What is Dress Circle?
What is Dress Circle?
Iris Chacon
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/9/04
#0What is Dress Circle?
Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:21amIs that mezzanie seats or Balcony?
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maybethistime
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/3/04
#1re: What is Dress Circle?
Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:38ami know its the name of THE musical theatre store in London!
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: What is Dress Circle?
Posted: 12/20/04 at 12:41am
This is what I found:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dress%20circle
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Iris Chacon
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/9/04
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/29/04
#4re: What is Dress Circle?
Posted: 12/20/04 at 2:12am
Dress Circle (also known as Royal Circle) is the British expression for mezzanine. The balcony is referred to as either the Upper Circle or Grand Circle in the UK. Hope that helps 
And while we're at it... the orchestra is called the stalls.
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Updated On: 12/20/04 at 02:12 AM
#5re: What is Dress Circle?
Posted: 12/20/04 at 2:18amIt's the first tier above the orchestra -- usually the best seats in the house (if you don't like orchestra seats, that is). The term is almost always used in a 3+ tier theatre: Orchestra-Dress Circle-Balcony (or Orchestra-Dress Circle-Mezzanine).
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Updated On: 12/20/04 at 02:18 AM
#6re: What is Dress Circle?
Posted: 12/20/04 at 4:04amAnd while we're at it, in the UK you may occasionally hear the top level of seating (the balcony) referred to as 'the Gods'. Is this ever used in the US?
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