You are given a white mask–which you are told must be worn at all times–and a playing card. When your card is called, you are invited to enter. Welcome to a world unlike any you’ve ever experienced, housed in an eerie, dark hotel, populated with unseemly characters who narrate an erotic, bloody story without words . . . but with elements of Macbeth.
Gossip Girl might have popularized Sleep No More with its special November 14, 2011 episode named after the show, but Sleep No More has been going strong for months (The New York Times and The New Yorker wrote reviews in April and May, respectively). Rumor has it that the show is only running through January 2012, so get your tickets now!
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Completed in 1939, the McKittrick Hotel was intended to be New York City’s finest and most decadent luxury hotel of its time. 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. Seventy-two years later, EMURSIVE has brought the Grande Dame back to life. 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. 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.