Just so people know, The Public is a complex of five theatres (plus Joe's Pub), spread over several floors in what was once the Astor Library in the 19th century (this is the Public's 50th anniversary season and the 38th at that location). Just a little history -- in addition to producing Shakespeare in the Park every year, under the leadership of Joe Papp and George Wolfe (and starting this year Oskar Eustis), classic works such as Hair, A Chorus Line, Bring in Da Noise, Take Me Out, Elaine Stritch At Liberty, Caroline or Change and hundreds of other works have come out of those 5 stages (winning 135 Obies, 40 Tonys, 4 Pulitzers and many many other awards).
The theatres range in size from 100-odd seats to 299 seats -- in other words there are NO BAD SEATS in any of the theatres. That also means there aren't a lot of seats to be had so order quickly when tix go on sale to the public.
"See What I Wanna See" will be playing upstairs at the Anspacher Theatre (roughly 250 seats as I recall). It's a thrust stage with perfect sightlines throughout.
As for the whole stage door thing, generally speaking artists come and go through the main lobby of the building. I've heard that there are other exits out of the building but I can't confirm that (an artist could always slip out through Joe's Pub, though, if they wanted to avoid a crowd in the lobby). Not sure what protocol Menzel will use in terms of entering and leaving the building, but throughout the years, much bigger stars than her (a who's who of the entertainment industry has performed at the Public in the past several decades, including several major movie stars) seemed to have no problem using the lobby and the front door.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Updated On: 9/12/05 at 08:58 PM