Seating advice please: View From the Bridge

[15minutecall]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:27pm

I've gone through the threads here and it seems onstage is the place to be for this. Where in a row is best? In the middle at the break or at the end corner by the orchestra section? And how many rows up from the stage? Thanks!
 

 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:35pm

I sat onstage in the 3rd row on the side furthest from the audience. I got a GREAT view from the 3rd row, and I probably wouldn't have wanted to sit much farther back, though you're probably fine if you do. I doubt you can go wrong, but if I saw it again and had my pick from all the seats, I would probably choose the 3rd row, but closer to the middle of the row, where the center aisle is. Maybe even closer to the audience. 

[Braniff Forever]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:35pm

They should call this show A VIEW FROM THE STAGE! Lol! I sat on the stage on the third row aisle middle seat. I'm not sure you can actually designate which seat on the star you sit in. They just told me when I got up there where to sit.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:35pm

Not sure about where in a row, but I would think you would want to be low down, close to the stage. Close to the front as you can get. Some of them are really far back, which doesn't seem to be better than the orchestra view.

[15minutecall]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:37pm

Thanks much for the input JBroadway but I admit to being confused. Would you prefer middle of the row or the end by the orchestra? And yes, you can choose your seat now.

 

Updated On: 11/18/15 at 03:37 PM

[Braniff Forever]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:38pm

Third row aisle middle was a great seat for me

[nicnyc]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:47pm

We went a couple weeks ago and were in the first row on the stage in the first two seats closest to the lip of the stage/the corner by the orchestra section.  I thought they were perfect.  I think the first row is ideal because there is nothing between you and the actors - so it's a very immersive unique experience.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 3:47pm

"Would you prefer middle of the row or the end by the orchestra?"

 

I'm not quite sure myself, especially since I've never actually sat in those seats. Here was my thought process though:

(A) If you're in the middle, the advantage is that the action is right in front of you, so you don't have to turn your head as much.

 

(B) If you're closer to the orchestra, you have a better view of the things that are directed toward the audience like some of the times when the narrator character speaks. Also when I saw the show, I sometimes wished that I could see people that I had a better view of the door that the actors came through in the back of the stage. 

 

Upon further reflection though, I'd probably stick with the middle. 

Updated On: 11/18/15 at 03:47 PM

[eperkins]

Posted: 11/18/15 at 4:18pm

On the other hand, I sat in the center orchestra in row K, and I thought it was a great viewpoint to see the show from.