| Slender, Medium and Stout Seating Options: Bring It Back!!! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 01:18 pm EDT 06/18/18 | |
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| I was just reading an article on the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, which is now the multiscreen AMC Empire. According to this piece, there were originally seating options for Slender, Medium and Stout body types, which the article claims was unique. Has anyone ever heard of this idea? In principle it exists because as we all know, many (if not most) theatres have wildly different seats scattered throughout the auditorium, but they are rarely identified on seating charts in the computer system. I imagine house managers and ushers know which are the larger ones and which aren't, so why are they not marked as such in the system and priced accordingly. As a big person, I wouldn't object to paying 20-30% more for a seat I knew would be comfortable. In general house managers on Broadway are very generous in accommodating patrons of girth or shortness and I have been given some beautiful upgrades due to their kindness. But I hate being a whiner when they are trying to get 100 people into their theatre in 20 minutes. For instance, the side seats at the Golden- which look like aisle seats on the seating chart if you don't do your research- can be murderous if you pick the wrong row. The left arm rest in the row I was in was literally embedded into the wall of the theatre, so the smallest person would have their entire left side smooshed, and unless nobody was sitting to your right, you'd have nowhere to lean to minimize the discomfort. A very lovely usher and house manager moved me upstairs to the slip where there there were two chairs (this was house left; house right slip was where the sound booth is) and I had a grand and comfortable view that I'd have happily paid a premium for if it had been offered (within reason). |
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