Theaters Where You Would Rather Sit In The Mezzanine Than In The Orchestra...

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So the last row of the mezz at the Kerr is great?

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I always go for the orchestra seats, they're worth it. Sometimes they can be expensive so, I try to get discounts. But I did see Mary Poppins in the rear mezzanine I think row M, and they were pretty good!

Updated On: 7/23/07 at 08:57 AM

The Gershwin, maybe. Any of the big ones.

I'm not so much a fan of the mezz at the Kerr. Yech.

WW11, I couldn't aree with you more. I sat in the last row of the mezzanine for GG a few weeks ago and it was a great seat! I also liked sitting center mezzanine (3 to 4 rows back) at the Biltmore...it's such a small theatre, but what a view!

I think the only theatre I would RATHER sit in the mezz would be the Marquis. Maybe the very front of the Palace, but only because the stage is so high.

I saw Mary Poppins from mid-mezz and definitley wouldn't have wanted to be on the main floor.
Ditto for Wicked (but in Chicago)
I saw Company from the front row, and loved that experience, but would have also liked to have seen it from somewhere in the mezz, to get the bigger picture. I have a feeling that could probably be true for many smaller shows.

Richard Rodgers, probably. I've never sat up there, but considering how it blocks the entire second half of the orchestra, I'm sure the mezz has to have a better view.

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Updated On: 7/23/07 at 02:01 PM

I love the mezzanine...period.

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I saw Phantom from mid-mezz a few years ago, and the seats were FANTASTIC. You were eye-level with the catwalk that the Phantom is on occasionally (where the chandelier is) and you get a great view of everything. Even if the show was not so great.

parterre at the Met Opera is ideal

JERSEY BOYS has an absolutely fantastic view from the mezz.

I think it does depend on the show matching up with the theatre. Back in the late 1950's or early 1960's I sat in the front mezzanine of the Broadway Theatre for a performance of WEST SIDE STORY with its original Broadway cast after it returned to NYC from its first tour. The view of the dance sequences was just excellent and I think better than it would have been from the orchestra. The sweeping view of the dancing was wonderful. But this last December I had a 9th row center orchestra seat at the Broadway for the COLOR PURPLE and found it to be a wonderful seat which heightened my enjoyment of the show.

Incidentally, while checking on the dates for WEST SIDE STORY in my book "Opening Night on Broadway" by Steven Suskin, I read this intriguing tidbit: "In terms of the score: it has been rumored that while Bernstein was off trying to fix CANDIDE, lyricist Sondheim wrote some of the music himself. Bernstein's co-lyricist billing mysteriously disappeared from the credits during the tryout, presumably as a trade off." (!)

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