Beauty or beast? Get ready for a 'King Kong' musical

A musical version of "King Kong" could be roaring onto a Broadway stage in a few years if its producers get their way.

Officials at Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the hit arena show "Walking With Dinosaurs," are hoping their still-unfinished production of the classic ape story can find a theater on the Great White Way as early as 2013, The Associated Press reports.

"Ultimately, whether there's an out-of-town tryout somewhere or not, I just feel New York is the home for this story to be told," said Carmen Pavlovic, chief executive of Global Creatures. "It's Broadway-bound - there's no doubt about that in my mind."

She and her team have just finished a six-week workshop to ensure their 23-foot mechanical Kong can pull off a show. Next, they want to polish the script and score. Then, they want to begin casting. She said producers already have begun scouting out potential Broadway theaters big enough for the spectacle

"If we put Kong in that very contained environment of a proscenium, we've got to make sure that in swiping his arms he doesn't inadvertently knock over a cast member in the process," Pavlovic said. "We had a lot to resolve before we did that."