Sometimes it pays off and you see something cool, and sometimes nothing happens. I stayed behind, particularly if one character was still there. When a scene ends and someone runs off, most people follow. I’ve already seen much of the main story arc on my previous visits, so I often take a counter-approach to my visit. The show didn’t seem to be much different than I remembered. I love getting these extraordinary experiences but they do throw me off my game plan as I wander aimlessly for a few minutes afterward. I’d never experienced this one before, so I can’t say how it’s changed, but it’s still a close interaction. That’s when he led me into a room for a one-on-one. When I saw a character walking around, I followed him for a minute when he turned to me and motioned for me to stay put. This area has always creeped me out, but it was beyond unnerving to walk around with it totally empty. The rest of the passengers were dropped off the floor before. We took the first elevator of the night and even though I wasn’t trying, I was in the right spot to be let off on the 5th floor. This would maximize our time in the experience, as the show repeats 2 & 1/2 times from beginning to end. We did something we’d never done before for this visit and picked the first entry time. When entering the building, you still need to check your bags and coats but they now also lock your cell phone in a bag which can only be opened by the staff in the Manderley Bar. Upon arrival, our vaccine cards were checked and we were provided with KN95 masks. While Broadway theaters only required masks, vaccinations and testing to reopen, Sleep No More needed to rethink almost everything from the venue to the show and even the plastic masks worn by the audience form the first day the show opened (among other things, it’s a way to recognize audience from employees and actors), as seen below.Ĭredit: Umi Akiyoshi for The McKittrick Hotelįirst off, Sleep No More is as creepy, beautiful, strange, entrancing, non-linear, and wonderful as ever. Even the opening of the show, in which you’re taken to the show in an elevator, presented Covid-related problems. For starters, the audience is walking or running around, standing close to one another and the actors. Even more than other shows, what set the show apart presented unique challenges to reopen safely. The basics of the experience haven’t changed much since then.ĭue to the pandemic, Sleep No More shut down in March 2020. I’ve since seen the show a few times and have even written a post that goes into the details about the show and what to expect when you visit. The show was “ Sleep No More.” All people could tell us was that we needed to see it and then we’d be able to talk about it. The interesting thing was that none of them could really describe it. In 2011, I started hearing friends talk about this then-new show in New York.
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