The Spirits' Speakeasy

The scrappy immersive-theater troupe Broadway Murder Mysteries conjures up a new production in time for Halloween season: a 1920s soirée at which the celebrated medium Margery tries to convince the skeptical stage magician Harry Houdini of her supernatural powers. The show is inspired by the real encounters, facilitated by Houdini's more credulous friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that led to Houdini's 1924's exposé A Magician Among the Spirits. Co-conceived by writer Monica Hammond and director Sarah Sutliff, the show features Krystyn Lambert as Margery and Patrick Terry as Houdini; to fill out the atmosphere, the evening includes close-up magic and period cocktails.