animated. It's just not deserving of all the hype and I predict cruel media reviews and an early demise. It is just NOT worthy of Broadway but might impress tourists where this is their unfortunate and undeserved initiation to the theater. Am sorry for the creators and "angels" here who no doubt went into this gamble with heart and soul and big hopes. But it was all so very misguided with a such feeble and unremarkable and disappointing vehicle like this.

Irene from New York, New York

MAYBE A TONY FOR SET DESIGN

Show did not excite me. I see many shows, some several times. Once was enough for King Kong

Willoughbabe from New York, New York

CRINGE KONG

I was very excited to see how King Kong on Broadway would be, because the idea of such a beast on stage, and all the behind-the-scenes footage of the puppeteering looked extremely impressive. Seeing him on stage truly was spectacular, for like ten minutes. The show begins with a lame opening number with characters you feel absolutely nothing for, and dancers you end up feeling bad for because they had to dance in EVERY. SINGLE. NUMBER. Not to mention the music that no one will ever sing along to, or remember. It's such a shame that the most impressive puppeteering and set design that I've seen in my entire life was ruined by some of the most underwhelming writing, choreography, score. And the puppet WAS MAGNIFICENT, which should give you an idea of how bad these performances were. The script was filled with tired tropes, explicated subtext, and plot threats that went nowhere. The choreography was overindulgent. The score was thematically incoherent. See it? No Seats? Good Guests? No

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