The St. James is where I saw my first Broadway show and will always hold a special place in my heart. The Barrymore and Hirschfeld are other favorites of mine. I don't much care for the Brooks Atkinson or the Helen Hayes.
Especially given the high quality of shows there lately, but really just the beauty and aura of the theatre, the Music Box.
Least? Maybe the Marquis, maybe the Lunt-Fontanne, the newer, larger ones I guess. But I don't really dislike any of the theatres.
The Lyceum is the least comfortable but is beautifully historic, so I can't fault it for the discomfort (or the racist balcony.)
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
madlibrarian - the Balcony level at the Lyceum has a different staircase to access it than the Mezzanine. It is a vestige of the old, racist days when the Balcony had a separate entrance altogether, which thankfully is no longer the case.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
Favorite-smaller houses-Booth, Helen Hayes, Music Box, Walter Kerr.
HATE-Gershwin, Palace, Marquis, Broadway.
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Thank you, jnb. Many an old West End theater still has a separate entrance for orchestra and balcony; presumably class and not race was once the point of such segregation.
That's good to know, wonkit, if so. And yeah, mad, your point is not moot. Classist is probably the better term for what I intended to imply, though racist more often than not was likely a rather dramatic side effect.
And, of course, it is my never my intention to describe the balcony structure in and of itself as harboring any prejudicial views. I just always used the shorthand as a way of describing it, because (I believe) it is the only theatre left with such a feature and is the oldest one as well; as a link to another time I find it fascinating.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
its pretty unanimous it seems at least in the hate. I hate the Marquis and also the Minskoff. my faves are the Belasco with its tiffany glass and the Music Box
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I've mostly had good experiences in the theatres I've been in, but my least favorite was definitely when i sat in the balcony at the Broadway Theatre. I felt like I was miles away from the stage. it was hard to even concentrate on the show.