Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Broadway Theaters with center aisle
classicalmusicplayer2
Chorus Member Joined: 1/5/13
#1Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:26pm
Hello all!
So this may sound like a strange question but I'm currently writing a short story and I was wondering if anyone had a list of Broadway Theaters that have a center aisle. Preferably all the way from back of house to the stage.
Thanks!
#2Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:40pm
The Booth is (I think) the closest that you'll find to what you're looking for.
mpd4165
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/09
#2Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:43pm
The Golden has the center aisle you're describing.
http://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/seatingplans/johngolden.htm
bfreak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/6/11
#3Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:45pm
"The Booth is (I think) the closest that you'll find to what you're looking for.
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The booth actually doesn't have that center aisle anymore. Not sure about the Golden.
#4Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:46pm
mpd beat me to it with The Golden.
Do a google image search for "broadway theater seating charts" and you can scan a whole bunch of results.
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#5Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:47pm
I thought of the Golden, too, but it looks like it may not have it currently:
https://www.telecharge.com/Broadway/Skylight/Seating-Chart
deanna126
Swing Joined: 3/14/14
#6Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:50pm
The Friedman Theatre has a center aisle from the back to the stage.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#7Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:51pm
The Palace? 
#8Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:54pm
Yes, the Palace has that. I sat on the center aisle for AAIP.
The Shubert has a center aisle for the first few rows. The Booth and Golden do not have a center aisle.
#9Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 4:56pm
Ha! Just goes to show I never sit in any of those orchestras.
MarkBearSF
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/11
#10Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 5:10pm
I'll always remember seeing "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" at the Palace a few years ago. Of course, there's the scene with the ping pong balls - launched all over the theatre. About 10 minutes or so later, in the middle of a quiet scene, some stray balls became dislodged and started rolling down that long, long center aisle.
Updated On: 5/6/15 at 05:10 PM
musicman_bwayfan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/05
#11Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 5:27pm
The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (Manhattan Theatre Club) has this as well. There is only a left and right orchestra.
#12Broadway Theaters with center aisle
Posted: 5/6/15 at 8:04pm
I don't recall seeing a center aisle the Golden for any of a few recent shows: I sat Side Orch for A TIME TO KILL and Rear Orch for VANYA & SONIA and there were the conventional two aisles for each show. Maybe since the renovation a few years ago it's been this way...
The Friedman was my first thought, though. That absolutely has a full-length center aisle.
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