Most Uncomfortable Theatre Seating: Nominations- Page 2

[CurtainsUpat8]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 2:21pm

I am so glad other people agree with me! This is a serious dilemma for me. I am a member of TDF and I pass at tickets all the time (Glass Menagerie for instance) because I am afraid I will get to the theatre and be so uncomfortable that I will have to leave. I have developed a theatre phobia about this! lol. It's sort of funny, but I am also quite serious.

[Ex-Siny]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 5:40pm

I know several people who refuse to see Broadway shows because of the uncomfortable seating. My husband is one of them due to his arthritis. Perhaps producers who worry about declining audiences for Broadway shows should look into making the experience more enjoyable. Having to sit for 2 1/2 hours in some of those seats could probably be classified as torture by our military.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 5:43pm

Mezzanine at the Music Box and Al Hirschfeld.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 6:27pm

Some of these theaters people are talking about, I never had issues with. Like I am fine in the last row of the Mezzanine at the Booth and Hirschfeld. I don't remember them being horrible with space. I'm also about 5'4". No idea if that makes a huge difference. I do recall the orchestra at the Golden being a little cramped though.

Off-Broadway, I found the seats at The Atlantic stage 2 not comfortable because they had no padding on them. I was almost embarrassed to be sitting in the front row there once because I had to keep changing positions a little because I was uncomfortable sitting for 90 minutes and no intermission with those seats. I was hoping the 2 actors in the show didn't think I was getting bored, if they noticed.

[RW3]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 7:27pm

Mezz at Nederlander.

[uncageg]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 8:33pm

I agree with the Walter Kerr. Sat up there for DOUBT and was so glad the show was not long. So uncomfortable. Also the upper mezz at Studio 54 is awful. Have sat there a few times. Sat in the lower/front mezz for Drood and it was a bit better.

[fallingawake]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 8:54pm

I'm 5'8", and the upper mezz at Studio 54 is so painful. I only sit there if I can book myself an aisle seat, and can stretch my legs into the aisle. The only other so very terrible seat that I can recall experiencing (where I literally had bruises on my knees) was the left section of the lower mezz at the O'Neill. I can handle being slightly uncomfortable at theaters but when it's so bad that it's painful and distracting, I start to rethink going to shows there.

[AC126748]

Posted: 2/23/14 at 10:29pm

Because of my height, legroom is the killer for me. The worst, in my experience, are:

Walter Kerr--Mezz and balcony (orchestra is ok)
Schoenfeld--mezzanine
Studio 54--rear Mezz (front Mezz is fine, and orchestra actually has great leg room)