![]() ![]() I do not fault the playhouse or production company for the behavior of its patrons, however, the crowding and rudeness of other guests was not at all pleasurable! - My 1 star ranking in no way reflected this part of my experience. PS- SUPER HATED WEARING A MASK UNDER A MASK. I had more fun acting like the entire building was a haunted escape room and I had to find clues to get myself out in the fastest time possible. Even if I could follow the story, awful - just awful. This play was all over the place - I was so lost and confused. You are then placed onto an elevator and dropped off at random floors… from there the poop show commences. The experience - you are herded through a mandatory coat check-in line, sent to a ticket booth, phone checked and then told to head to the 2nd floor lounge. My poor husband didn’t understand by the website description that when you pay $300+ per ticket it is only for a seat at a table that is completely unnecessary, and a bottle of champagne that I can’t drink…. If you do, it’s highly unlikely to be your last, anyway.I have to say I really loved the concept and theming of this place. Of course, if this is to be your first foray into the whimsical world of The McKittrick and you have not yet experienced the spectacle that is Sleep No More, you should most certainly start there. Initially set to end this month, tickets to the show - which is hosted by veteran entertainer Todd Robbins (Off-Broadway’s Play Dead) and also includes performers Alex Boyce ( How to Transcend a Happy Marriage), Jason Suran ( The Other Side), Mark Calabrese ( Penn & Teller: Fool Us), Matthew Holtzclaw ( Penn & Teller: Fool Us), Prakash Puru (celebrity favorite) and Rachel Wax ( A Taste of Magic) - are now available for performances through April 2. The show features parlor magic and up-close-and-personal prestidigitation by the city’s top magical talents, and feels not dissimilar to speed-dating in nature. Speakeasy Magick is edgy, gripping, intimate and just straight up good fun. Not a magic person, you say? Think again. Alongside the immersive murder mystery in a pub The Woman in Black, there’s Speakeasy Magick, which took up residency at The McKittrick nearly three years ago and has been met with a near constant slew of rave reviews ever since. That said, Sleep No More isn’t the only entertainment experience worth the price of admission. It’s exactly the sort of hearty, wholesome menu that the ambience deserves. Sorbet and sticky toffee pudding highlight the dessert menu, and we do recommend saving room for dessert. On Fridays and Saturdays, the menu expands to include a variety of pizzas, too. Le Seac’H’s latest menu includes items such as oysters, winter stew and assorted cheeses to start, followed by entrees including fish and chips, duck shepherd’s pie, beef ale and pie, grilled organic salmon and steak au poivre. And while we are admitted proponents of The McKittrick’s cocktails (try the Sleep No More), we’d be remiss not to recommend staying for dinner proper for the full Gallow Green experience. Reimagined for the winter season by designer Jessie Flynn, The Hideout at Gallow Green features tables reserved exclusively for dining on one side, and on the other, private yurts for up to six and a number of quiet corners into which guests can tuck for a hot beverage and light snacks. Touted as being New York’s “best hidden secret,” The McKittrick’s rooftop venue Gallow Green has undergone its annual transformation from a verdant garden to a cozy, yurt-appointed refuge where patrons can enjoy libations and fare while draped in skeepskins and Tartan blankets. While attendees can enjoy an expansion of tableside magic show Speakeasy Magick, the recently transformed rooftop at Gallow Green, a new seasonal menu from the hotel’s Executive Chef, Pascal Le Seac’H, and the reintroduction of Sleep No More, those are hardly the only reasons to pencil in a visit. For a variety of reasons (the Delta variant and a lack of show-goers chief among them), that never happened, and the show’s reopening was pushed back to February 2022.īut now, alas, the day has finally come, and after welcoming the critically acclaimed Sleep No More home last week, the 1930s-themed mecca of inventive dinner theater has triumphantly returned to its pre-pandemic grandeur - and then some. Sixteen months later, in July 2021, it was announced they would resume ticket sales for Sleep No More performances in October 2021. Best known for its spooky, old-timey vibes and a rotating slate of immersive plays and performances, The McKittrick Hotel was forced to close its doors back in March of 2020, much to the dismay of drama junkies and staff alike. ![]()
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