Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14- Page 2
Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#25Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Posted: 11/11/14 at 1:31pm
The bottom line both are big barns. Granted the Lyric is architecturally better but they are both suited to special type shows.
Years ago, I saw Grand Hotel after it had moved. Someone had a ticket not being used and gave it to me. It was so far back all the actors were stick figures.
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SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#27Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Posted: 11/11/14 at 1:42pmSitting at the back of the Gershwin, Lyric or Minskoff may not be the best or most intimate theatregoing experience. But it's certainly no worse than seeing a show from the second balconies at the Palace, Shubert or St. James, where you get a view of the tops of heads or a portion of the stage.
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SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#28Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Posted: 11/11/14 at 1:45pmAgreed Smaxie. And up there in the Palace is also punishing on leg space.
sorano916
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/08
#29Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Posted: 11/11/14 at 4:32pmGood god, the balcony of the St. James... the hike up there is so steep, too.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#30Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Posted: 11/11/14 at 5:00pm
"Sitting at the back of the Gershwin, Lyric or Minskoff may not be the best or most intimate theatregoing experience. But it's certainly no worse than seeing a show from the second balconies at the Palace, Shubert or St. James, where you get a view of the tops of heads or a portion of the stage."
Or of course compared to some of the old vaudeville/movie palaces that have been rehabbed and host tours in cities all across the country. Go sit in the cheap seats at any of the Fox Theatres a few times and all of these Broadway "barns" will feel super intimate. Growing up seeing tours in the Palace and the State back in Cleveland (2800 and 3300 seats respectively) I was astounded at how small the Broadway houses all seemed once I started seeing shows in NYC when I hit high school.
#31Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 11/9/14
Posted: 11/11/14 at 6:13pmI can't imagine any of these seats being worse than the rear mezz of Studio 54. If they are, I need to stay far, far away. :P Not a bad view by any means but I had bruises on my knees for almost a week from my knees digging into the seats in front of me.
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