Broadway Theatre seating

[inception]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 7:59am

Looking at Telecharge for WSS, there are seats in row D of the Orchestra that are relatively inexpensive, with row E jumping up to Premium pricing. These orchestra seats are also cheaoer than the mezzanine. Are these good seats? Or too close in this theatre?

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 10:54am

I jumped on some of the Row D seats in February. I'm slightly concerned they will end up being partial view for some reason, but they seemed too good to pass on!

[schubox]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 4:07pm

My guess is they think it's too close to pay the premium price. I jumped on the Row D seats as well. I can't imagine what obstruction there would be. The same seats 1 row behind are literally $230 more per seat. The view can't be that bad one row ahead of that.

Updated On: 7/14/19 at 04:07 PM

[smidge]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 5:10pm

What price are the Row D seats and where are they located (center or sides)?

[schubox]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 5:14pm

smidge said: "What price are the Row D seats and where are they located (center or sides)?"

The ones I saw were aisle, up to 4 seats in I think. And they were $158 before fees. The aisle seats in Row E are $375 before fees.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 5:19pm

I got a seat in row K for less than $100 including fees for the first preview!

[smidge]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 5:22pm

Thank you. I saw some side orchestra seats in Row K for $79 and was wondering if they might be partial view being farthest over on the side.

[LoveThoseMusicals]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 7:17pm

I had the first row of the mezzanine last week (purchased via TodayTix). I couldn’t have been more pleased with the seats. For King Kong i really feel like they were the best seats in the house. The puppet is amazing to see - and from those seats you saw everything. I think much of the journey to Skull Island would be lost in the orchestra.

Just be aware —- no seats will fix the book or the score. But even with those flaws, I enjoyed it.

[schubox]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 7:27pm

LoveThoseMusicals said: "I had the first row of the mezzanine last week (purchased via TodayTix). I couldn’t have been more pleased with the seats. For King Kong i really feel like they were the best seats in the house. The puppet is amazing to see - and from those seats you saw everything. I think much of the journey to Skull Island would be lost in the orchestra.

Just be aware —- no seats will fix the book or the score. But even with those flaws, I enjoyed it."

I think people are wondering for West Side Story

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/14/19 at 7:29pm

Sure...but the op is talking about West Side Story...not King Kong.

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 7/15/19 at 10:49am

schubox said: "My guess is they think it's too close to pay the premium price. I jumped on the Row D seats as well. I can't imagine what obstruction there would be. The same seats 1 row behind are literally $230 more per seat. The view can't be that bad one row ahead of that."

I'm counting on you being correct! 

Is there any indication that WSS will or won't be using the orchestra pit? 

Updated On: 7/15/19 at 10:49 AM

[inception]

Posted: 7/15/19 at 11:21pm

The $145 center orchestra tickets start again at row Q, I decided to go with that because I prefer to get a broader view of the whole stage than to be too close.  I hope it turns out good.

Updated On: 7/15/19 at 11:21 PM

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 7/16/19 at 7:29am

Interested in taking my students. They have O-R (the last rows) or K-N in the mezz for student tickets. Leaning toward K-N, but I'm still not sure that those will even be good. I know it's a big theatre. Saw Frozen from the balcony of the St. James and basically thought it was a waste of money. Any input?

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 7/16/19 at 7:44am

Without knowing the age of your students, I might suggest the mezzanine only because of the steeper slope, so there is less of a chance of their view being blocked by tall people (grown-ups). Also for whatever it's worth - I went on a class trip to see the Phantom when I was in 6th grade and I had never seen a broadway show before. I was absolutely mesmerized and it literally changed my life - though looking back on it we were all the way in the back of the rear mezzanine - terrible seats but it didn't matter to me at all

Updated On: 7/16/19 at 07:44 AM

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 7/16/19 at 6:10pm

FYI, regarding the rear mezzanine, the seating chart on Telecharge is very deceiving. The "Rear Mezzanine Right Center" section is, in fact, the center section, with seats 109-111 being dead center. 

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/16/19 at 7:22pm

The rear mezzanine at the Broadway is awful. It's like being in a completely different theatre altogether, and it is not raked very steeply which means you are likely to have your view blocked by the person sitting in front of you.

[VotePeron]

Posted: 7/16/19 at 7:49pm

Yeah, don't ever sit in the rear mezz of The Broadway. I saw Fiddler from both the rear orchestra & the rear mezz, and the rear orchestra provided a better view by far. It is also raked a bit, so you should be able to see fine.

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 7/16/19 at 8:00pm

VotePeron said: "Yeah, don't ever sit in the rear mezz of The Broadway. I saw Fiddler from both the rear orchestra & the rear mezz, and the rear orchestra provided a better view by far. It is also raked a bit, so you should be able to see fine."

The last time I sat up there was in 1985, for The King & I with Yul Brynner, and I can't remember how bad it was. I was considering it for WSS, but, since I was able to use the discount for orchestra row D, I won't have to subject myself to the torture again.

Updated On: 7/16/19 at 08:00 PM

[bfreak]

Posted: 1/4/20 at 11:45pm

For West Side Story, which seating option would be better between side Orchestra Row V or Rear Mezzanine Center Row A? I know a lot of comments said the rear mezzanine isn’t great, but how about the front row of it? Thanks guys, appreciate the input.

[JPeterman]

Posted: 1/5/20 at 1:47am

bfreak said: "For West Side Story, which seating option would be better between side Orchestra Row V or Rear Mezzanine Center Row A? I know a lot of comments said the rear mezzanine isn’t great, but how about the front row of it? Thanks guys, appreciate the input."

 

bfreak, there is a West Side Story specific seating thread that has been pretty active ... you may get more responses on that. I saw the show from the center orchestra and between the 2 options you mentioned I think I would choose front row rear mez.

 

[bfreak]

Posted: 1/5/20 at 9:15am

Thank you!