I didn't have any of the problems you heard about, and I sat far left in the mezzanine my first time and far right in the orchestra my second time. I preferred far left because from that point you see where the actors enter/exit.
"Mostly, I loved the size of these people's emotions. Nobody has emotions this size anymore. Outsized emotions. Operatic emotions. Kushemski and Vanda are like Tristan and Isolde, they're Paolo and Francesca. Nobody's in total thrall like this anymore. Nobody's overcome by passion like this, or goes through this kind of rage." Thomas, Venus in Fur