FiDi Locals Fear New Show From “Sleep No More” Producers Will Cause More Sleep Deprivation
Producers of the wildly popular immersive dance-theater experience Sleep No More are planning to bring a second extravaganza to Manhattan, in a largely residential building in the Financial District. Some locals, however, are trying to block the new show, fearing the late night crowds will…
The BroadsheetDAILY – News of Lower Manhattan
‘A Complete Free-for-All’ CB1 Raises Concerns about Wave of New Event and Entertainment Venues Planned for Downtown Members of Community Board 1 (CB1) are expressing reservations about multiple new party and performance spaces slated to open in Lower Manhattan this year.At the January 28 monthly…
Former ‘Sleep No More’ Interns Say Immersive NYC Megahit Offers Little Educational Benefit
If you care about the burgeoning unpaid-internship movement, here’s something that may keep you up at night: Interns for the wildly popular interactive show “Sleep No More” do a lot of grunt work for little educational benefit and no pay, according to people familiar the…
Residents say planned FiDi theater will bring unwanted rowdiness
A popular theater company called Sleep No More is planning to expand into the Financial District — and worried local residents say the prospect is costing them shut-eye. Alejandra Cata Posas, head of the citizens group Keep FiDi Safe, is mounting a petition drive against…
Performers And Staffers At “Sleep No More” Say Audience Members Have Sexually Assaulted Them
Former performers and staff at the wildly popular immersive theater production say the show’s fantasy environment emboldens some audience members to commit sexual misconduct. Audience members wander through dozens of elaborately decorated rooms as dancers perform a blood-and-sex filled adaptation of Macbeth at the immersive…