KING-KONG

"A TON OF FAST PACED FUN! AN OFF BEAT TREAT FOR THOSE

WHO BELIEVE THAT THE BEST LIVE ENTERTAINMENT IS PARTICIPATORY!

BIANCHI HAS ARTFULLY ADAPTED A WELL KNOWN CINEMATIC STORY INTO

AN ENGAGING HYBRID OF LIVE PERFORMANCE AND BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED

SOUNDSCAPES.." VILLAGER

"STUNNING!" Sci Fi Channel

"DAN BIANCHI'S SOUND DESIGN, A KEY COMPONENT FOR RADIO THEATER,

IS MARVELOUS!" Village Voice

"OMINOUS...EERIE...MONSTER MOVE SOUND EFFECTS!

In its minimalist and charmingly retro way, Radiotheatre's King Kong strikes closer to the heart of the myth than Peter Jackson's overlong, overbaked movie and on a budget that wouldn't have covered Jackson's catering bill!" Backstage

"AN ENJOYABLE RIDE!" Show Business Weekly

"So, how do you take a movie about a giant gorilla and stage it in a tiny black box theater? For writer and director Dan Bianchi, the answer is simple: you use a combination of sound and imagination. The mission of Bianchi’s RadioTheatre is to marry the audio drama style of an old-time radio broadcast with the shared intimacy of modern-day experimental theater. He fills the small stage with a sound engineer and five talented actors standing before microphones. It's up to you to fill in the visuals!" Downtown Express

"RADIOTHEATRE'S KONG IS THE ONLY TAKE I'VE SEEN ON THE GIANT APE THAT COMES CLOSE TO REPLICATING THE MAGIC OF THE ORIGINAL MOVIE" CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATRE

"A Sound Spectacular that's totally unique in both its presentation and story...Dan Bianchi delivers a sound track and score that's equivalent to a $30mil movie! A REAL GEM!" World Theater Magazine

"SO HOW DO YOU GET A BEAST OF KONG'S GIGANTIC PROPORTIONS TO FIT INSIDE THE INTIMATE RED ROOM? YOU USE SOUND! MUSIC, NOISE, SCREAMS OF TERROR, TROPICAL BIRD CALLS, NATIVE CHANTING, GORILLA CALLS. THAT'S HOW RADIOTHEATRE'S DAN BIANCHI DOES IT!" United Stages

"I've been going to New York's Radiotheatre shows for several years now and love them all. Once again, the Renaissance man behind the live audio project is Dan Bianchi who creates a great sound track and terrifying score, as well as, writing and directing the show, too... Don't miss this one!" The Record (NJ)

"Radiotheatre claims that it is not an old time radio show and it is not. But, if you close your eyes and just listen...you may be transported away to another time and place, just the way radio shows used to do for listeners decades ago...Dan Bianchi does a great service to the lost art of radio drama by adapting it to the live stage of today. In that way, he truly creates a new and vibrant theatrical style...BRAVO RADIOTHEATRE!" Norwalk Citizen News

"THE STAR OF THE EVENING IS DAN BIANCHI'S SOUND DESIGN...DENSE, MULTI-LAYERED AND EVOCATIVE...75 MINUTES OF SCARY MUSIC, JUNGLE SOUNDS, TOM TOMS AND ROARING DINOSAURS... NY Theatre.com

"I love Horror, the supernatural, pulp fiction and radio dramas...DAN BIANCHI delivers it all with an exquisite script and, above all, a fabulous score and sound effects design. And yet, it's a simple little show. I was enthralled by the sheer simplicity without all of the visual elements seen in traditional theater....Bianchi has produced the first ever live stage production of KING KONG. I don't know if even Disney can pull that off. But, Radiotheatre did. Whether or not you like that kind of fare, Radiotheatre offers shows you won't find anywhere else in NYC. And, judging by audience reception I've seen, they always seem most satisfied when they leave. I know I was!" Show Business Weekly

"FIVE STARS! RADIOTHEATRE DOES IT AGAIN!, RADIOTHEATRE'S KING KONG IS PERFORMANCE ART AT ITS GREATEST! If you come looking to see a traditional play, stay home. When the lights go down and DAN BIANCHI'S magnificent score starts playing and the NARRATOR's deep voice welcomes you to the story he's about to unfold, you know you're in for something quite different than anything else playing around New York tonight. The multi-talented cast creates a whole world of cinematic action and excitement one doesn't ordinarily find in traditional theater at any level. The hundreds of sound effects are astounding and sound engineer, WES SHIPPEE, is the Sound Engineer at work crouched behind a table full of equipment center stage.

BUT THE TRULY AMAZING DISCOVERY IS THE ORCHESTRAL SCORE. I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE IN LIVE THEATER. This isn't that fake synthesizer sound track stuff. Using advanced software technology, Bianchi has created the kind of carefully composed and edited score one hears only in Hollywood motion pictures. Even though Radiotheatre's simple KING KONG is, in Bianchi's words, "poor man's theater," the sumptuous scoring, alone, is far and away a 21st Century technological feat that should not only garner awards, but, open up a whole new field in music composition for the live stage. Is the audience aware of this technological achievement? On the contrary, they're too wrapped up in the excitement of it all!" World Theatre, LONDON