Worst Theatre lobby — Page 2

practically any broadway lobby, in the state they're all in!

The worst I've been to is probobly the Ambassador. There isn't really a lobby there at all. My fav lobby is Circle in the Square(at least now it is) 'tis very entertaining reading all the plaques and posters. This is very random but my favorite bathroom in a theatre is The downstairs bathroom at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. lol. It's really cute, with the fire place and old sinks and all.

Updated On: 4/9/06 at 02:19 PM

walter kerr-- where doubt is playing, is non-existant. literally. the line to get in is outside, because there is not an inside. it's the box office between the glass doors and then the theatre itself. ridiculous.

also, i really disliked the lincoln center lobby. don't get me wrong, it was beautiful and spacious-- but it was full of snooty elders [patrons i imagine] who think they're too good for everyone else. it created an atmosphere in which i wasn't happy to be apart of, especially not before seeing a show.

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Updated On: 4/9/06 at 02:22 PM

tarzan has the worst lobby

From front mezzanine, it took 15 minutes to exit the theater after the show. The ushers were saying it was because of people stopping at the various lobby merchandise booths therefore causing congestions all through the theater. That theater needs to be re-worked for this show!

The Neil Simon has a very small lobby as well. And don't even think of trying to get around in that back hallway during intermission!

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I guess I'm in the bathroom chatting mood cause I came back here specificly to talk about the worst bathroom. The mezzenine bathroom at the St. James. There's only two stalls and it's all cramped and grimy. bleck.

Okay New Topics: Worst Bathrooms And Lobbies ok thats better

same haha

Actually, the Imperial has the lobby exactly as the original owners wanted it when it was built - non existant. They really did want people milling about in the narrow, crowded street. It created an instant buzz; made you feel like you were part of an event. And of course, everyone was dressed up back then, so every night was like The Tonys.

Imagine the excitement on 44th, 45th and 46th street back then, with the amazing concentration of theaters in those few narrow blocks. Wow!

The other salient point was that lobbies were viewed as wasted space. In most cases, the lobby tunneled through to the premium street footag, while the theater itself was built back away from the street, where property values were cheaper.

And speaking of cheap. I have been told that The Brothers Shubert turned off the water in the fountains after intermission because the feeling was, "Hey, we gave them a good show and an intermission. That's all we owe." It may be an apocryphal story but it's funny.

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Sorry, I also meant to say the sinks and toilets.

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for the worst lobby- i would go with the shoenfeld (i don't think i spelled that right)

the worst bathrooms- the marquis, it's not that they are bad, but they are extremly overcrowded considering that they are pretty big, and there is one on each floor.

the best lobby/ bathroom i would say has to be a tie between the lunt-fontanne and the wintergarden

Updated On: 4/10/06 at 03:40 PM

Ambassador = no lobby!

But the worst lobby award goes to... the Marquis!!!! You have to go all the way upstairs to the theatre, just to find absolutely nothing there. Huge, empty space, and you have to walk across the floor to get to the bathrooms.

I love the Minskoff theatre. When you go up to get to your seats you see that HUGE window. Facing like eveything, I loved just standing there watching eveyone walking until the guy selling the programs told me that I should go back downstairs because the show ended a half hour ago.