"Untitled Immersive Musical Attraction" from POTO LLC

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 1:57pm

https://playbill.com/job/untitled-immersive-musical-attraction-nyc-epa-07-01-24-07-03-24/5c440d7b-e0af-4227-8c63-d8b28fe7b081

Thoughts, comments, chandeliers?

[Jesse St. James]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 2:01pm

untitled Andrew Lloyd Webber midlife crisis

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 3:38pm

Yeah I was curious what this was. They don't list any creatives which is odd.

[Lot666]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 3:42pm

Jesse St. James said: "untitled Andrew Lloyd Webber midlife crisis"

Douche.

[Lot666]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 3:46pm

POTO LLC = Phantom of the Opera, LLC
ENSEMBLE + F1 - Early 40s. COLORATURA SOPRANO = Carlotta
ENSEMBLE + F2 - Early 20s. SOPRANO = Christine
ENSEMBLE + F3 - Late 30s - Early 50s. MEZZO SOPRANO = Giry
ENSEMBLE + M1 - Late 30s – 50. BARITONE = Firmin/Andre
ENSEMBLE + M2 - Late 30s-50s. OPERATIC TENOR = Piangi
ENSEMBLE + M3 - 30s – 40s. HIGH BARITONE OR TENOR = Phantom
ENSEMBLE + M4 - Late 20s – early 30s. HIGH BARITONE = Raoul

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 3:51pm

This could be fun!

[Kad]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 3:56pm

I have doubts as to whether this is any sort of adaptation of ALW's Phantom at all.

Updated On: 6/19/24 at 03:56 PM

[Owen22]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 4:10pm

If indeed it is Phantom of the Opera no matter how good it is, it will be accused of just jumping on the Sunset Boulevard/Cts deconstructions. Sometimes unoriginal is worse than bad.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 5:28pm

If it is truly immserive and you're walking through the bowels of the Paris Opera house... that could be fun.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 5:38pm

Jesse St. James said: "untitled Andrew Lloyd Webber midlife crisis"

How many 152-year-olds do you know?

[poto19882023]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 5:57pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Is-an-Immersive-Production-of-THE-PHANTOM-OF-THE-OPERA-Coming-to-New-York-20240619

 

When did Hugh Panaro lead an immersive Phantom workshop???

[SuttonPeron]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:23pm

Personally, I hope this flops massively and that whoever is cast gets recognition and a better gig. We all know what happened in London, and this is the same but slightly more creative.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:27pm

SuttonPeron said: "Personally, I hope this flops massively and that whoever is cast gets recognition and a better gig. We all know what happened in London, and this is the same but slightly more creative."

‘Kay. So glad we didn’t have to wait until the thing is even announced before we get to read your review. 

Updated On: 6/20/24 at 07:27 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:29pm

Wait what happened in London? The West End production getting stripped down from the Hal Prince original? This seems kind of apples and oranges to me, though of course claims of a show being "immersive" are more often than not comically exaggerated. 

[JBM84]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:45pm

Rumors are this is being directed by Punchdrunk, the OG folks behind Sleep No More. Considering SNM is closing soon and Emusive's latest project just opened, it makes sense to take this show to NYC if possible. Wonder if they just take up residency in the McKittrick again or find a new space. I feel pretty confident based on Punchdrunk's comments that this won't be a masked show again (aka SNM).

[oknazevad]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:55pm

JBM84 said: "Rumors are this is being directed by Punchdrunk, the OG folks behind Sleep No More. Considering SNM is closing soon andEmusive's latest project just opened, it makes sense to take this show to NYC if possible. Wonder if they just take up residency in the McKittrick again or find a new space. I feel pretty confident based on Punchdrunk's comments that this won't be a masked show again (aka SNM)."

Well, I'd hope there'd be at least one mask! Actually, considering "Masquerade" there'd better be many masks.

[oknazevad]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 7:58pm

Scarywarhol said: "Wait what happened in London? The West End production getting stripped down from the Hal Prince original? This seems kind of apples and oranges to me, though of course claims of a show being "immersive" are more often than not comically exaggerated."

In 2020, the London production, like Les Miz the year before, was essentially replaced by the staging of the touring production.

[poto19882023]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 9:30pm

From a private POTO Facebook group:

”I just asked Paul Adam Schaefer what is going on. He was Raoul and Phantom on Broadway … He was involved in the workshops and said it wouldn't even be in a theatre. A  6th floor building in 57th street that was converted into an event space! He said it would be a massive build!!!!  …”

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 9:54pm

enter the BUT THE REVIVAL AT THE BELASCO from the delusional phantom accounts

 

(and their rebuttal posts) 

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 6/19/24 at 11:13pm

This seems so weird to me.  Why would Cameron mackintosh agree to this?  Wouldn’t he make more money by just doing a scaled down version of the original and put it in a smaller theatre back on Broadway?

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 6/20/24 at 5:44am

This seems a million times more interesting than a scaled-down proscenium stage revival. I’m excited.

[TBFL]

Posted: 6/20/24 at 8:40am

Broadway Flash said: "This seems so weird to me. Why would Cameronmackintosh agree to this? Wouldn’t he make more money by just doing a scaled down version of the original and put it in a smaller theatre back on Broadway?"

It closed because people were bored of it and ticket sales were down. Why put the same thing back on again when you can do something much more interesting

[SeanD2]

Posted: 6/20/24 at 10:40am

Whatever happened to the Peacock show which was supposed to be a murder mystery backstage at a production of Phantom? If that's still moving forward I wonder if this is somehow being tied to that.

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/20/24 at 10:48am

I highly doubt this is the rumored Punchdrunk production. Their name isn’t anywhere in the casting/hiring notices, and it’s being managed and cast by (as far as I can tell) non-Punchdrunk affiliates. The GM for it - Evan Bernardin Productions - was the producer of the immersive productions of Kerrigan and Lowdermilk’s The Bad Years. They’re still a bit of a fledgling company and I doubt they’re taking on a client as high profile as Punchdrunk, who I believe GM and cast their own productions.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/20/24 at 11:07am

Also, the Sleep No More-style immersive shows of Punchdrunk or Third Rail or Emursive don’t use Equity contracts. Equity has no contracts for shows like those, which would basically require bespoke contracts for every production due to their demands (and become wildly cost prohibitive).