Old Globe San Diego Seating

[mufish]

Posted: 10/9/18 at 8:48pm

Headed to San Diego next week and thinking about seeing Heart of Rock and Roll while I'm there.  Looking at the seating chart, the seats towards the extreme sides are close to half the price of those that are more centered, even though they're very close to the stage.  It does look like there could be some obstruction based on the seat view photo they provide, but has anyone been who could shed some light on how obstructed they are?

[WestCoastActor/Director]

Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:20am

I often sit at those seats because of the extremely low price. I've usually found it to be an excellent vantage point. There's no obstructions except for maybe the far end of the front couple rows. Occasionally if the set is especially deep you might miss the far upstage part of it.

[theatregeeklife]

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:30pm

I saw the show last week and sat in orchestra left G21. There were maybe two or three times that I couldn't see a back up dancer or background action but I never missed any of the central action. Luckily that all takes place at the center of the stage. I didn't feel like I missed any central action in the show.

[gaft24]

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:50pm

I got to see the show last night and sat in the front row of the balcony on the right. From what I could tell, you shouldn't miss much if you sit on the far edge. I've worked in shows here before (where my job has literally been to sit in those edge orchestra seats for sightline issues) and if you are sitting on the very edge (like the very last two seats), I would just recommend not sitting in the first three rows. Anything else is a pretty good view on most occasions.  Oh and also for this show, if you sit on the edge of audience right you might get some aisle interaction surprise. 

 

Enjoy the show! 

[mufish]

Posted: 10/10/18 at 8:29pm

Fantastic, thanks all!  I'll look to avoid the first few rows to minimize any obstruction, and appreciate the tip gaft24, I'll see what I can find!

Now I've got to decide whether to go Sunday night or Tuesday - I'm arriving from Boston around 1pm Sunday so I'll likely be pretty wiped, but as a transplanted Brewers fan I'm now looking at braving the trip to LA to see them play either Monday or Tuesday.  I do feel like the music might be the perfect antidote to the effects of a cross country flight though.