Disney, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” light trail runs at the NYBG through Nov. 30.
Photo by Sadie Brown
As dusk turns into night at the New York Botanical Garden, blue, green and magenta lights illuminate the pitch-black forest and smoke machines ominously fill the air while the soundtrack of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” carries through the dark.
Through Nov. 30, NYBG is hosting an after-hours, limited-engagement exhibit of Disney, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” light trail. The trail features more than 8,000 feet of lights and life-sized, 3D-printed characters from the titular stop-motion movie.
As the sun sets and the lights come on, the path becomes a journey into a world full of imagination. Created by LETSGO and Adventurelive— a Madrid-based creative team and the production team behind Broadway’s “Hamilton,” owned by renowned Tony-winner, Jeffrey Seller, respectively—the experience allows visitors to see a cult-classic film come to life right before their eyes.
“We saw that we had a lot of people who demanded this type of experience and besides, we all love Tim Burton and everything he creates,” Iñaki Fernandez, founder of LETSGO, told Bronx Times.
In 2022, LETSGO launched “Tim Burton’s Labyrinth” in Spain and the experience became so popular, it toured Europe.
“And then, we were having dinner in Paris and we had the idea of creating Disney’s Nightmare Before Christmas to bring it to Europe — I got together with Jeffrey Seller, who is one of the most important producers in this city and here we are, a year and a half later, opening in the New York Botanical Garden,” Fernandez added.
On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Seller stood at the entrance to the exhibit and told the crowd that in 1992, he had the opportunity to watch the claymation of the movie being made because his journalist friend was covering this new Tim Burton film. The movie opened…
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