We were interested in
seeing a Broadway play or musical, if reasonable priced. A Broadway production
reasonably priced is an oxymoron. We got on line and saw we could see Cher in good
seats for about $300. Others were cheaper, but not that much cheaper. You could
easily spend over a grand for two tickets for some of them. We got on line and started comparing
prices. We found that new plays, not yet proven are usually cheaper. So are
older plays which has just about ran their course.
Musicals are, as a rule, higher, because musicals require more dancers and musicians. But not with KING KONG. It is reasonable. We bought two tickets and went.
It was on Broadway, near 54th Street. Interesting, almost next door was the Ed Sullivan Theater, which hosts the Steven Colbert Show.
It is a stage musical with a giant gorilla puppet. It has strings (cables) just like Howdy Doody and has a very scary roar. At the end when everybody on stage was being recognized and took a bow. The puppeteers were last for recognition. They got a partial standing ovation. They deserved it. I tried counting the number, it was a few over11, that is about when I got confused. It was no secret it took skilled puppeteers to control King Kong natural movements, every time he moved his arms it took a team of people in dark black or gray suits with hoods covering their heads to roll that arm, or hand. You knew they were there, but not surprised, just like you were not surprised to see Edgar Bergman move his lips when Charlie McCarthy spoke.
The KING KONG Musical stuck mostly to the KING KONG movie in the 1930s with Faye Wray. They skip over some actions that you knew had happened, after all everyone had seen the movie… like when the King was holding the damsel on top of a building, which by the way, no way resembled the Empire State Building, but you know he had to climb holding the Faye Wray character, right?
The singing and choreography of the musical was good too.
If you want to know more about the makings of the KK puppet and see the key actress talk about it, click below:
Musicals are, as a rule, higher, because musicals require more dancers and musicians. But not with KING KONG. It is reasonable. We bought two tickets and went.
It was on Broadway, near 54th Street. Interesting, almost next door was the Ed Sullivan Theater, which hosts the Steven Colbert Show.
It is a stage musical with a giant gorilla puppet. It has strings (cables) just like Howdy Doody and has a very scary roar. At the end when everybody on stage was being recognized and took a bow. The puppeteers were last for recognition. They got a partial standing ovation. They deserved it. I tried counting the number, it was a few over11, that is about when I got confused. It was no secret it took skilled puppeteers to control King Kong natural movements, every time he moved his arms it took a team of people in dark black or gray suits with hoods covering their heads to roll that arm, or hand. You knew they were there, but not surprised, just like you were not surprised to see Edgar Bergman move his lips when Charlie McCarthy spoke.
The KING KONG Musical stuck mostly to the KING KONG movie in the 1930s with Faye Wray. They skip over some actions that you knew had happened, after all everyone had seen the movie… like when the King was holding the damsel on top of a building, which by the way, no way resembled the Empire State Building, but you know he had to climb holding the Faye Wray character, right?
The singing and choreography of the musical was good too.
If you want to know more about the makings of the KK puppet and see the key actress talk about it, click below:
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