#1
Posted: 8/3/13 at 5:00pm
What is your favorite/least favorite Broadway theater to see a show in?
Favorite/least favorite Broadway Theater
#2
Posted: 8/3/13 at 5:22pm
I would say my least favorite would be the Lyceum and my favorites are the Broadway, Majestic, Imperial,
#3
Posted: 8/3/13 at 5:23pm
Marriot Marquee and Palace are my least favorite. Imperial is my favorite.
#4
Posted: 8/3/13 at 6:22pm
The St. James is where I saw my first Broadway show and will always hold a special place in my heart. The Barrymore and Hirschfeld are other favorites of mine. I don't much care for the Brooks Atkinson or the Helen Hayes.
#5
Posted: 8/3/13 at 6:45pm
i'm in a wheelchair so i'm basing this on wheelchair seats
fav...palace theatre, august wilson, and golden theatre
least fav...nederlander and marquee
fav...palace theatre, august wilson, and golden theatre
least fav...nederlander and marquee
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#6
Posted: 8/3/13 at 7:08pm
Especially given the high quality of shows there lately, but really just the beauty and aura of the theatre, the Music Box.
Least? Maybe the Marquis, maybe the Lunt-Fontanne, the newer, larger ones I guess. But I don't really dislike any of the theatres.
The Lyceum is the least comfortable but is beautifully historic, so I can't fault it for the discomfort (or the racist balcony.)
Least? Maybe the Marquis, maybe the Lunt-Fontanne, the newer, larger ones I guess. But I don't really dislike any of the theatres.
The Lyceum is the least comfortable but is beautifully historic, so I can't fault it for the discomfort (or the racist balcony.)
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#7
Posted: 8/3/13 at 8:25pm
Not to quarrel, but how is a balcony racist?
#8
Posted: 8/3/13 at 8:44pm
I second (or third) the Marquis as my least favorite--there's just something about seeing a Broadway show in a hotel that makes it seem tacky.
Favorite is tough--probably the Booth, Rodgers or Sondheim. But I also love going to the WilsonHirschfield just for their displays.
Favorite is tough--probably the Booth, Rodgers or Sondheim. But I also love going to the WilsonHirschfield just for their displays.
#9
Posted: 8/3/13 at 8:48pm
Least favorites: Golden and Marquis.
Favorite: The Barrymore: lots of great experiences there over the past six years.
Favorite: The Barrymore: lots of great experiences there over the past six years.
#10
Posted: 8/3/13 at 10:13pm
madlibrarian - the Balcony level at the Lyceum has a different staircase to access it than the Mezzanine. It is a vestige of the old, racist days when the Balcony had a separate entrance altogether, which thankfully is no longer the case.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#11
Posted: 8/3/13 at 10:34pm
Jnb, did people of other races - or other classes - frequent the balcony?
#12
Posted: 8/3/13 at 10:55pm
Favorite: Booth
Least Favorite: John Golden
Least Favorite: John Golden
#13
Posted: 8/4/13 at 12:18am
The Palace is my favorite. Don't have a least favorite.
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#14
Posted: 8/4/13 at 12:20am
Favorite-smaller houses-Booth, Helen Hayes, Music Box, Walter Kerr.
HATE-Gershwin, Palace, Marquis, Broadway.
HATE-Gershwin, Palace, Marquis, Broadway.
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#15
Posted: 8/4/13 at 1:56pm
anything where i cant fit in a seat or have to bring my knees in and sit in a fetal position for 2 hours.
#16
Posted: 8/4/13 at 6:46pm
Thank you, jnb. Many an old West End theater still has a separate entrance for orchestra and balcony; presumably class and not race was once the point of such segregation.
#17
Posted: 8/4/13 at 7:22pm
It is the fact that separate entrances were required by the fire laws and not intended as either racist or class-ist.
#19
Posted: 8/4/13 at 7:49pm
The Gershwin, Minskoff & The Marquis
#20
Posted: 8/4/13 at 7:54pm
I love the Al Hirschfeld for its beautiful and unique interior. I agree with many that the Lyceum is the worst.
#21
Posted: 8/4/13 at 8:21pm
That's good to know, wonkit, if so. And yeah, mad, your point is not moot. Classist is probably the better term for what I intended to imply, though racist more often than not was likely a rather dramatic side effect.
And, of course, it is my never my intention to describe the balcony structure in and of itself as harboring any prejudicial views. I just always used the shorthand as a way of describing it, because (I believe) it is the only theatre left with such a feature and is the oldest one as well; as a link to another time I find it fascinating.
And, of course, it is my never my intention to describe the balcony structure in and of itself as harboring any prejudicial views. I just always used the shorthand as a way of describing it, because (I believe) it is the only theatre left with such a feature and is the oldest one as well; as a link to another time I find it fascinating.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#22
Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:04am
LEAST FAVORITES
Gershwin and Marquis: no style at all, just a box.
The balcony in the St. James: you need oxygen up there.
Gershwin and Marquis: no style at all, just a box.
The balcony in the St. James: you need oxygen up there.
Updated On: 8/6/13 at 10:04 AM
#23
Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:21am
its pretty unanimous it seems at least in the hate. I hate the Marquis and also the Minskoff. my faves are the Belasco with its tiffany glass and the Music Box
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#24
Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:40am
I've mostly had good experiences in the theatres I've been in, but my least favorite was definitely when i sat in the balcony at the Broadway Theatre. I felt like I was miles away from the stage. it was hard to even concentrate on the show.
#25
Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:42am
I love the Belasco!
My least favorite for looks is probably either Foxwoods or Marquis.
My least favorite for looks is probably either Foxwoods or Marquis.
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