Mystery Celebrity To Sit In Box In Bryant Park

This is sort of weird. Every Friday from July 23rd to August 13th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., a celebrity will be sitting inside of a box in Bryant Park. The people behind the box, an experimental troupe called the Art Party Theater Company, invite one and all to step inside the box to find out which famous face is hiding away in there—but you'll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement first.

Artistic Director Mary Birnbaum told the Daily News, "We invite lots of speculation about who the celebrity will be. It's someone probably everybody knows and someone that probably everyone likes" (though there's no promise the person inside is an A-lister). She noted that the group will generate buzz and attention to the project by having 30 or so performers acting as star-struck fans, on top of a red carpet and velvet ropes—tourists are going to eat this shit up quicker than you can say T.G.I. Fridays.

The 8' x 8' box is called Starbox, and will be situated by the park's fountain terrace. Lindsay Lohan should inquire about serving part of her jail sentence in there—it's probably about the size of her cell.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on July 19, 2010 11:57 AM

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Guest

"It's someone probably everybody knows and someone that probably everyone likes."

Betty White?

devonbanks

Badger my a**, it's probably Milhouse

Jamie McDonald

This is kind of retarded. Yeah, good job, you're making visitors sign non-disclosure agreements. Uh, what are those worth, exactly? Do these hipsters really have the time and money to litigate every time someone breaks one of these 'agreements'? Especially if it's on the Internet, where you might not even have a way of figuring out who the person is? The mystery is going to last all of about three minutes. Dumb.

grizzzly

the NDA is just to make people feel it's all big and important. Look on the bright side, all the people waiting in line for this won't be frequenting establishments that you and I might like to enjoy for that time, such as the subway turnstile.

1stephanie

I hope it's Megan Fox, and I hope there's no air in there.

grizzzly

Hey wait, there's just a dead cat in here

thelexiphane

Winner!

Angelheaded Hipster

michael mineo !

babyfishmouth

I wonder if David Blaine will do this or if he has PTSD from being in a box for 30 days or on a pole for a week, whatever the hell he did a few years ago in Bryant Park.

MT

Whoever it is I hope for their sake that box is air conditioned.

bonu$baby

Sounds like a James Franco stunt.

fuboy

Was thinking the same thing.

fazzinoart

I'm not sure who will be in the box, but I love the idea. Brings a whole new perspective to the concept of 3d pop art. I'll have to keep an eye on this.