Sleep No More is AMAZING — Page 5

Maybe think of yourself as Tarzan and the characters as vines. Swing from one to the next one you see. I foolishly attempted to follow Malcolm up the stairs. And it was two flights straight up and then more steps. We are very different types, Malcolm and I.

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It's four hours later. And it's never the same twice.

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There's a break. Each show cycles the story three times, but it also has a definitive end.

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Updated On: 4/12/11 at 11:42 PM

does this show have a playbill?

Apparently tonight is opening night, Thursday April 13. Good thing they extended the run past Saturday, or that might look Spider-Man-esque.

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We all know they'll be extending. Ben Brantley didn't like the show in Boston, completely missed the point. Then again, he does seem like the "take him by the hand from point A to point B" type of theatergoer.

Anyway, I would like to give Duncan and Malcolm kisses on their opening.

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Beware of SPOILERS:

Things I saw:
-Skinny guy in one of the stores on the "shop" street did an examination on what appeared to be a dead girl. She eventually woke up and they did a dance together. I think she may have been one of the witches?
-Witch orgy scene in the nightclub with Macbeth. Lady in a red dress sits in the back and watches the whole time.
-Lady Macbeth's "out damn spot" scene and her getting in the tub to cleanse herself
-Same skinny guy from shop appears to be flirting with woman w/ suitcase. It goes ok for a little bit, but she eventually slams the door in his face.
-Very pregnant Lady Macduff and Macduff have a one on one dance with each other on their couch.
-Macbeth comes home all bloodied, his wife strips him down and washes him off in their bath tub
-Lady Macduff and her husband end up at a big dance in the ballroom. The curly haired servant keeps trying to feed her what looks like milk and Lady Macduff eventually passes out. Curly haired nurse carries her off
-Big "last supper" type table scene where Banquo's ghost appears
-Lady Macduff enters the hotel. Curly haired servant and the porter wrestle with her as the servant tries to give her more of the milk. Eventually Lady Macduff is on her on and rummages through a dresser in the lobby. She then looks at a dress in front of a mirror. She storms off to the dining room where she shares another scene with the curly servant.
-Make witch lip synchs a song in the hotel
-Macbeth and curly haired servant share a scene in the cemetary, he eventually starts writing in the dirt.
-Lady with suitcases barges it, wrestles with the porter, and eventually makes a phone call.
-All characters eventually end up doing the "last supper" scene again, this time it ends with Macbeth being hanged.

I think that about sums up what I saw. If anybody can provide some insight on who the lady with the suitcase was (NOT the pregnant one)and her relationship with the skinny shop keeper, I'd appreciate it.

Also I don't think I saw Duncan all night. Did anybody see his death? I didn't see Banquo or Lady Mabeth's deaths either. And apparently Malcom was a detective? I don't recall seeing him all night either.

@NotScott

The woman with the suitcase is not a character from Macbeth. She is The Second Mrs. DeWinters, a character from the novel Rebecca. On the program it has her listed as Agnes Naismith. Not sure about hte name change but that IS her character. Not sure about the skinny shop keeper. His character's name in the program is Mr. Bargarran The curly haired woman that gave Lady Macbeth the milk was another character from Rebecca, Ms. Danvers. Her name is Catherine Campbell in the program. Malcolm is indeed a detective. You did see Duncan, he is the older man that stands up in the middle of the banquet scene.

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AMNY gives it ****! 4 Stars!

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/theater-review-sleep-no-more-4-stars-1.2816863

Another RAVE from Theatremania!

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/04-2011/sleep-no-more_36015.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/04/14/theater/20110414-sleepnomore.html

no review from the NYT yet but there is a new slide show that has some great pictures and a quote from Brantley. I'm assuming that means there will be an official review?

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Great for ll involved in this spectacular theatrical event! May it run a long, long time!

Note: My second visit to the show was completely different then the first. I discovered the Witches Rave room which I quickly realized was the nightmare version of the bar we were first admitted into before donning the masks. Thought it was brilliant. Was spirited away by Hecate after her performance.... WOW!

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Updated On: 4/14/11 at 12:37 AM

I read this thread and keep getting bummed that I seem to have followed the less interesting characters all night. I didn't really know what I was going into (tried to avoid spoilers before), so I ended up following the "second Mrs. Dewinter" character through her track almost twice. I barely saw most of the Macbeth characters. I walked out feeling like I'd been living in suspense for three hours but that it had built to nothing really. Now I'm almost wanting to go back and explore more and find some of the more interesting characters to follow.