Broadway Theatres -- Restrooms: YES/NO?

Posted: 8/14/04 at 9:34am

Please take a moment to answer this simple YES/NO survey. Your response will benefit the designers and builders of future Broadway theatres. Your responses will be in strict confidence and remain the property of this website.

In the Broadway theatres,

YES - My preference is that restrooms should be on the same level as my seating (Orchestra restroom for Ochestra seating, Mezzanine restroom for Mezzanine seating, etc.)

OR

NO - My preference is that restrooms should NOT be on the same level but should be either down in the basement or up several flights of stairs because no matter what price of ticket one can afford, relieving oneself is the one common demoninator of all mankind and the location of restrooms in Broadway theatres should not be a place where the haves are separated from the have nots.


By responding to this survey you have made a contribution to the future of Broadway.

Thank you. Updated On: 8/14/04 at 09:34 AM

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 9:37am

I don't have a restroom placement preference.
I just wish people would go outside at intermission to pass their gas. That's class.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 9:41am

I don't give a sh*t (no pun intended) where they put those bathrooms, but whoever designed a building big enough to hold thousands of people and bathrooms with only 3 stalls and 4 urinals should be scalped and roasted on an open pit.

Posted: 8/14/04 at 9:47am

YES - "My preference is that restrooms should be on the same level as my seating (Orchestra restroom for Ochestra seating, Mezzanine restroom for Mezzanine seating, etc.)" However, I do not think that the specific restrooms, i.e., Mezzanine restroom, should only be for theater patrons seated in the Mezzanine section. As a frequent restroom goer just about anywhere, I'm all about convenience. I generally make a mad dash to the bathrooms during intermission and having to trek up several flights of stairs or down to a basement would just not be feasible.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 9:55am

Quantity matters more to me than location. My vote for fine bathroom facilities goes to the Ford Center. It's long walk down from the balcony, but rather "user friendly" once you get there.

Updated On: 8/14/04 at 09:55 AM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 10:23am

I don't care, as long as it is one HUGE bathroom, so there is no line in the hallways/lobby to get there because it is already crammed just trying to get to concessions/bar/souveniers/theatre/out of theatre/etc.

[POLisPOL]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:09am

I choose the "yes"...
or we are going to finish like urinetown... it's a privilege to pee! lol

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:13am

My preference is for a restroom right at my seat.

I think that restrooms should be located in the basement.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:13am

i would prefer that there just be a large open trough running along the back wall of the theatre with 6" of water running through it at all times. it should have clearance on either side of the trough so that i can stand behind it and pee while not missing any of the show. those who are so bashful as to need a stall and to cover themselves while performing a natural act that everyone must go through should be required to leave the theatre and go next door until they get over their childish attitudes towards the human body.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:17am

The biggest problem for theater today is there are not enough stalls for women.
Example: When i went to see Dracula there was a 40 minute intermission. I waited on line for the ladies room for 40 minutes and there were still 9 people ahead of me and 4 behind me.
I had to hold it in if i wanted to see the second act.
Sadly, i should have waited.
It's a privilege to pee.
They need more stalls! Updated On: 8/14/04 at 11:17 AM

[boborunstheshow]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 11:56am

i think the initial proposal was a lil, sided

Posted: 8/14/04 at 2:32pm

It's clear that you are a deep intellectual Bobo.

But, please make the simple choice if you care to participate.

Thank you.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 2:33pm

I really don't care where the bathroom is so long as I can find it before anyone else to avoid the line.

[NuggetMonkeys]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 4:05pm

i would say yes as long as the upper bathrooms don't suck for cheaper theatre-goers.
-d,b,j-

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/14/04 at 4:06pm

they need them on each level. The men's room at the Ambassador is a NIGHTMARE

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:55am

On every level!! And easy to find! The bathroom at the Gershwin was SO hard to find from where I was sitting...and then when I finally found it, the line was HUGE and intermission was practically over. *sigh*

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:57am

Did you ever try to use the bathroom in the balcony of the Belasco? UGH.

[feinstein9]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 2:55am

i don't mind where they are as long as there aren't any Potty Police- i have fear enough of public restrooms, but these ladies ar scary. they yell "GO GO GO GO!" when a space opens up, keep you in line, and even flush drugs- someone was smoking pot during 42nd street! and you know what? i hate the smell of bathroom soap. i really do. so if theatre mangers or janitors or whoever would please put quality soap in the despensers that would be greatly apreciated. and one more thing- why must you have such cheap toliet paper? seriously public restroom people, why do wish to torture? and shouldn't there be like a lysol can in there so people's GERMS don't seep through the seat protectors? ....i hate public restrooms.

[JMVR]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 3:10am

YES. I don't want to have to go up two flights of staris to pee. But the main issue is the fact that there are 5 stalls for a thousand people to pee in 15 minutes! Makes me love the Ford Center, at least their restrooms are a little bigger!

[CJR]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 3:12am

I really dont care where they are as long as they have more than 4 stalls.

I have been known, when Chicago was at the Shubert, to run over to the Marriot Marquis at intermission and use the bathroom on the 8th floor. Typically, I returned quicker than a friend who went at the same time to use the bathroom in the Shubert.

I've also run to the hotel across from the Ambassador at intermission.

You know, if I didn't, I'd never be back to my seat in time for the curtain to go up. Damn lines.

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 3:33am

I usually don't go at intermission at all.

If I tried to run across the street I wouldn't make it.

It would be ugly...but warm.

[shira467]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 5:06am

YES.

Firstly, there needs to be more than one stall however. At the Lyceum Theater, I was apalled at having one stall, a small bathroom not unlike a tiny single apartment bathroom, for many many people.

Also, WOMEN NEED MORE STALLS. It's a fact. If we could pee standing up it wouldn't be an issue. But please, give us more than 3 or 4 stalls. Then we wouldn't have to duck in the men's bathroom!

[OhSoWicked]

Posted: 8/15/04 at 12:23pm

"they yell "GO GO GO GO!" when a space opens up, keep you in line, and even flush drugs- "


AHH I hate those people. At LSOH I was on line and there was a bathroom out of order all the way on the end and the lady kept yelling for me to go there...and while she was yelling, someone behind me in line would get the next working stall! It took me forever!!!

At the Gershwin (the 2nd time I went) I was lucky enough to be sitting on the right side even with the door that opens closest to the bathroom, so I ran right in and only had to wait like 2 minutes.