The Night Egg, Duncan Sheik's Memoirs Moves Into the Old Sleep No More

West 27th Street, between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, is a block that knows how to keep a secret. Past the warehouse doors, up on the sixth floor of a venue called the Culture Club, a brothel has been open for previews since late September.

It is called the Night Egg. On Thursday it gets its official opening night.

The room is the draw as much as the show. The production's official site calls the Night Egg a brand-new theatrical space and the former home of Sleep No More, the walk-through theater piece. Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen has taken over the address at 530 West 27th Street and turned it into a modest Parisian maison close.

A Girl With a Pen

The musical follows Colette, played by Sophia Anne Caruso, who was in Beetlejuice. She is asked to write her own story. Instead she starts recording the fantasies, confessions and private sorrows of the people who pass through the house, and she moves from being watched to being the one who watches.

Playbill's production page says she is torn between a toxic love and a growing sense of independence. Cory Jeacoma plays Léon, and Jenny Powers plays Madame. Nkeki Obi-Melekwe is Nana and Marc delaCruz is Sakae.

The source is a manga by Moyoco Anno. BroadwayWorld describes it as the first manga to be developed into an American musical in the English language. Take that as the production's billing rather than a settled record.

The Team Behind the Door

Duncan Sheik, the Tony and Grammy winner, wrote the music and lyrics. Leah Nanako Winkler wrote the book. Rob Ashford directs and choreographs, with music supervision and arrangements by Or Matias.

The design team is a serious one. Scott Pask did the set, Catherine Zuber the costumes, Brian Tovar the lighting and Cody Spencer the sound, according to the official site.

The company is large for a room like this. Playbill lists seventeen performers in all, with credits that run through Hamilton, Frozen, Moulin Rouge!, The Lion King and & Juliet.

Sit up close or be a voyeur from afar.

That line is the site's own pitch for the Night Egg, and it tells you how the evening is meant to work. Where you sit is part of the show.

An Hour and a Half, No Interval

The show runs about 90 minutes with no intermission, per Playbill. That is a tight evening, and it suits a city that eats late.

The production carries a content advisory. The official site warns of adult themes and language and says viewer discretion is advised. This is not the musical you bring your aunt to.

Previews began on September 25. The run is scheduled to close on January 3, 2027, which gives it a long winter in West Chelsea.

What to Know Before You Go

The Night Egg is at the Culture Club, 530 West 27th Street, sixth floor. Opening night is Thursday, October 15. Tickets are sold through memoirsmusical.com, which lists neither prices nor curtain times on its main page, so pick a date on the ticketing calendar to see both. Rush tickets are available through the TodayTix app, according to the official site.

For a smaller, quieter kind of close-up this month, see Wall of Water, our look at Andrew Scott alone on a stage on West 43rd.

Chelsea has had its mystery house before. Now it has a madam, a pen and a manga heroine, and the door is open until January.