The Trial of Typhoid Mary NYC Reviews and Tickets

79%

(17 Ratings)

Positive

94%

Mixed

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Members say

Clever, Entertaining, Absorbing, Thought-provoking, Great acting

About the Show

Live In Theater presents this immersive and interactive production, where participants from the audience will play members of the defense, the prosecution, and jury in the infamous 1915 trial of Typhoid Mary.

March 1915. New York City health officials have apprehended 45-year-old Mary Mallon, better known as “Typhoid Mary," for the second time after linking her to another typhoid fever outbreak. Mallon is accused of having infected 51 people with typhoid fever, three of whom have died. This experience will transport participants into what would have been the controlled chaos of such a sensational case. They will delve into the inherent entertainment in high profile “trials of the century," while dissecting the case of the woman known at one time as the deadliest in the world. Come give Typhoid Mary the trial she never received.

Show-Score Member Reviews (17)

Absorbing, Clever, Delightful, Enchanting, Entertaining

See it if If you want to participate in the show.

Don't see it if If you want to just sit and watch.

Absorbing, Clever, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

See it if You enjoy immersive theater and/or history.

Don't see it if You want a straight show. You don't want to be part of the action. You want lavish sets. Read more

Great acting, Great staging, Intelligent, Resonant, Riveting

See it if You enjoy immersive theater with a talented troupe of actors. Even if you know the history of Typhoid Mary.you will entertained.

Don't see it if You don't like immersive.

Clever, Entertaining, Funny, Quirky, Fluffy

See it if You enjoy small, interactive theater experience with lots of audience participation. You are interested in NYC history or Typhoid Mary.

Don't see it if You are not comfortable being approached by actors and other audience members or you do not want to participate any more than just watching.

Absorbing, Entertaining, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Riveting

See it if You want a great immersive experience, enjoy court room drama and are willing to get stuck in!

Don't see it if You want traditional theatre, or everything to be done for you - you have to make the effort in this one to get the most out of it

Thought-provoking, Funny, Absorbing, Clever

See it if You like interactive performances, you appreciate historical re-enactments, you like unique experiences

Don't see it if You expect a straightforward play, you're shy and retiring

Entertaining, Funny, Quirky, Clever, Ambitious

See it if Yun enjoy the experience of fully immersive theatre and a, possible, differnt take on history. There is a great deal of improv in this show.

Don't see it if You prefer something by the books or something that has more of a script.

Ambitious, Clever, Great acting, Thought-provoking, Slow

See it if you want to be "in the room where it happens". This is a participatory immersive historical fiction performance - actors, ringers and you!

Don't see it if you can't write with a pencil, you can't layer up or down with the temperature and you find it hard to hear speakers in noisy rooms. Read more

Critic Reviews (2)

"A true time-travel experience. Every last actor is completely in character from the second their guests arrived to the second they leave...It is a clever game of chance, giving Mary the trial she never received in real life, several times over...This theatre company gives her back her humanity and the compassion she did not receive from her fellow New Yorkers while still alive, and it is a truly beautiful thing. Bravo!"
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“The likable ensemble embraces the interactive format of the show, with each character improvising a good deal of their own dialogue...One strange and somewhat distracting choice, however, is the incorporation of audience cue cards...If there is more complexity behind Mallon’s choices or her unfair treatment by authorities, the production should frame that conflict more clearly...All in all, however, an enjoyable and unique way to spend a Saturday afternoon in NYC.”
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