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Friday, February 03, 2023
Judy Kaye, Cady Huffman, and More Will Take Part in Immersive, Theatrical Restaurant, JOURNEY
www.broadwayworld.com: JOURNEY, a unique dining entertainment enterprise from Tony Award winning producer Marc Routh (The Producers, Hairspray), introduces theatrical gastronomy to New York City with an exciting blend of immersive video installations, fine dining, fashion tech, and theatre.
2 comments:
Carly Tamborello
said...
I had to read the article a couple times to wrap my head around this – I finished the first time having read a lot of excitement about “multisensory culinary journeys” and “diner’s tabletops brought to life,” but no clue what any of it actually meant. The whole thing seems to be very spectacle based. It leaves me with questions about what the experience is actually like, which is probably intentional to encourage people to visit. This seems like a lot going on, which is probably why it’s divided into these separate experiences. JOURNEY seems like it’s taking the concept of “dinner and a show” to the next level, showcasing the impressive new feats of modern technology. It’s interesting to me that some of these experiences are ticketed, and some are not, like a regular restaurant. This also seems like it would be a difficult enterprise to staff long-term.
I think this Journey restaurant idea is fun and honestly sounds like a fever dream. I think the idea of incorporating digital entertainment and performance food is very innovative and has a lot of potential to become a hot spot for foodies. While I initially didn’t understand what made it a part of broadway from its face value premise, all the people working on it have long theatre histories and I think it’s really interesting that theatre technicians and artists can come together to make experiences that are not just on a stage. I often forget the weird talents and knowledge held by a room of theatre designers and producers can often make some really cool things like Journey happen. I’ve always considered the DP’s to be engineers and artists of creating experiences so it makes sense a lot of the skillsets of theatre are transferable to areas such as interactive dining experiences.
2 comments:
I had to read the article a couple times to wrap my head around this – I finished the first time having read a lot of excitement about “multisensory culinary journeys” and “diner’s tabletops brought to life,” but no clue what any of it actually meant. The whole thing seems to be very spectacle based. It leaves me with questions about what the experience is actually like, which is probably intentional to encourage people to visit. This seems like a lot going on, which is probably why it’s divided into these separate experiences. JOURNEY seems like it’s taking the concept of “dinner and a show” to the next level, showcasing the impressive new feats of modern technology. It’s interesting to me that some of these experiences are ticketed, and some are not, like a regular restaurant. This also seems like it would be a difficult enterprise to staff long-term.
I think this Journey restaurant idea is fun and honestly sounds like a fever dream. I think the idea of incorporating digital entertainment and performance food is very innovative and has a lot of potential to become a hot spot for foodies. While I initially didn’t understand what made it a part of broadway from its face value premise, all the people working on it have long theatre histories and I think it’s really interesting that theatre technicians and artists can come together to make experiences that are not just on a stage. I often forget the weird talents and knowledge held by a room of theatre designers and producers can often make some really cool things like Journey happen. I’ve always considered the DP’s to be engineers and artists of creating experiences so it makes sense a lot of the skillsets of theatre are transferable to areas such as interactive dining experiences.
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