Where do you generally sit when attending broadway shows?

Hey I'm new to the boards here but I did a search for this topic already and didn't see anything other than seating for specific shows. I was just curious to see where everyone generally sits at shows. I try to go to as many shows as possible so I usually end up sitting all over the place, depending on the lottos and what not.

So where does everyone normally sit?

I'm picky about where I sit, and I usually sit as close as possible. No matter how good a show is, I feel disconnected to it when I'm not close.

In a seat.

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^ I love this answer.

For plays, I generally try to sit as close as possible so I can catch the dialogue. I hate using the listening devices for plays because they usually use floor mikes and pic up the noise of the front row as well.

For musicals, either the front half of the orchestra or front mezzanine.

I'm just gonna be real and admit that I sit wherever I can afford to.

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It varies. In the early 1960's when I was a college student, a friend and I always sat In the balcony, for $3.50 (!) Back then there was no such thing as student tickets or the lottery. Nowadays, I almost always use Broadway Box.com to get discounted seats, sitting either in the mezzanine or In the orchestra. I don't mind sitting on the side, but I try not to sit under the balcony overhang.

The worst seat I ever had was first row orchestra, extreme left side for THE PRODUCERS. It spoiled the whole experience for me.

I saw FENCES last Thursday (Denzel Washington was simply superb). My discounted seats were in the 2nd balcony on the side. That balcony of the Cort Theatre is very steeply banked-- the view was absolutely fine and I had no trouble hearing anyone. I could swear that there was no amplification; what a treat!

I saw IN THE HEIGHTS last Sunday and, not wanting to bother with TKTS, actually bought a ticket at the box office for the first time in many years. I got 8th row center orchestra, the best seat I think I've ever had in 59 years of theatergoing.

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Updated On: 5/13/10 at 08:05 AM

Since I rarely get to NYC, when ever I do i go and re-see my fav. 3 shows becore seeing anything new, so for them, since I've seen them so many times, I am going more to "hear" them with a new cast, so I just get the cheapest seats up in the back.

But If i start to like a show from the CD and it is my first time seeing it, then i try to spend more and splurge on a first few rows seat.

If I am there and have time and $$ to spend and am just going to see something new for curiosity, then I take whatever i get from TKTS, I like the suprize in not knowing where your seat will end up being.

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If I cant sit center orchestra in the first 8 rows, I don't go.

I usually sit on my butt in a seat.

To answer the question I usually sit in the cheapest seats there are which is most of the last row mezz/balcony. Unless it's Hair then I like sitting in the front row.

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