Theater Tempertures- Page 2

[mpkie]

Posted: 5/23/16 at 1:22pm

No, I don't think it's just you. I tend to find myself start to get chilly, especially mid way through a first act, everyone sitting still for so long and not generating any additional body heat.

However, this isn't just the case in a theater house. Movie theaters are the same way. I have to bring layers.

I guess it's better to be cold than have everyone, including yourself, be sweaty (and potentially smelly).

It's hard to get right, and they won't get it right, when you have to care for a thousand or so bodies who generate/expend heat differently.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/23/16 at 1:34pm

I saw a NYMF show at the Davenport Theatre (before it was the Davenport, I think) and only one AC was working, and partially at that. People left at intermission because of it. I stuck it out. It wasn't fun.

The Curran and Orpheum Theatres in San Francisco can get way too warm any time of year up in the mezz. But otherwise, always assume a theatre will be chilly and at least bring a cardigan.

Updated On: 5/23/16 at 01:34 PM

[mailhandler777]

Posted: 5/23/16 at 2:59pm

At American Psycho 2 weeks ago it was freezing. It was the coldest I ever felt a theatre before. I was there during previews when it was super hot too. 

 

I find most theatres cold so I always have a hoodie with. 

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/23/16 at 4:28pm

Thanks for all the responses.  Normally I am the opposite when it comes to temperature. I had my thyroid removed years ago, so normally I run hotter, body temperature wise.  I can wear shorts during the Winter.  So if I'm freezing/shivering it has to be cold.  What I didn't like in the situation at Waitress, was the House Manager's attitude.  If I can still feel cold air blowing down on me, you can't stand there and tell me the air was turned off.  I knew exactly when the air was turned off (ten minutes before end) because I heard it go off.  One of us was telling a bold faced lie and it wasn't me.  I mentioned possibly a malfunction with the system.  He still stood there and told me it was turned off.  Then told me to leave the theater when I asked for Management email address.  If I knew it would serve a purpose, I would pursue the issue.  Unfortunately I have found Nederlander Theater Group, in the past, lacking in customer service 

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/23/16 at 4:28pm

double post

Updated On: 5/23/16 at 04:28 PM