Billy Elliot Seating Question

[wicked_beast4]

Billy Elliot Seating Question#1

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:39pm

How are the seats all the way to the right side, Front Mezz at the Imperial? For those who have seen it in London or broadway, how much would be missed by sitting all the way to the side? Thank you for any help!!!!

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[antiandrewx]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#2

Posted: 10/3/08 at 8:44pm

I sat all the way to the right in row C of the orchestra and it was fantastic. There's things that you'll miss that happen upstage but it's nothing that will ruin the show. Everything pretty much happens front and center.

[wicked_beast4]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#2

Posted: 10/3/08 at 9:15pm

Thank you! I cannot wait!

"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable." -F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

[Steve2]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#3

Posted: 11/10/08 at 1:04pm

Can anyone tell me what front row seats are like at the Imperial? I see some are available but can't remember how high the stage is.
Thanks

[sgv123]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#4

Posted: 11/10/08 at 1:12pm

front row is great, very low stage.

[balto]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#5

Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:18pm

What row is the front row? A? Are they seating AA and AB?

[LimelightMike]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#6

Posted: 11/10/08 at 2:57pm

At the Imperial, FRONT ROW (Center and Side Orchestra) is ROW AA.

[sgv123]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#7

Posted: 11/10/08 at 11:10pm

here you can see the heighth of the stage:

http://www.broadway.com/broadway_information_html/5012773

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#8

Posted: 11/11/08 at 12:59am

How is front mezzanine centre, first row?

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[LimelightMike]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#9

Posted: 11/11/08 at 3:23am

Front row of the Center Mezzanine is spot-on, as well. Again, the Imperial isn't *that* big, and the overhang of the Mezz. is awesome -- Comes up to maaaaybe Row H or J the Orchestra. PERFECT view, IMHO.

[p.s.]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#10

Posted: 11/11/08 at 8:22am

At the Imperial, FRONT ROW (Center and Side Orchestra) is ROW AA.

There is a row AA, in front of row A. However, it doesn't contain dead center seats (they would be about seats 105 to 110) because of the conducter. The stage is low, and raked, so the view is PERFECT from any of the close seats.

We sat in B107 and 108.


p.s. This is quite different from A Tale of Two Cities (A"H), (which we loved, by the way). For ATOTC, anything from row G forward should have been considered partial view. You had to be in row H or J for perfect views.

[JbaraFan1]

re: Billy Elliot Seating Question#11

Posted: 11/11/08 at 8:40am

sgv123 wrote: here you can see the heighth of the stage:

http://www.broadway.com/broadway_information_html/5012773

Specifically, the 10/29/08-dated video blog. :)
Updated On: 6/13/09 at 08:40 AM