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. Would the audience be allowed to get as close to the action as before? How would people behave being in an enclosed environment? After living through the last 2 years, would the creepy vibe of Sleep No More still be appealing, or would it hit too close to a raw nerve? Finally, after seeing it several times over the past 10 years, would I still find the show interesting?Ĭredit: Umi Akiyoshi for The McKittrick Hotelįirst off, Sleep No More is as creepy, beautiful, strange, entrancing, non-linear, and wonderful as ever. I was curious to see if the show felt any different after the changes. This would never have been possible if not for the mandatory shutdown.
Besides updating the ventilation system, every inch of the space was “touched in one way or another” according to an interview with one of the producers. The extended closure allowed the production crew to look at every one of the 100 rooms which make up the experience. The show has redesigned the plastic masks, removing the nose and making them compatible with wearing a facemask (which is currently mandatory and provided for all guests.) These masks aren’t conducive to wearing a KN95 mask (and the look of a plague doctor just after a pandemic is a bit insensitive). Previously, the masks had an extended nose, reminiscent of those worn by medieval plague doctors. 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: Robin Roemer for The McKittrick Hotel 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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