Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:00pm
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/harry-potter-theater-pesky-curse-people-falling-article-1.3991772
Um, is this a joke? Do people not know how to walk?
Updated On: 5/16/18 at 12:00 PM
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:03pm
silly.
that said, I almost impaled myself at The Color Purple - was sitting front row center right where that wood piece jutted out in a point. Trying to get past the person in the seat next to me to sit down in my seat I had about 1/4 of an inch to spare and I'm a small person.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:08pm
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:14pm
I'm confused. Those steps have always been there, and, unless they initially walked down one of the side aisles, then they had to walk down the steps to get to their seats to begin with.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:18pm
Also... they're steps. You'd think people would have previously encountered steps in the world and know how to handle them.
Aside from people with mobility disabilities, I'm scratching my head as to why anyone is having a problem with this.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:34pm
Probably people who, like me, are tearing up the aisle in the dark before the lights come up... that said, I walked right up the aisle in the dark without issue when I saw Cursed Child?!
Posted: 5/16/18 at 12:50pm
Posted: 5/16/18 at 1:04pm
"Veteran reviewer John Simon, 93, [said] 'That center aisle is vicious...I fell backward and broke three ribs.'"
I can't help but think that, at 93, he might just as likely have incurred the same injury while walking down the sidewalk to the theatre.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 4:58pm
If people can't navigate stairs in every day life I feel bad for them. I have fallen down stairs at a theatre myself but I would never write an article that they are cursed. It was my own fault for not paying attention and not looking down at them.
Updated On: 5/16/18 at 04:58 PM
Posted: 5/16/18 at 5:21pm
This article is hysterical.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 5:53pm
Posted: 5/16/18 at 6:04pm
Posted: 5/16/18 at 6:11pm
#keepthesecrets #mindthestep
Posted: 5/16/18 at 6:45pm
Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 7:17pm
Dancingthrulife2 said: "Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two."
Actually it said this.
""Then I dusted myself off and took a closer look at the steps, which appeared to me to be both too shallow and poorly lit," Teachout said."
One guy said that.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 7:21pm
Dancingthrulife2 said: "Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two."
I can think of quite a few people who deserve it. Cell phone users, talkers, snack munchers, incessant coughers, etc just to name a few!
Posted: 5/16/18 at 7:33pm
#keepthesecrets #mindthestep #havesomesympathy
But really though, I'm known for getting caught up in my head and being a little aloof and unaware of my surroundings as I walk, but despite wandering all over this beautiful theatre and walking up and down that very aisle, I didn't have any issues. Accidents do happen and I feel for people when they do, but I think some of these quotes journalists tripping in the aisles might want to use this as a lesson to, y'know, pay a bit more attention.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 7:44pm
Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two. Have some sympathy for Christ's sake.
Oh hell no. The steps are fine. Learn to walk.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 7:56pm
I have some mobility issues and I walked all through that theatre over multiple levels over the course of the 5 plus hours and had zero problems.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 8:17pm
On the other hand anything that would cause John Simon and Terry Teachout not to go to the theatre is okay by me.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 8:19pm
I wonder how many of these people were actually texting while climbing stairs and lost their balance? I've seen that happen in many places on well-lit standard staircases.
As for the article, I loved this quote:
John Rogers, general counsel for the Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns the Lyric, confirmed hearing reports of "one or two falls."
Yes, after he heard about the second fall he instructed his staff he didn't want to hear any other report of falling. LOL
Posted: 5/16/18 at 8:41pm
I sat in the next to last row of the balcony and there is something odd going on with some of the rows.When I moved out of the row into the aisle you have to take a step down. The aisle is lower than the level of the row. I was sitting three seats in from the aisle and made a remark to the couple sitting on the aisle that it was an accident waiting to happen. Are other theaters balconies like that? I don't have balcomy seats often.
Posted: 5/16/18 at 9:05pm
Posted: 5/16/18 at 9:50pm
Patty3 said: "I sat in the next to last row of the balcony and there is something odd going on with some of the rows.When I moved out of the row into the aisle you have to take a step down. The aisle is lowerthan the level of the row. I was sitting three seats in from the aisle and made a remark to the couple sitting on the aisle that it was an accident waiting to happen. Are other theaters balconies like that?I don't have balcomy seats often."
Some theaters are like that. I remember at the Booth for Next To Normal when I went to get up from the last row in the balcony I almost fell because there was a step to get down. I fell up it while getting into the row too.
Updated On: 5/16/18 at 09:50 PM
Posted: 5/16/18 at 10:04pm
BroadwayNYC2 said: "Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two.Have some sympathy for Christ's sake.
Oh hell no. The steps are fine. Learn to walk."
Sounds like you just got an A+ in walking 101! Big congrats from the bottom of my heart.
