Studio 54 seating..

I know people hate these questions, as do I, but I just got my THreepenny Opera tickets and I'm sitting Mezz. Row BB to the Right. I know it overhangs row H, but how good is the view? I basically sat the same for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Mezz Row B. How is it for Studio 54? thanks!!

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It's a valid question. I was there for A Touch of Poet - is it in the same big theatre? I was in the front row mezzanine row A and the view was pretty good although it is a distance from the stage. You can just barely eke out facial expressions. You should be about 5 rows and one "aisle walkway" from where I sat, which isn't a lot but can feel like it up there.

"Good" is a relative term regarding a view. Yes, I got to see the whole stage pretty clearly. But in the kind of show I saw, I really did feel that being closer would have made more of a difference in enjoying the show than Avenue Q. Studio 54 seems somewhat large and the DRS theatre seemed a little smaller. I'd say it's pretty far up although still worth going to. Personally I wouldn't pay $100+ for such seats though, just IMHO. I wouldn't want to sit in the back 2-3 rows though.

You should be fine. I've sat way farther back in the mezzanine, and I didn't really have any complaints. It's a small theatre.

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Actually the BB tickets are pretty far up. The mezzanine is divided into 2 and the upper mezzanine does not overhang the lower. When I was in the John Golden last night it does and that made a huge difference in being closer to the stage although I was higher up than the lower mezzanine. In Studio 54 there is a front mezz and then a walkway in front and behind it another set of rows. I thought that being all the way up top was very high. Seats are worth attending a performance but they are close to nosebleed. If we are talking about an opera then I don't think that being so far up will have as much of a negative effect as a play, e.g. Touch of Poet, where being closer to the drama and seeing the finer points of the performance were important. Enjoy the show.

I actually looked at the seating chart and the B section is in the regular mezz and the BB is in the rear mezzanine. I agree that it's not quite "nosebleed" but the rear mezzanine is getting there. Being in the front of the mezzanine is OK and front of the rear mezzanine might be *just* acceptable, moreso for a musical than a drama as I mentioned.

Some of the bigger balconies unfortunately make shows not worth going to. Makes you appreciate shows like Avenue Q in that there really isn't a BAD seat in the theatre and even the cheap seats are acceptable -- resulting in more sellouts and packed audience than a half empty theatre.

For which theatre is BB the front mezzanine? It's the front of the rear mezzanine per the seating chart that I found and remember.

http://www.gotickets.com/seating_charts/studio_54_ny_seating_chart.php

No offense but talk about absurd marketing fluff. The seating chart provides the unfortunate fact that there is a walking area and clear several foot separation between the two "front mezzanines" of rows D and AA.

I didn't get the feeling that Studio 54 is so small, rather mid sized with a reasonably high ceiling. When I walked into the lower end of the theatre to get Gabriel Byrne's signature I felt that the rear orchestra was better than the mezzanine.

who are you people kidding. the seats in the mezzaenine and all the way up at S54 suck.

I had far left seats when I saw The Apple Tree this past Spring (AA13/15) and the view is acceptable. You're very close to the orchestra boxes, but there's no bad craning of the necks or anything....

Studio 54 rear mezz. is not really that high, but from what I recall from seeing Apple Tree there, it FEELS very high. The theater is over all very awkwardly designed and from the rear of the mezzanine you can definitely tell. Not to mention that rear mezz. seats are about half the width of an average person. I'm like 5'6" and had a hard time squeezing into them.

On a lighter note, sit back, plunker down, and enjoy the show.

Get an aisle seat if you can. The leg room is oppressive. I don't understand how they've been allowed to get away with it. I was in the rear mezzanine for The Ritz yesterday, but luckily no one was there because of the holiday so you could move around a bit. For more crowded shows, the extra room will be a must.