Live In Theater
Live In Theater
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Live In Theater is an award-winning live entertainment company that creates one-of-a-kind, immersive, theatrical experiences whose adventure range from murder mystery to dramatic re-enactments of history. Our work is highly interactive and inspired by real events from New York’s past. Since 2009, Live In Theater has re-imagined the murder mystery genre and interactive experiences. By blending award-winning performers, real history, city streets, and a heightened sense of realism from the actors, audiences experience a high caliber, in-your-face, cutting-edge brand of theater. We are the masters of outdoor immersive theater in NYC! Come and rediscover your childlike sense of play, while using your adult ingenuity to try and solve the cases. Without a doubt, NYC loves the live interactive plays of Live In Theater.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Kaitlin D
New York City, NY56 contributions
Aug 2019
What a fun activity! Not only was it funny, but we did this as a corporate activity and it was great to see people come out of their shells interacting with the characters. The good cop/bad cop stuff was hilarious. We also unfortunately had inclement weather, but the Live In Theater team was super flexible and we made it work in various conference rooms throughout our building. Thanks again so much for a great time!
Written August 9, 2019
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WinL2011
New York City, NY272 contributions
Jun 2018 • Friends
Went with friends for an interactive Live in Theater event... Ryan Case of 1873. Got to walk the streets of Manhattan interviewing suspects playing detective/cops. Overall a great experience for 2 hours of crime solving. There were 4 groups and we were each given a map to follow to get to each location to interview the characters and figure out who dunnit!
My friends and I were on a team of 8 and were the only group to successfully solve the crime with one of my friend's giving passionate presentation of who dunnit and got an applause from everyone!
It was great to play good cop/bad cop... especially bad cop on the streets. When playing bad cop, folks thought there was a real argument or something going on taking pictures and bystander almost getting into it with one of the actors.
However, there were a couple of improvements that can be made.
1) Give the participants a heads up that the actors we are interviewing are dressed in costume. We were grilling folks on the streets that were staring at us who swore up and down they weren't part of the act! And we were looking for non-existent clues.
2) Please make sure the actors are in their positions /location.
We spent 15-20 minutes at the 1st spot and given this was the 1st time, we didn't know what or who we were looking for. It was a waste of our time and had to come back to the start point at the end to interview the character. There were 2 characters out of the 5 that were not in their positions and had to call out to us. Not fun and lost time as we had to be called back at the end...
Tip: if you think the price is high, look for discounts to make this reasonable cost.
My friends and I were on a team of 8 and were the only group to successfully solve the crime with one of my friend's giving passionate presentation of who dunnit and got an applause from everyone!
It was great to play good cop/bad cop... especially bad cop on the streets. When playing bad cop, folks thought there was a real argument or something going on taking pictures and bystander almost getting into it with one of the actors.
However, there were a couple of improvements that can be made.
1) Give the participants a heads up that the actors we are interviewing are dressed in costume. We were grilling folks on the streets that were staring at us who swore up and down they weren't part of the act! And we were looking for non-existent clues.
2) Please make sure the actors are in their positions /location.
We spent 15-20 minutes at the 1st spot and given this was the 1st time, we didn't know what or who we were looking for. It was a waste of our time and had to come back to the start point at the end to interview the character. There were 2 characters out of the 5 that were not in their positions and had to call out to us. Not fun and lost time as we had to be called back at the end...
Tip: if you think the price is high, look for discounts to make this reasonable cost.
Written July 3, 2018
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fozzybaier
Hoboken, New Jersey18 contributions
Oct 2014 • Family
What a wonderful company. Carlo and his team did an outstanding job, start to finish! It was a pleasure coordinating a private performance for a group of 50 adults with disability. We had an accessible performance space, an enthusiastic staff that was engaging and really in character. Carlo was clear and timely from the initial outreach, provided a contract, receipts and information all about the day to ensure a really wonderful for all. Would highly recommend to anyone looking for something different and fun in NYC when you think you've done and seen it all.
Written October 31, 2014
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Gloria
1 contribution
Aug 2019
Tried something different for a corporate team building event, and so glad we did- LIT provided an extraordinary, unforgettable experience! We were a group of 27 people and every minute was enticing. Actors were unbelievably great! Perfect team event. Hihgly recommend! Couldn't have asked for a better time.
Written August 9, 2019
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JV-SOMERS-NY
Westchester County, NY2 contributions
Jul 2019 • Business
Everyone enjoyed the show and had a great time! Great staff interaction. Cleared the colorful language with employees prior to attending. Characters were great, service was spot on and afterwards headed across the street to Rosario's to share a few pizza's!
Written July 18, 2019
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Luis Trujillo G
3 contributions
Apr 2019 • Business
I want to recognize such an outstanding profesional job!!!!
I was totally amazed with the performance.
All three actors were fantastic
Awesome job, highly recommended!!!
Best regards,
Luis
Trujillo
I was totally amazed with the performance.
All three actors were fantastic
Awesome job, highly recommended!!!
Best regards,
Luis
Trujillo
Written April 17, 2019
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Steve S
Beach Haven2 contributions
Mar 2019 • Family
The students had a great time looking for the suspects in the neighborhood, and then compiling the "evidence" they collected and coming to a conclusion (in teams) of who the "murderer(s)" could be. WONDERFUL activity, and great improvisational skills from the actors. Ours was a school group (Choir) from Michigan.
Written April 2, 2019
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Sophie
3 contributions
Dec 2018 • Business
We hired LIT for a private holiday party event for our Board of Directors, and it was a total hit! We were nervous the show would be "hokey" or "low brow," but it was anything but that. The actors really respected the private residence, the audience, and their own craft.The whole story was exciting and kept us interested and surprised the entire evening. All our board members left still laughing and discussing the final reveal. It's going to be hard to top this holiday party next year. Overall, from start to finish it was incredibly easy to work with LIT, and I would absolutely recommend them!
Written December 4, 2018
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orrdin
New York955 contributions
Aug 2018 • Business
I didn’t know what to expect walking into this and I was really impressed with the originality and execution. You’re part of a murder mystery playing out in the city streets where actors wait for you and offer their testimony in response to questions. It was lots of fun and the acting was really good. Highly recommended activity!
Written August 22, 2018
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Mati S
Fair Lawn, NJ1 contribution
Jul 2018
Excellent and fun afternoon!!! Lots of silliness and a great group! Would definitely do it again! Thank you!
Written July 21, 2018
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