King Kong coming to Broadway, from producers who apparently never saw King Kong

As producers prepare to sweep away the last vestiges and vertebrae of Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, talk has already turned to what show could possibly replace it at the Foxwoods Theater, and remove itself from the shadow of its previous, incredibly messy tenant. According to the New York Times, it’s King Kong, another massively scaled, effects-driven musical based on a pop culture icon—one whose previous run on Broadway also ended in a lot of screams and people getting hurt. Nevertheless, producers seem confident that King Kong is “a natural fit in New York,” having apparently never watched King Kong (or even that one episode of The Simpsons) all the way through.