Masquerade with Asher Young (s12e4)

"Everything is in service to the audience"

You slip behind your mask and step into a world of decadence and mystery. As you're led through a lavish world inspired by The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway stars are singing their hearts out mere feet away, and iconic scenes unfold all around you. This is Masquerade.

Masquerade is a blockbuster immersive theater production in New York City that filled the vacuum left behind by Sleep No More and Life & Trust. As David Spira notes in his review of Masquerade, "The actors were incredible... the show staff curated the experience for every audience member... and it was an impressive feat of logistics."

Executive Producer and Creative Director of Masquerade Asher Young joins us on REPOD to chat about this fresh approach to a Broadway classic. Asher takes us behind the scenes of this enormous production, from transforming Lee's Art Shop, an iconic building in NYC, to designing around audience flow. I appreciated Asher's view on the importance of audience care, especially the discussion about the show's staff. Masquerade has "butlers" who ensure that everyone in the audience has a good view, even repositioning audience members for the best sightlines.

 

 

 

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