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Therese Raquin/the torture effect

Posted by: NewtonUK 11:59 am EDT 10/26/15

I loved the set of Therese Raquin, all else seemed ok - not much sexual energy, which is what the show is about.

Torture? Not the production - but the Mezz seats starting with Row E. There is no leg room ZERO. I;m only 6 feet tall, but I can only sit in the mezz if I do a man spread. Otherwise my knees are jammed into the seat in front of me. But with the spread my neighbors are annoyed.

Well - SAturday night I at least had an aisle seat in what they call the Mid Mezz - though their seating chart calls it, appropriately, Rear Mezz.

Knees jammed against the seat in front of me. But on the aisle, i could turn to my left and cross my legs out into the aisle, and be vaguely comfortable. Except once the show started there was no way to untangle my legs until intermission, since to do so would have required kicking the woman in front of me in the head.

I checked wth HM at intermission to see if there was any seat with leg room I could move to, there wasnt, so I headed home.

Fair enough. But seats like this at Carnegie Hall are flagged as LIMITED LEGROOM, and sold at a 30-40% discount.

Of course for ROundabout to do this, this would include maybe 400 seats.


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No show is worth for those seats

Posted by: TheatreFun 12:31 pm EDT 10/26/15
In reply to: Therese Raquin/the torture effect - NewtonUK 11:59 am EDT 10/26/15

Personally, I avoided those seats no matter how great the show is. My knee is worth a lot more than any shows combined.


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re: No show is worth for those seats

Posted by: chrismpls 03:08 pm EDT 10/26/15
In reply to: No show is worth for those seats - TheatreFun 12:31 pm EDT 10/26/15

I thought "Assassins" was worth it. But I agree. Those seats could not be worse, and even getting an aisle seat doesn't help much.


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Apropos of this

Posted by: Jax 12:13 pm EDT 10/26/15
In reply to: Therese Raquin/the torture effect - NewtonUK 11:59 am EDT 10/26/15

Went to the new Wallis Annenberg Theatre in L.A. recently and the first thing my friend said, as we sat down, was "I love how big these seats are." Plush, roomy, lots of leg room. It makes a difference, and outdated theatres need to rethink their seats.

BTW, the play at the Wallis was Love Letters with Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. Funny, moving, and a bit of an event. See it if it comes to your city.


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