“Cages” has opened in downtown LA to offer a new theatrical experience.
Here is what the internet has to say about it so far:
“From the moment you enter this building and before you even get to your seat, you’re experiencing something brand new. I think anyone, even if you’re a purist, can walk away saying, ‘That was unique.’”
“CAGES is a mind-blowing immersive rock musical which combines live actors, video characters, special effects and text, with booming bass, strobe lights, and catchy songs, which just started its limited run in downtown LA. (…) The entry lounge and bar is immersively themed with 5 rooms (library foyer, bar, tree bar, correctional room and alley), with roaming role-playing actors, and dozens of set details (look at all the props carefully!) and story elements that start to make sense after you see the show. “
A narrow alleyway awaits. Crooked little buildings all huddled together, a little too close – almost as if they are trying to get far away from something. I begin walking down the brick pathway and find an odd hole with words scratched next to it: All Lovers Shall Perish. I look through the peephole and see the shadows of two bodies, a male and a female hanging from a knotted rope above. I move on quickly, past another building, the Emotional Correctional Facility. I peek inside, into a room a little too white and a little too clean compared to the dirty alley outside. A man, dressed in all black with his face covered, waits inside next to a crooked white slab of nondescript metal in the center. Not wanting to be the next in his doctor’s chair, I keep going, past one more alley, to a cage swinging back and forth with a long-haired man trapped inside.
More information about the shows and tickets here