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Posted: 8/22/11 at 6:32pm
Posted: 8/22/11 at 6:38pm
My second time at the show I would just walk right up to *everyone* during their scenes, trying to get more one-on-ones...a plan that totally works, btw.
Posted: 8/22/11 at 6:45pm
Posted: 8/22/11 at 6:58pm
Banquo, Duncan, Malcolm (who are they?)
Are they any of the following:
1. After this man does the dance and reveals the clocks, he gets suffocated with a pillow by Macbeth
2. This man tries to make sure Lady MacDuff doesnt drink the milky liquid, while the other woman encourages her to drink (and who was this woman, anyway?)
3. This man battles Macbeth in the poolhall room, with the walls made of cardboard - I believe it's the same man that appears at the banquet scene with a bloodied forehead
As far as one-on-ones, I only saw one person get pulled into one. It was probably 5 minutes after the end of the opening dance/party scene, Lady Macduff pulled someone into a room after resting on the couch for a moment. I waited until they finished so I could continue following her :P
Updated On: 8/22/11 at 06:58 PM
Posted: 8/22/11 at 7:14pm
2. The woman encouraging was Mrs. Danvers of Rebecca. I'm not sure who the man is there-- but it doesn't sound familiar, so probably no Banquo, Duncan or Malccolm...
3. That's Banquo in the poolhall. Malcolm (and maybe Macduff too- I'm fuzzy there) is in there just before that scene and leaves for Banquo to get killed. Banquo is also bloody at the feast- it's in reference to the scene in the play where Macbeth is haunted with a 'vision' (maybe) of the ghost of his dead friend after sending assassins to kill him. Banquo is the one the witches prophesies say will have kings, but won't be one.
Duncan is the reigning king until he's killed by Macbeth, and Malcolm is his son, who is framed for the murder by Macbeth and flees to the continent to escape and plan. He laters works with Macduff to kill Macbeth for his father's sake.
Updated On: 8/22/11 at 07:14 PM
Posted: 8/22/11 at 7:41pm
I believe Man in #2 was also the one I saw huddled on the floor by the row of phone booths in the hotel lobby as Mrs. Danvers gazed upon him (not sure if that helps you ID him), the scene where he and Mrs. Danvers are fighting over the glass for Lady MacDuff occurred in the hotel lobby in the seating area to the right of the check-in desk. It was very well choreographed.
Katurian2, have you seen the show a few times? I may have more questions for you once I think some up if you dont mind :)
EDIT: And if characters get killed, especially Duncan since it's so early-on, do they just get up (I mean, I'm sure they do) and continue to perform a piece of the story? I followed Macbeth when he killed Lady MacDuff but I believe that was closer to the end of the track. When I followed Lady MacDuff it was for the last rotation, so because she gets killed after the banquet scene, and the banquet IS the finale in the third rotation - I didnt get to finish her track, is her death the last scene of her track? or does she get up as well and have more to do before it resets?
Updated On: 8/22/11 at 07:41 PM
Posted: 8/22/11 at 8:13pm
Yup- through various pleadings and favors, I've been on a reasonable number of repeat visits.
I know Duncan is carried off after his death by Banquo and (I think) Macduff. Banquo in the pool hall sort of disappears under the counter into what I presume is a passage to the banquet, as that's where he next appears. I've never quite understood the timeline of Lady Macduff's cycle-I followed it the 1st round my night. I saw her first at the graveyard watching the burial & followed from there. But that doesn't seem to repeat, as after the 1st banquet, she started the cycle by packing in the hotel lobby and getting raped/stabbed by Macbeth, which I thought was a bit odd for how early on it took place, and since she duets with Macduff later in the cycle as well... Since she doesn't have a plot grounded in the original text, I've always found her plot a bit harder to pick though, but still it's one of my favorites for all that's added. But I do think the only time she directly interacts with Macbeth is in the hotel lobby rape scene. If you understood differently, I'd love to hear how- I haven't talked to many people who've followed her through, so I'm still trying to piece it out myself!
