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Zoe Kravitz and Austin Butler, who star together in the upcoming film 'Caught Stealing,' were seen together at an immersive theater show in NYC, fueling romance rumors amid their recent breakups. The pair attended the show with director Darren Aronofsky and have previously been linked romantically, though they haven't confirmed anything publicly.
"Inspired by True Events," a darkly comic play by Ryan Spahn and directed by Knud Adams, explores the chilling true story of Daniel Wozniak, who performed in a musical hours after committing two murders. The immersive production, running at Theater 154 in the West Village, places the audience in a community theater's green room, where the actors' mundane preparations are disrupted by a gruesome discovery.
After more than a decade of performances, the immersive theater production "Sleep No More" will close its doors for good on January 28. Rising production costs and an unwillingness to raise ticket prices were cited as reasons for the closure. The show, which reimagined Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in a wordless, voyeuristic experience, attracted a dedicated fan base and helped expand the landscape of immersive theater in New York. Despite some controversy, the show will have played 5,000 performances and served two million audience members by the time it closes. The producers plan to continue other late-night shows at the McKittrick Hotel but are uncertain about hosting another major production.
"Here Lies Love," a musical about the rise and fall of Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, is drawing a growing stream of Filipino American theatergoers as it prepares for its Broadway opening. The show, which originally premiered in 2013, has added a fully Filipino cast and a group of Filipino producers, including Tony winner Lea Salonga. The immersive staging allows audience members to interact with the cast, creating a personal connection to the story. The production aims to accurately portray the history of the Marcos regime while also humanizing the characters. For Filipino Americans, the show offers a chance to learn about their homeland's history and feel represented on a New York stage.
"The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show" is a theatrical performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel that opens this month at the Park Central Hotel in New York City. The production is the latest in a long line of "Gatsby" adaptations, which have increased since the novel's copyright expired in 2021. The immersive show aims to recreate the opulence of 1920s New York and asks the audience to put themselves into the story. The production features 10 principal characters, including the gangster Meyer Wolfsheim, whose character has been deepened while stripping away the antisemitic tropes that Fitzgerald relied on.