After returning to Broadway in December 2018, King Kong has announced that it will be taking its final bow at the Broadway Theater on August 18. The musical, which features a 20ft tall puppet Kong, is directed by Drew McOnie and features a book by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tony winner Jack Thorne.  

Upon its closing, King Kong would have played 29 previews and 324 regular performances. The production is set to open in Shanghai in 2021 and with a North American tour and Spanish production in the works. 

King Kong was nominated for three 2019 Tony awards and won two Drama Desk awards for Outstanding Projection Design and Outstanding Puppet Design. The production stars Christiani Pitts as Anna Darrow, Eric William Morris as Carl Denham, Erik Lochtefeld as Lumpy.

What is King Kong about? 

At the height of the Great Depression, a lonely ship makes it way out of New York harbor, bound for the remote Skull Island. On board is a film crew under the direction of the ambitious Carl Denham, as well as leading lady Ann Darrow, a struggling actress who thinks she has landed the part of a lifetime. Little does she know the horrors that await her, for Denham has not chosen to shoot on Skull Island just for its beautiful scenery, but because he has heard whispers of a terrifying monster that lurks in its jungle.

After landing, the crew stumble upon the island's natives, who kidnap Ann and present her as an offering to their god 'Kong'. The rumors Denham has heard are proven all too true when a gigantic ape emerges through the trees and snatches Ann away. The crew follow in hot pursuit, with the aim of not only rescuing Anna, but also of capturing the beast and taking him back to America.

King Kong is now playing at the Broadway Theater through to August 18.