Review: 'King Kong,' a giant animatronic ape with soulful eyes, crashes down on Broadway
by Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
Nov 09, 2018
4 minutes
NEW YORK - "King Kong," the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar.
Just how horrifying is the new show? It has turned a self-respecting drama critic into a screaming Fay Wray.
No, I'm not really afraid of being mauled to death by a giant ape in midtown Manhattan. But I am terrified of the monstrous concoction that has been cooked up in the international laboratory of mercenary producers eager to remake Broadway in the image of Barnum & Bailey.
The best thing about this tourist attraction, which had its official opening Thursday
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