It opens with a bedgraggled, half-naked man lying onstage and pleading for someone to help him get up. Stop Hitting Yourself is a more conventional theater piece (actors on a stage, audience members in seats, actual dialogue), though it doesn’t make much more sense. That show, too, wallows in decadent deco-era opulence - ornate chandeliers, gold statuary - and there’s even another Queen, though this one is a dowager played by a guy in silver wig, who travels around the stage on a miniature scooter.
The show opened just a few days after another interactive piece, Stop Hitting Yourself, from the Austin-based theater collective Rude Mechs. Queen of the Night is the latest entry in what is fast becoming an epidemic of “immersive” theater in New York and around the country. Except for a brief appearance by a Vegas-style emcee, there is virtually no dialogue, and the Queen has little to do except for a climactic solo dance, in which she writhes in anguish, tosses her blonde hair wildly, and shows off more body flexibility than any of the ice dancers in Sochi.
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Mainly it’s a series of circus acts and other pantomimed stunts - jugglers, acrobats, rope climbers, a fellow with a bullwhip threatening a naked girl - sort of a highlight reel of Cirque du Soleil, downtown performance pieces like Traces and Blue Man Group and 1970s softcore porn, all set to a pulsating rock underscore and a decadent-deco mise-en-scene. The show (the creation of Randy Weiner, producer of the downtown theater hit Sleep No More) supposedly draws characters from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, but no ordinary theatergoer without production notes will be able to tell. Be prepared to go alone.The occasion for these festivities? That’s a little harder to say. Before being released from the elevator out into one of the 5 floors of the McKittrick, guests are advised to go alone and “adventure favors the bold.” You may arrive at “Sleep No More” with a friend, significant other or a group, but the mysteries of the rooms and their own curiosity might pull them away from you, and becoming separated from the people you came with is highly likely.Due to this, no one under 18 is allowed inside the building without a parent or guardian present, and those 13 and under are not allowed onto the premises at all. When you enter “Sleep No More,” you consent to entering the private quarters of the guests which includes nudity, violence, and gore.The show is interactive as well as immersive so avoid eye contact with the characters if you wish not to be pulled (literally) into the story as well as intoxicated, danced with or kissed.Hotel staff members wear black masks, while the actors are the only ones whose faces are revealed. Everyone who enters “Sleep No More” is given a white mask that must be worn the whole time to hide your identity from the guests as well as distinguish you from the characters.Join Maria Phlem (left) and Gabriel Forestieri (right) for an immersive theatre-going experience. The immersive nature of the show makes one’s experience completely different from one person to the next, and the complexity and details of the storylines and setting ensures that visit 1 through visit 10 will be a unique and equally exciting experience.
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“Sleep No More” is the closest thing I have experienced to living out a dream (or nightmare) or being in a movie in real life. Why: Curiosity overcame my fear when I attended “Sleep No More.” The show is not intended to be scary, but guests are advised upon booking their reservations that they may experience “intense psychological situations.” The show puts even the bravest out of their comfort zone, and turns the most fearful into persevering detectives trying to piece together the lives of the characters.
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From there, you are free to explore any and all of the 5 floors, but beware, once you step out of the elevator, you may no longer be in New York City. You are lead through a maze and end up at the Manderley Hotel Bar where you are greeted by jazz singers and concierges. Where: Your journey begins as soon as you “check-in” to The McKittrick Hotel at 530 W 27th St. The McKittrick Hotel is booking reservations from now until April 7, 2019. The story is a 3-hour, psychological experience that will leave you with sleepless nights.
What: “Sleep No More” is an immersive, theatrical experience of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” It does not tell, so much as plunge you into the story of the Scottish play through a film-noir lens. Who: Theatergoers, thrill-seekers, Shakespeare-lovers, horror-enthusiasts and film noir-fans alike are invited to spend a night with the mysterious guests of The McKittrick Hotel Readers are cordially invited to a unique theatre-going experience.
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