Gatz (Elevator Repair Service, based on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby)

We'd been hearing about Gatz from friends since it first appeared in the states a couple of years ago.  The premise sounds improbably: a reading of every word--and only the words--of Fitzgerald's novel.  6 hours. Every word. Yikes!

Believing in the good judgment of friends, we tried it any way.  And what a wonderful confirmation of their recommendations. 

Set in a nondescript warehouse office, it begins with a clerk picking up the novel and reading it aloud while he waits for someone to come repair his computer.  Gradually, other office workers are drawn into the reading and they begin to act (and speak) the parts, until the first guy becomes Nick, and the others become the other characters in the novel.  Difficult to describe, but not at all difficult to become absolutely engaged by.

Highly recommend.