Betrayal Seating Discussion — Page 3

Saw the show tonight (8/29) and loved it! It's a slow start, but sucked me right in until a phone went off 4 TIMES during the pivotal scene between Emma and Robert. Grrr

Anywho, I was in seat Mezz A27 (last seat on house left). The bar did not interfere at all with my view - I completely forgot about it during the show.

The upstage projections are also projected in the black drop area in front of the stage bottom, so you won't miss any of the few projections they had (I think this is an update from earlier performances which didn't have the lower projections, right?).

Yes, there are a few times that you miss seeing someone who is upstage on stage right. Since I knew of those moments from this thread, I didn't feel like I missed anything important. It was usually the "off" character that you could not see.

Front of mezz felt really close, I had no problems seeing facial expressions. If you are a Charlie Cox fan, you want to sit on the opposite side - his back is to you during the lunch scene and a few other scenes.

I will say that being on the aisle seat was great for heading down to stage door. We zoomed out during the bows with no problem. As stage door is in front of the theatre, we went straight down.

It's a very quiet show and I found I couldn't hear a sentence every so often. On my return (to sit on the opposite side), I will grab a headset.

CarmenA3, I'm glad that bar didn't distract your view. It would have drove me crazy. I know I would have fixated on it.

CarmenA3 said: "Anywho, I was in seat Mezz A27 (last seat on house left).The bar did not interfere at all with my view - I completely forgot about it during the show."

I was at the same show on the opposite end and view looks pretty identical but in reverse.

The phone going off four times was INSANE!!

For $25 I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the seat to anyone. But lucky for me I was able to scoot over to the left by 2 seats at the start of the show (with the usher's blessing).

Here's the view from A28. I didn't get a chance to snap a photo after moving 2 over into A24. The boxes did not look like a great place to sit. I didn't have any issue making it to stage door even though I had to cross the theater to exit.

mpkie, Thanks for posting that picture. I will be sitting in D7 in the orchestra on September 22. From your picture, there is a lady, I'm pretty sure sitting in the same seat. (orchestra left) If not, it is the row behind her. (I can't figure out where A starts. ) It doesn't look that bad. I'm sure I'll miss some moments, but not 50% of the show, which was originally reported.

CarmenA3 said: "Was there a bar on your side like the one on mine?

I’ll be sitting here in Sept, hoping some seats are open so I can move.How was the view at A24?"

Yes, there was a handrail on house right, too. It didn't look like it would interfere at all with the view to the stage at all.

I thought the view from A24 was good but obviously wouldn't have picked it for the full price, since I imagine A26 and A28 wouldn't have been much different. In A24 you no longer see the light fixtures that you can see in my picture. As you said, you can see facial expressions and you get Charlie Cox straight-on while getting Tom Hiddleston's back in that one scene they are facing each other. You definitely need to be centered to not get someone's back. And of course if an actor stood upstage left, you could not see them (though I too knew they were there from this board, lol).

From A24, the text on the back of the stage showed the words "Two Years" and the word "Earlier" was completely missing. Perhaps from A28 one may not have seen the word "Years" or would have been cut off.

mamaleh said: "How are the locations for General Rush and the online lottery? "

For online lottery, mezzanine 3rd row, right side of house for the 8/31 performance. We were seated next to 2 other lottery winners to our left and regular tickets the two to the right.

Saw every scene without obstruction, we did miss some facial expressions in scenes where one of the characters was facing the other direction, but that will be true unless you are center of house.

Audience was well behaved and all 3 made stage door appearances. Well worth seeing, especially at lottery prices.

Updated On: 9/1/19 at 07:41 PM

I just bought B5 for Nov 16th based on reviews of it here. Since this is a Saturday matinee I'm assuming that cast won't do Stage Door?

Donna74 said: "Does anyone know if row aa or row bb is the first row? I’ve seen two different seating charts claiming both to be the first row."

My $25 partial view seat was A1. First row. And there was no partial view. Full view,

I agree about the spoiler by Owen22. It was sad to see it in print.

Is there anyone who has seen this from the front row that can comment on the view? I sat there for The Ferryman and I can't imagine it's much different for this production in terms of stage height, etc., but figured I would ask.

I'm seeing the show tomorrow. I know I'm sitting in the front mezz, but I forget which seat. I will report back!

Saw from front row mezzanine, last seats on house left (A23 & 25 I think?). The row was completely full so we couldn't move. Mostly just missed some "offstage" characters. Charlie Cox was speaking out of view for about 1/3 of one scene before he moved into view. For $25 it was perfectly fine. The boxes were completely full and those people were not having a good time.