Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Balcony at City Center worth doing?
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Featured Actor Joined: 4/11/08
#1Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 11:14am
For those of us with tight finances, are the $30 seats in the balcony for Encores productions worth doing? I hate being far away from the stage, but love ZORBA and hate to have to miss it.
Thanks in advance for your reports!
Updated On: 5/6/15 at 11:14 AM
#2Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 11:20am
"For those of who with tight finances, are the $30 seats in the balcony for Encores productions worth doing? I hate being far away from the stage, but love ZORBA and hate to have to miss it.
Thanks in advance for your reports!"
I think it's better to see it from the balcony than missing the show.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#2Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 11:22am
That's where I usually sit, in the $30 balcony seats. I have never sat in the first row, so I don't know how high the bar is. But the view is fine from up there, and the sound is too. Once in a while there will be projections that you can't see, but that depends on the production.
PJPan
Featured Actor Joined: 5/6/13
#3Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 11:23am
I've sat in the balcony for at least three different shows and have always still had a full stage view and no problems with understanding/hearing the actors. Always better to see the show than wish you had!
#4Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 11:37am
Does anyone know how the front row of the balcony is? Is the bar in the way?
#5Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 11:51am
The bar wasn't an issue for me when I sat in the front row, but all of the lights and technical equipment mounted to the balcony were. My subscription seats have been in the second row of the balcony for the past few years, and I think they're MUCH better than the first row.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#6Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 12:24pm
The remodel really improved the situation in the balcony. It's great.
I have sat in the front row, but I'm 6'4" so I'm a bad judge of whether or not the bar would be a problem for most people.
One other thing to consider is that it takes several minutes to get up to the balcony before the show and it takes FOREVER to get out once its over. So plan accordingly.
brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
#7Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 3:19pm
We sit there all the time. Since they redid the seating it's so much better than it was.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#8Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/6/15 at 6:56pm
I've only been once but I say absolutely. Try to get a seat closer to the center as the side seats are kind of out there. Bring binoculars/opera glasses if it's really important to you to see the actor's expressions. Otherwise, you have a very clear view of the stage and the seats are great up there... unlike some theaters I could mention.
#9Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/7/15 at 4:16am
My friend and I sat in one of the back rows of the balcony, and they weren't terrible seats at all. We wish we had spent more on closer seats, but if they're all you can afford, they're definitely worth it. It wasn't a bad view, but being closer is always nice.
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#10Balcony at City Center worth doing?
Posted: 5/7/15 at 8:32am
Saw the Lupone GYPSY from up there, and absolutely saw and heard everything.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
