Rear Mezz at the Booth Experience

[Golenboybway]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 3:07pm

I recently bought tickets to Hand to God and would like to know peoples experiences in the Rear Mezz of the Booth Theatre.

[brucebossa]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 3:59pm

I saw ELEPHANT MAN from the last row - also I have seen several shows there from anywhere in the last 4 rows... The Booth is a great theater and so intimate - the last row is fine. Especially if you saved a lot of money!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 4:03pm

Theater is small so sitting up there is fine.

[atuomala]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 6:25pm

The Booth is a very small, intimate theatre. The rear mezzanine isn't bad at all.

[bfreak]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 6:32pm

The view is very good from the rear mezzanine, but the legroom is very bad and annoying.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 6:51pm

The legroom is atrocious in most theaters

In the O Neil, it is like you are sitting in a box out of a WW 2 prison camp.

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 8:45pm

No rear mezz can be worse than the rear mezz at Studio 54. I refuse to believe it. :P

[bfreak]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 8:50pm

n2nbaby, after just seeing Cabaret from the rear mezzanine a month ago, I'd say that that holds the title as the worst section for seating in a Broadway theatre, by far! Updated On: 3/5/15 at 08:50 PM

[n2nbaby]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 8:56pm

Cabaret was my first show on my NYC trip last summer and I literally had bruises on my knees. :P It was by far one of the most excruciating theater experiences I've had. The only one that comes close to it is seeing Book of Mormon at the Landmark theater in Syracuse from the Balcony where there was zero leg room and I got a cramp in my leg during "Here For You" and I couldn't move. Ugh. No leg room sucks. :P

Updated On: 3/5/15 at 08:56 PM

[bfreak]

Posted: 3/5/15 at 9:18pm

It was awful. I felt like Bradley Cooper in the fact I had to contours my body for the whole show. AND I was on the aisle. Thank God Cabaret was like one of the best shows out there or else I wouldnt have made it. Orchestra or front mezzanine at that theatre from now on.

[Broadway_Boy]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 1:41am

I saw Cabaret with Michelle Williams from the rear mezz and thought it was such a wonderful view. I'm not that tall and had an aisle seat, so didn't notice the discomfort. I saw Emma Stone from mid/rear Orchestra and thought the lighting seemed ridiculously dark, and wished I had my rear mezz seat.

[bfreak]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 6:44am

The view was wonderful from the rear mezzanine, indeed. I was in Center Row FF the first time and side (last seat on the corner, which was great even) row GG. Weird about the orchestra lighting!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 3/6/15 at 7:10am

Saw Bette Midler as Mengers from the penultimate row, and had zero problem. I wouldn't have gone otherwise, personally speaking the critical issue. Sometimes, we make peace with less than perfection just to see more. We can't be center orchestra first 10 rows most of the time.

And there's a lot of theater to see. About 6 years ago I started sitting in lesser seats, and haven't regretted it. I read a lot of posts here from people who see shows 4-5 times, who return to the long-runs regularly. I'm glad they have the disposable income. Many of us do not, or prefer to use what we have with care, and slip into shows we might not have access to at top dollar. Learning to sit in "bad" seats has a zen quality. You realize: like coach seats on a plane, you land and take off at the same time. It still all happens in the same room.

And then, I sat twice in the second row center mezz of the St. James and was miserable, comfort-wise. It's not like better seats are necessarily a better fit.