PRESS

“Michael Counts is a mad genius…He’s a Master of Immersive Theater”
– New York Times

“The next level of immersive theater is here.”
– Time Out New York

“the wizard behind some of the most alluring large scale theatrical projects in New York City during the last two decades.”
– The Clyde Fitch Report

Project Press Quotes

AUGUST MOON DRIVE IN
“August Moon indoor ‘drive-in’ movie theater, bar planned near Nissan Stadium”
– The Tennessean

“Dine-In Cinema Gets Immersive: Indoor Drive-In to Open in Nashville”
– Variety

“This new drive-in isn’t your granddaddy’s cinema”
– Market Watch (The Wall Street Journal)

“Stars will always twinkle at virtual drive-in cinema”
– The Times (of London)

“Indoor trees and fake stars: Planned Nashville attraction isn’t your grandpa’s drive-in”
– Nashville Business Journal

“Which planned Nashville attraction are you most looking forward to?”
– Nashville Business Journal

“Nashville to get fully immersive, indoor replica of a 1960s drive-in cinema”
– Digital Trends

“Say What?! August Moon, an “Indoor Drive-in Experience” Planned for East Nashville in 2018”
– Nashvillest

“Pigeon Forge Could Get Drive-in Movie Theatre”
– NBC News

Paradiso Escape Rooms
“Brace yourself”
– Broadway World

“Paradiso makes it unclear where fiction ends and the real world begins”
– The Creators Project

“Michael Counts has once again created a paranoid, well-crafted immersive theater experience…”
– Fangoria

“Takes immersive theater to the next level, infiltrating your everyday life.”
-Variety 

Paradiso + Escape Entertainment Merger
“What is the Path of Beatrice Like”
– Variety

“Escape Entertainment and the team behind Paradiso launch groundbreaking and dynamic immersive live game”
– Broadway World

Bang On A Can
“Bang On A Can still seethes with energy.”
– New York Times

Ouroboros Trilogy
“Director Michael Counts has everyone moving with grace and intention.”
– WBUR

Hoodoo
“At HOODOO expect to get lost, found and to dance your socks off.”
–Interview

“Nostalgic and surreal”
–Sleek

“Mesmerizing, colorful”
–Berlin Spectator

“Hoodoo draws you into the music and myths of Southern Louisiana via live performance, party and Creole soul.”
–Tip Berlin

The Walking Dead Experience
“Terrifying!”
– The New York Post

“Unlike anything you might find anywhere else!”
– Fangoria (Review)

“Riveting and horrifying… Legitimately terrifying!”
– Slate

The Beacon at Lake Nona Town Center
“The Beacon at Orlando’s Lake Nona Shines With Tribute to Shooting Victims”
– Fox News

“First look: Lake Nona announces new funky art installation”
– Orlando Business Journal

Play/Date
“[Play/Date is] unique, funny and a great night out”
– Eric Sassen, The Wall Street Journal

“[Play/Date] Takes immersive theater to new heights”
– Meredith Carey, New York Observer

“…One of the most innovative pieces of theater currently playing in NYC[…]Play/Date is directed exquisitely by Michael Counts”
– Glenn Quentin, StageBuddy

Play/Date “has set a new bar for immersive theater in New York” 
– The Village Voice

“It’s a testament to the skill of director/designer Michael Counts that the twenty-five plays – by several different writers – feel like such a unified whole” 
– Tara Isabelle Burton, Litro

The Michael Kors Jet Set Experience
“Captivated with a never-before-seen runway show”
– Examiner.com

The Ride NYC
“The hottest way to experience NY!”
– Today Show (about The Ride NYC)
Anderson Cooper Feature
New York Times Full Review

Monodramas

“Who Killed This Woman’s Lover? And Other Elusive Operatic Issues”
– New York Times Full Review

BILL: The World’s First Live and Interactive Video Billboard
The Las Vegas and New York premieres 
– Transcript of NPR’s On the Media Feature

Yellow Arrow/Mobkastr

“Follow the Yellow Arrows: An Interview with Michael Counts”
– Interview by Media Scholar Henry Jenkins & Assorted International Feature Press

GAle GAtes et al. DUMBO
So Long Ago I can’t Remember – A Divine Comedy
– New York Times Full Review

The Field of Mars
– New York Times Full Review 

Founding of GAle GAtes et al and the move to DUMBO, Brooklyn
– New York Times Feature & Academic Dissertation by Daniella Vinitski, PhD