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The show, which doesn't advertise and relies on word-of-mouth, ends with an invitation to gather in the hotel's Manderlay Bar for a drink and to listen to the house band, an invitation some professional performers have found inviting enough to get up on stage themselves.
About 25 performers act out mostly wordless scenes inspired by Shakespeare's play while dressed in 1930s outfits and giving off a film noir vibe. It houses the show "Sleep No More," a kind of art installation-meets-theater-and-dance piece with elements of both Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and Alfred Hitchcock.Ĭreated by the British theater troupe Punchdrunk, visitors are handed Venetian-style mask to wear and are encouraged to explore. "What surprised us is how versatile and open-minded not only the people are but the place is as well."īecoming a music venue wasn't necessarily a goal when the doors opened on three empty hulking warehouse spaces on 27th Street, a spot renamed the McKittrick Hotel. "This has taken on a life of its own," Jonathan Hochwald, a producer of the show, says. Now approaching its second year, "Sleep No More" has found itself evolving into a musical draw as well as a theatrical one. He joins a long list of musicians - from Bjork to Florence Welch - who have become part of the experience. So it comes as no surprise that he picked "Sleep No More" as one of the stops on his new tour promoting "Regions of Light and Sound of God," his first full-length solo album. James was so excited that he and some of the band returned the next night and he also came back a few months later. And you get a sense that you created your experience." "I've never experienced a piece of art like that before," James says by phone from Louisville, Ky.
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