LEGALLY BLONDE seating question

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:17pm

How are the third level balcony seats?

I am making a trip up to New York, and I already got tickets for GREY GARDENS and MARY POPPINS (for my mom). I am going to try to squeeze in a matinee of LEGALLY BLONDE. I was just wondering how the $40 third level balcony seats are. Thanks!

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:36pm

I heard they're REALLY high, so if you're afraid of heights, don't get them.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:37pm

On this subject, how are the third level balcony seats for MARY POPPINS?

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:48pm

Well, I just got on Ticketmaster and found some $85 mezzanine tickets. Those should be fine... except for this shipping price.


Does anyone like to print their tickets? That's a choice given that is only $2.50.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:58pm

Even though it's really rediculous, I prefer shipping my tickets because I like to have them as a souvenir.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 5:03pm

Well, the shipping cost like $14 for the lowest price, and I wasn't about to pay that.

[kafkaesque]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 6:36pm

I sat in the third level for Legally Blonde a few weeks ago, three rows away from the top. I would have been miserable if I'd paid much money for those seats.
The usher showed me the mat that the dog would run to when he came on stage. Good thing, I might have missed it if I didn't focus on it and lean over too.
It was a fun show, but there's nothing like a good seat.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 6:41pm

so kafkaesque, i take it you didn't like the seats?

[dramarama2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 6:42pm

You can't see anything from the balcony at all. Everyone looked like ants. As, kafkaeque said, it's a fun show, but you're better to enjoy it from the mezzanine or orchestra, no matter how cheap or expensive the seats are.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:54pm

I got the $85 mezzanine tickets.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:02pm

BroadwayEnthusiast: I recently sat in the balcony seats at Mary Poppins. Are you looking to buy the $20 tickets? If so, I'd say it's worth it. Is it high? Yeah, it is. You cannot see facial expressions that well, but you get to see the whole picture, and it is really beautiful on stage. The slight downfall is the thin pipes that run across the balcony. If your towards the back, there might be one in your line of view. It actually didn't take away from the show for me, especially because they were so thin. It's worth it if your looking to spend minimal bucks to get in the show.

[Elphabatize]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:04pm

I went to the TKTS booth and I got tickets for the upper mezzanine. It is really high and/but the seats are really steep so you won't have a head blocking your view. You can see the entire stage but not not the facial expressions of the actors. It's a fun show so it's fun just to watch...even from a distance.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:30pm

millie_dillmount, i wanted to see poppins as sort of an extra show, i dont want to spend that much on it. so, yeah, ill probably end up doing that. aren't there also 40 dollar seats?

[broadwayboy1017]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:02am

stage is also really high so in the front row you dont see much...

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 4:09am

There are $40 seats for MP, but they are not that much further (or even that much better) than the last two balcony rows, so I'd rather spend $20 a ticket.

[jagfkb]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 6:01am

personally, I would get the 20 dollar seats on the right hand side, not too fa over though, and if the people in the front row leave at intermssion, sit there. I sat in the front row on the right hand side for when Mary flies. IT WAS SOOO COOL. She was literally right infront of us. But for Legally blonde, I have seats in the front row center of the balcony. Are they good?
Updated On: 6/5/07 at 06:01 AM

[broadwayboy1017]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 11:55am

front row center in the balcony should be perfect

[Anakela]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:04pm

front row center in the balcony should be perfect

Front row center in the balcony for Legally Blonde? I think the Palace balcony should be avoided, I sat there for Lestat and had such a case of vertigo like I have never experienced in a theatre ever- we ended up moving down to the orch after those folks left during intermission. Ymmv, though.

[markypoo]

Posted: 6/5/07 at 12:21pm

I sat in the 1st row of the balcony on a Sat. nite 5/19 for what I think was 41.50.
IMHO, it couldn't have worked out better; no, I didn't see their faces but all else was fine.

Mark