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The immersive experience called Life And Trust — installed by the folks from Sleep No More in the landmarked building that was the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building, aka 14-28 Exchange Place, 61-75 Beaver Street, 6 Hanover Street, and 16-26 William Street, closed permanently in April. I actually went to buy a ticket and saw this message on the homepage:

“We want to express our deepest gratitude to the thousands of audience members who stepped into our world, and to the extraordinary cast, crew, and creative team who who brought this production to life. Your passion, talent, and belief in the magic of live performance made this ambitious journey possible.”

They are also offering refunds for anyone who had purchased tickets.

The coffee shop they created in the base of the building — Conwell Coffee Hall — is still open. It took me a few to figure out that was all part of the fiction they created for the theater experience — what they called “a tale of money, sex & power.”

Sleep No More, a similar immersive experience where the guests were masked and intermingled with the performers who were in a version of Macbeth, has also closed after 14 years in Chelsea. The producers, Emursive, now have a similarly spooky setup called Speakeasy Magick at The Overlook Bar in the Flatiron.