According to the notice, the layoffs took effect March 6, nine years later almost to the day. Arthur Karpati, the show’s producer, and Karen Frieman, a lawyer who represented Karpati in a 2017 condo dispute, also did not respond to requests for comment.īased on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the Sleep No More production debuted March 7, 2011. He did not respond to requests for comment. Rick Criswell, the McKittrick’s director of human resources, was named in the filing. Many employers have cut staff this month as the virus spreads at a rapid pace across the city, triggering a lockdown of all non-essential business and effectively wiping out demand for hotels. The business type was listed as a restaurant. The notice was filed earlier this month and published online Wednesday. The McKittrick Hotel, at 530 West 27th Street, is listed as the entity’s address and also houses the Manderley Bar, performance venue the Club Car and brunch spot the Lodge at Gallow Green. It is unclear whether the employees who lost their jobs were associated with the Sleep No More production. Hotels get pummeled as demand nosedives for a second week.Airbnb-backed Lyric lays off 20% of staff.
Sleep No More plays on West 27th Street in NYC through June 27th. Shop unique The Comsat Angels Sleep No More face masks designed and sold by independent artists. … chacun a son gout … caveat emptor … etc … DISCLOSURE: I didn’t see all of it but after getting the idea, found a black mask to guide me to the exit. Still, the sense that you’re in a fire-trap … well, let’s just say it adds a realistic note of fear. The staff is well trained (you can tell them by their black masks - yours is white) and are on hand to rescue the faint-hearted or those who just want to find their way back to the bar - or the exit. Some make reference to Macbeth, e.g., there’s an attack by witches, and others are just violent - a man kills a woman - or sexy - two guys in bed, and other mixes and matches. Unlike, say, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean, these scenes have live performers. Wearing a mask to further remove you from yourself, you follow maze-like dark corridors at seeming random with illuminated vignettes with elaborate and well done sets, and music and dance, that are scary, seductive or both. Cocktails are available for purchase to heighten the intoxication.įrom there - when your number comes up, heh heh - you embark on the path of Sleep No More.
Its smoky illusion unifies staff in evening dress, visitors in jeans and whatever, and the blood red decor for an oceanic experience. Teenagers would love it, but it’s expensive, and the large bar is the central launching point for the experience, so in feeling it’s more for “over 21” - but not much over.įinally allowed in, you pass through a long, dark, high-ceilinged passage, check your belongings (for a hefty fee), since it’s best to be unencumbered, and the staff keeps repeating “It’s hot up there” - turn your reservation into a playing card ticket farther on, and then set off on narrow, winding ( Sleep No More is not for the claustrophobic) twists and turns to emerge into a large bar and lounge. Almost everyone in line (you wait in line outside as for a club until your scheduled time comes up) was in their early 20’s, lots of couples who’d made a fiscal investment for a night of fun. It’s a kind of spooky fun-house entertainment installed in a re-worked old hotel in NYC’s Chelsea district.
They are normally made from natural or synthetic fabrics, such. A sleep mask refers to any sleep aid that covers both eyes in order to block out light and improve overall sleep quality. Still, it’s well done for what it is, and admirably polished, though not my cup of tea. Sleep masks promote more restorative sleep by regulating melatonin production and helping people remain asleep throughout the night. I’m writing about it to let you know, if interested, that it’s not a play and not much about Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Sleep No More is New York’s best known interactive theater a far cry from customary Broadway shows. That is, I expected to see a play since it’s listed as “Off-Broadway” and Punchdrunk is a British theater company. I went to Sleep No More thinking, from what I’d heard, that it would be an exciting, deconstructed version of Macbeth.
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