Paranormal Activity Live Sets Broadway Run This Fall

A stage adaptation of the Paranormal Activity horror franchise will bring its chills to Broadway this fall for a strictly limited 20-week engagement at the August Wilson Theatre. Previews begin Friday, August 14, with the official opening set for Tuesday, September 15.

The production, titled Paranormal Activity: A New Story Live on Broadway, features an original story written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett. It centers on James and Lou, a couple who relocate from Chicago to London hoping to leave their troubled past behind, only to confront supernatural forces that reveal people, not places, are haunted. The intimate live format reimagines the found-footage ghost story style of the films.

The show arrives after sold-out runs across the United States and United Kingdom, including Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theater Group at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and London's West End at the Ambassadors Theatre. There, it earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination this year for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play following its premiere at Leeds Playhouse. A...