Posted: 8/23/11 at 5:56pm
Posted: 8/23/11 at 6:40pm
Updated On: 8/23/11 at 06:40 PM
Posted: 8/23/11 at 11:20pm
However, I did see her death when I followed Macbeth for the first cycle. I jumped into Macbeth's track when he was suffocating Duncan, prior to that I was in the ballroom watching the bald witch do a solo dance as Duncan gazed upon her from a private box, thinking he was Macbeth I followed him to where he did the dance of revealing the clocks, then his death which is where I picked up with Macbeth. I don't know if Macbeth killed Lady MacDuff just prior to this when I was following Duncan briefly, and actually saw her death in the 2nd rotation.
I'm trying to piece together the sequence of events, because I feel like after the first banquet/last supper scene I followed Macbeth and he killed Lady MacDuff. After he killed her, he went to another floor and met up with Banquo and they both changed their shirts, and took a restful drink of water (which cued me to thinking Macbeth's track had come to an end). Macbeth leaves first, and Banquo stays behind to do a dance in this changing area - I believe then Macbeth went back to his bedroom, assisted Lady M in getting dressed, and the ballroom party scene occurred for the 2nd time, and immediately after I proceeded to follow Lady Macbeth for her track.
So is the ballroom party scene the first scene of the show, or are there a few scenes that occur just prior (like Lady MacDuff's death/her interaction with MacDuff) that perhaps you cannot see until the 2nd rotation when they occur between the banquet scene and the ballroom party scene (which if true, would mean you don't see Lady MacDuff's death in either the first or last rotation)
I had an Ace card for the 11pm entry time, and was let out right on the floor with the ballroom, and saw the tail end of the party scene as it then transitioned into the bald witch's dance; so I cant imagine Lady MacDuff's death occurring just prior as I had just entered, there doesn't seem to have been enough time.
Sorry for rambling and not adding much :)
Updated On: 8/23/11 at 11:20 PM
Posted: 8/24/11 at 8:29am
The 3rd cycle seems to be an 'abbreviated' cycle of sorts, with some scenes missing or replaced, because what you describe as Lady Macduff's cycle is basically the 1st half of what I saw when I followed her track on the 2nd time around. I noticed this when I followed Malcolm for the last cycle that a scene I had watched him in earlier with Macduff wasn't repeated (as far as I saw) and he went to the banquet early.
I DO know Lady Macduff's death occurs at least 2 times- possibly just 2 times over the night, as I've seen it happen twice in a night while following Lady Macduff and then Macbeth and seeing that one scene of overlap the 2nd time round.
I think that the show DOES start with the main characters in the ballroom, although the one time I went in with the ace on the 1st elevator, I was pushed out onto the 6th floor, so I missed the very top of the cycle due to being 'detained' upstairs. But I have heard that most characters start the show in the ballroom, but the 1st I've gotten to see of them they were packing and heading there before it actually took place.
Posted: 8/24/11 at 7:12pm
I was so curious where he disappeared to that I was the only one left waiting to see if he would reappear, so I was treated to following him on his trek back to the banquet.
Posted: 9/1/11 at 6:15pm
Posted: 9/1/11 at 6:49pm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303661904576456254205307150.html
Updated On: 9/1/11 at 06:49 PM
Posted: 9/2/11 at 7:38am
Posted: 9/2/11 at 10:49am
The lease in Chelsea runs through 2014, said the pair, "but that doesn't mean we can run the show that long." Quite often, they explained, "people are just coming to hang out for a late-night bar scene" and Emursive is figuring out how to capitalize on that.
The team is "slowly incorporating other portions of the building into the show," said Mr. Karpati. "It's always evolving and we're building new places to go, adding more mystery for the people who come back."
By Sept. 1 there will be a "hidden special place," said Mr. Weiner, and eventually they hope to start using the roofdeck.
The article is from 7/20/11
Posted: 9/3/11 at 9:15pm
Posted: 9/3/11 at 9:27pm
Posted: 9/14/11 at 4:11pm
Also, heard in rumors that they might be doing special theme nights on the week of Halloween, thus tickets aren't quite on sale yet while they prep that all.
Posted: 9/14/11 at 4:14pm
Posted: 9/14/11 at 4:20pm
Posted: 9/14/11 at 4:21pm
Does anyone have any idea when they're extended to at this point, either officially or unofficially?
Posted: 9/14/11 at 4:29pm
Posted: 9/14/11 at 4:36pm
Groovy. Thank you, darling
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