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"From the late 1930s to the early \u201850s, a vaudevillian spectacle flourished in New York City's Times Square. Nestled in the basement of the Paramount hotel, the Diamond Horseshoe supper club was a nighttime playground, and an expressive outlet for the city's theater set. Eventually, the venue shuttered, and has been abandoned ever since\u2014until its doors swung open again for the first time in 60 years on New Year's Eve, thanks to the Paramount's owner, developer Aby Rosen.\n\nChristening the stage is Queen of the Night, an immersive theatrical event produced by Randy Weiner (Sleep No More), which began its six-week run on the same night that Diamond Horseshoe reopened. The piece, revolving around a marchesa's opulent and risqu\u00E9 debutante ball for her daughter, is a dazzler\u2014but the play's ornate backdrop might be the real showstopper.\n\nPinterestFacebookBeneath a dramatic fiber-optic ceiling fixture, *Queen of the Night'*s main character, a marchesa, stuns in a Thom Browne\u2013designed cape. Photo: Matteo Prandoni/BFAnyc.com\n\n\"If you stare at anything long enough in here, new details will start to reveal themselves,\" says New York decorator Meg Sharpe, who created the layered interiors in tandem with Stonehill &amp;amp; Taylor Architects, creative director Giovanna Battaglia, and scenic and scent designer Douglas Little. The 6,000-square-foot space brims with Old World splendor and avant-garde accents. In the main ballroom, beneath a fiber-optic starry sky, plush banquettes curl up against mirrored walls, while behind the bar, urn-size glass beakers fizzle with mysterious potions. From there guests venture into the series of rooms, which Little refers to as \"the Bergdorf Goodman fun house.\"\n\nPinterestFacebookAntiqued-mirror panels with moon-gold leafing hug a plush banquette in Diamond Horseshoe's ballroom. Photo: Lena Xiao\n\nThe labyrinth holds a collection of elaborate and interactive sets. Baroque details, optical illusions, and perfumed pillows all contribute to the dreamscape, and as spectators wander through dimly lit hallways and curtains of tinkly shells, Queen of the Night's actors are never far behind, feeding the fantasy.\n\nPinterestFacebookA chandelier leans against a spiral staircase. Photo: Lena Xiao\n\nQueen of the Night will be running through February 9, though its creators have their fingers crossed for an extended run. (The space will also host private events in the future.) Whether or not that happens, they've certainly given Diamond Horseshoe a promising a second act."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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