MARY POPPINS question ("thin structural pipe"

[cmars1010]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 1:34pm

I am looking to buy Mary Poppins cheap seat tickets, and it says this for the seats I am looking at buying:

"SEATS IN BALCONY ROWS G THROUGH M HAVE
A THIN STRUCTURAL PIPE IN YOUR LINE OF VISION.
THIS PIPE SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH YOUR SHOW EXPERIENCE"

Can anyone give any insight on this, does it affect the view of the stage at all, and is it horizontal, or vertical? thanks!

[TLKfan]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 1:38pm

They are vertical pipes and one reason they had it was for the people who were afraid of heights...but I believe there is another reason. Also, I don't think it would get too much in the way, but I have never seen the show from the balcony.
New Amsterdam Theatre

[cmars1010]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 1:46pm

ok, thanks. Has anyone sat up there behind the pipes that can offer an opinion? Thanks!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 1:54pm

You don't miss anything. They're vertical polls which connect the balcony to the roof. There are about a dozen or so.

[billynj]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 2:37pm

Yankeefan007 - I agree it does not interfere at all with your vision

[xerotheory7803]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 2:47pm

yeah i saw the show on friday and sat in row M, had no affect on my view of the show at all.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 2:50pm

I sat in M2 in the balcony on October 20th (and am in the same seat for December 19th) and I had a full view. No obstruction at all. I didn't even notice any thin pipes.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 3:16pm

I thought this was a review at first saying Mary Poppins had a thin structural pipe of a plot or something. Anyhoo, carry on!

[jewelchk]

Posted: 11/20/06 at 3:23pm

I put some detailed comments up about this the other day. There are some seats that the pipes are more problematic, though by no means totally blocking the view or anything:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=917164#2629550