WHO KILLED EDGAR ALLAN POE? - The Cooping Theory 1969
WHO KILLED EDGAR ALLAN POE? - The Cooping Theory 1969
Closed 2h 30m NYC: Midtown W
64% 43 reviews
64%
(43 Ratings)
Positive
44%
Mixed
33%
Negative
23%
Members say
Confusing, Great acting, Disappointing, Ambitious, Absorbing

About the Show

The Poseidon Theatre Company invites you to explore the world and words of Edgar Allan Poe in this multi-room immersive paranormal experience in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

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Critic Reviews (3)

Theatre is Easy
October 3rd, 2019

"An immersive psychological thriller kills with a stellar visual and audio design, but lacks coherence in the narrative. The participants are cast as the new members of The Poe Society and are invited to follow the characters through the labyrinth of Underground."
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Off Off Online
September 17th, 2019

"The first hour is a mixer for the audience to get to know the characters…But once the séance goes awry, the show does too. The characters become possessed by spirits of Poe or his family …the characters are possessed, and, whether catatonic, cataleptic, psychotic or just plain frantic, are too much of the same."
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TheaterScene.net
September 11th, 2019

"As for the show, it may be 'the only story-driven, multi-room immersive experience in the heart of Times Square,' but as written by Nate Raven it is very thin on information about 19th century writer Poe…it is mainly participation in a séance…which is neither spooky nor scary."
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