"Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera closed two years ago. Now the Phantom is back, subletting a vacant building in Midtown and throwing an immersive house party. But this isn't a revival of the long-running musical spectacular with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and directed by the late Harold Prince. This is Masquerade, a two-hour, intermission-less adaptation of Phantom directed by Diane Paulus (Pippin, Hair) that tries to combine much of the Phantom narrative and score with the immersive theater experience of Sleep No More."
"Tickets cost more than $200 and require a strict dress code: black, white, or silver cocktail attire, with masks mandatory (Hide your face so the world will never find you). Entry even requires a password. Once admitted, you check your bag, sip complimentary champagne, and hear a violinist play themes from the score. Hide your face so the world will never find you. The interactive ball at the heart of Masquerade.Photo by Matthew Murphy and Ryan Zimmerman/provided"
Masquerade is an immersive, intermission-less, two-hour adaptation of Phantom that recreates much of the original narrative and score within a masked house-party format. Tickets exceed $200 and enforce a strict black, white, or silver cocktail dress code, masks, and a password for entry. Guests check bags, receive complimentary champagne, and hear violin themes before joining an interactive Masquerade ball led by Madame Giry. Six simultaneous audience pulses follow curated routes through rooftops, graveyards, dressing rooms, and the Phantom's lair, with alternate paths for bad weather. The production emphasizes theatrical logistics and kitschy, carnival-like spaces, ending in a nightclub lounge where drinks are sold.
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