Hippodrome Upper Balcony?

[feline0favenueQ]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 5:10pm

How bad is it?

I was thinking row V center tickets........ And bring 3 first timers with me to Legally Blonde.....

Help appreciated!

[sgv123]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 5:18pm

i always sit in upper balcony. I also sat in orchestra once. I personally like upper balcony the best. They are obviously elevated as they go up, and the view is perfect. I would say get those seats.

[feline0favenueQ]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 5:20pm

Thanks! How are facial expressions, completly lost or can make em out a bit? Are opera glasses needed?

[sgv123]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 5:23pm

facial expressions are fine. The hippodrome is a very intimate theatre so you should not have any problems. if you want to be very up close, then binoculars would not be a bad idea.

[azeller]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 5:23pm

I sit in the very back of the balcony. The seats are fine for an overall view of the show but you are not going to see facial expressions from that far up/back.

[winston89]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:26pm

There is a theatre on Broadway called The hippodrome? The only think I knew of in the theatre district called the Hippodrome is a parking garage which is a few blocks away from The Belasco on 6th.

[azeller]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:28pm

Its a theater in Baltimore where the Legally Blonde tour is currently playing. This should have gone in on the Baltimore board.

Updated On: 10/6/08 at 06:28 PM

[feline0favenueQ]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:31pm

Yes, I know it SHOULD have gone there but nobody ever checks it....

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 6:33pm

Personally, I incredibly dislike the upper balcony. I would call the theatre far from intimate, that is unless you are in the orchestra. I sat in the Upper Balcony for the tours 'My Fair Lady' and 'Wicked'. However, it was only because I had free tickets, and who can turn down free tickets?

The view is ok, but the space between the seats is horrible. I could sort of see the faces of the actors, but for the most part I couldn't. I still enjoyed my experience, but unless I had free tickets I wouldn't sit back there again. My friend though didn't mind it too much. She just agreed that it's a little hard to see. But if you really want to see the show, go for it! Enjoy yourself and have a great time!

*Edited because the location of the theatre had been clarified while I was writing.

Updated On: 10/6/08 at 06:33 PM

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 10/6/08 at 7:42pm

I thought that the OP was referring to the former, massive, 5200-seat Broadway theater, The Hippodrome (now the building and parking garage winston refers to), where Rodgers and Hart's "Jumbo" played.