UncleCharlie said: "playbill-love said: "Show hasn't started yet, but I'm a little baffled by the box office instructing us that the box seats were "slightly obstructed" but that front row was full view. This is eye level from front row. The cast is onstage along the back of the stage, and the projected text has two lines below what you can see. I would consider this to be very obstructed...
I sat in those seats a few weeks ago doing rush as well. As I'm sure you found out when the show started, even though the actors start out sitting in the back, once it begins, they come forward and rarely sit back there again. And anything you can't see on the back wall is also projected on the two side walls so you really don't miss too much. However, you are always looking up, you do miss their feet and the few times they are on the ground, it can be a bit hard to see. If someone is really short, it would be a greater problem for them. But truthfully, to sit in the front row for $30 and see these actors 5-10 feet in front of you giving their all, it was well worth it for me.
@RCPanned - I actually rushed the same show you did , the matinee on 6/10. I got there around 9:35 and I was 8th in line. 3-4 more people showed up before the Box Office opened so there were probably 12. The guy in the box office moved everyone thru very quickly (and extremely impersonally) so not hard to believe they were all "processed' by the time you got there.
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It was a lot better once the show started. I wouldn't have been annoyed had he box office not been explicitly and specifically telling everyone that the mezzanine box seats were partial view and the front row seats were not obstructed at all.
I went back and rushed the show Sunday after seeing it on Friday from the balcony. As soon as the show ended I decided I was coming back, and I won't be in the city again before it closes so twice in one weekend it was. I definitely got little moments in the front row I didn't in the balcony and appreciated the intimacy for a second viewing but honestly I would recommend front row balc which I think I paid $40 for maybe with a discount code over the front row rush seats for an overall good full stage view of the show.
Updated On: 6/26/17 at 10:51 PM