![]() You will be separated from your loved ones this is an experience to be had alone. Quickly finish your cocktails or abandon them as I escort you to the corner of the room. We were ushered to a cocktail lounge area adorned with similar décor to The Shining, where a dapper mustached and tuxedoed man suavely manned the stage, crooning phrases such as, “those of you holding a 6 card, your time has come. The experience began at the receptionist area where my boyfriend and I were handed two playing cards, him the ten of spades, and I the jack of diamonds. Other than peeking at the website, I wanted to be completely in the dark when I got to the performance, and lo and behold, it was literally pitch black as I entered the abandoned warehouse on West 27 th Street. Audiences move freely through a transporting world at their own pace, choosing their own path through the story, immersed in the most unique theatrical experience in the history of New York. Collaborating with London’s award-winning PUNCHDRUNK, the legendary space is reinvented with SLEEP NO MORE, presenting Shakespeare’s classic Scottish tragedy through the lens of suspenseful film noir. Seventy-two years later, EMURSIVE has brought the Grande Dame back to life. Six weeks before opening, and two days after the outbreak of World War II, the legendary hotel was condemned and left locked, permanently sealed from the public. ![]() The only investigation I did prior to the show was to steal a look at Sleep No More’s barebones website where they give a “history” of the hotel:Ĭompleted in 1939, the McKittrick Hotel was intended to be New York City’s finest and most decadent luxury hotel of its time. “It is extremely similar to Macbeth,” she persisted. ![]() ![]() “I don’t watch movies with Nicole Kidman.” I explained. “It’s just like Eyes Wide Shut! ” she attempted. As far as I was concerned, I had a ticket to go to an abandoned warehouse where there was a performance with lots of blood and naked people, specifically a witch orgy, and apparently after seeing it, I would “sleep no more.” I was sold!Įarlier in the day an artistic co-worker of mine attempted to amuse me with her fantastic account of Sleep No More.
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