| re: Why do venues sometimes block off seats? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:18 pm EDT 04/04/24 | |
| In reply to: Why do venues sometimes block off seats? - NeoAdamite 04:00 pm EDT 04/04/24 | |
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| When I saw Cinderella in previews, they closed off the upper half of the balcony (or rear mezzanine, as they now say) with a curtain. So that is something that's been done before at the Broadway. I heard this was just for previews on that show. Fortunately, the tickets were comps. I wouldn't have wanted to pay anything for those seats. I felt much farther away than I felt in the first row of the balcony at Merrily. I couldn't imagine what it must be like from the real last rows of the Broadway, although since I've sat in the balcony at the Met, I know it can't feel farther away than that. Somehow it doesn't seem to matter as much with opera. It didn't help that the seat at the Broadway was ridiculously tight and painful to sit in. As to why they do this, I can only guess so that they can state a higher percentage of capacity, at least for some shows. I imagine that when the balcony (meaning the second upper level) is closed off for some shows, it's because those shows are felt to be too intimate for those seats to be sold. |
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