![]() At this point, she gave me a look and a head nod to follow her. When he left the room, many masked guests went with him, leaving only a few of us in the room with her. She was taking a phone call before another actor came into the room and hung up on the phone her. Earlier in the night, I saw this character pull a guy into a locked room in the private detective agency office, so I figured I’d try to get my girl flirt on with her (at least to the best of my ability while wearing a crazy mask). ![]() Yup, I got a highly coveted one-on-one experience with an actress. I’ll break this up into the interesting parts because I honestly spent a lot of time just wandering around on my own, seeing things that made little sense to me. He reminded us, “Fortune favors the bold” before letting everyone out on what turned out to be the third floor. ![]() It stopped, and the gentleman in the elevator said, “Everyone out”…before letting one girl off and closing the elevator door again. The group put on their masks and entered a small room that turned out to be an elevator. So my experience began as everyone else’s – the only part of the night that I can honestly say that about. However, I wanted share what I saw so others can compare notes, seeing what they missed and maybe connect some dots. Everyone’s time at the McKittrick is vastly different, and I can’t even attempt to describe it to someone who hasn’t experienced it firsthand. (If you haven’t seen Sleep No More and plan on doing so, I would stop reading right now. I checked Yelp where I learned I’ll probably work up a sweat, not to be the first off the elevator, I’ll be wandering alone most of the night, and actors may kiss you?! What kind of show was this?īut every review and friend said the same thing – keep an open mind and do your own thing. I’ve seen acquaintance after acquaintance light up while recalling their night at the McKittrick Hotel, yearning to go back and see it again, yet I still had no idea what to expect during my experience. That all changed last night when a special event for the Converse Chuck II launch let me in on NYC’s well-kept secret. I’ve been living in the city for over a year, but the $95 ticket price kept me away from the experience despite my friends’ rave reviews. In any case, I’m a fan.Spend more than a few days in New York City and you’re bound to hear someone talk about Sleep No More. Not sure…ģ) The very end of the show, which I found powerful and shocking the first time, was played much safer in last night’s performance, and it just did not have the same effect. I’m not sure the reason for this except that I thought perhaps some of the detail/objects were removed from the rooms to prevent pilfering, and the lights were turned down so the rooms wouldn’t look bare. I’m thinking of the Macbeth bedroom and the sanatorium room with the cots. I do think the experience is more powerful/intense if you go it alone.Ģ) Certain rooms/scenes were so dark that you could barely see what was going on. This could have been because they were running late with getting everyone in due to checking everyone’s Covid tests and vaccination cards. But some things about the show had also changed from the pre-Covid era.ġ) They didn’t try to separate couples/groups, and they didn’t have you hang out in the bar at the beginning. My experience was different the second time around, partly because I knew the lay of the land, had some things in mind that I wanted to focus on, and felt slightly more comfortable in the environment. I had such FOMO the first time that I couldn’t wait to go back to see those scenes I heard about but missed (including the techno party scene). But the most intriguing part of it is that there’s always something else to explore. The physicality of the acting/movement is impressive, and somehow the actors manage to maneuver around the audience. Sleep no More is completely transporting (and creepy). Last night I returned for a second time, seeing the newly reopened and slightly revised version of the show. I attended Sleep No More for the first time in early 2020–right before it was shut down due to Covid.
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