Seating for In The Heights

[A Canadian in NYC]

Posted: 4/10/16 at 9:38pm

I'm looking to book tickets for In The Heights for July and the seating is different that the theatres I'm used to.  Can anyone confirm to me that there is no significant difference between platform 1 or 2 and that seats in Row C or D would be good?   Anything else that I need to know on the seating here?

Thanks!!

[mkmswain]

Posted: 4/11/16 at 6:43am

No major difference between platforms - that's just the two sides of the traverse staging. Rows C-D will be great, and best views are probably from the central section (13-36) or more towards the entrance (37 upward), as the barrio scenery bit is at the opposite end.

Enjoy!

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 4/11/16 at 8:29am

All of the above and don't worry, there is not a single bad seat in the whole house

[A Canadian in NYC]

Posted: 4/11/16 at 6:32pm

Thank you!  I shall buy our tickets now. Missed it on Broadway so really looking forward to this! 

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 4/12/16 at 11:47am

Does anyone know if they offer day seats for this production?

[Just_John]

Posted: 4/15/16 at 2:59am

They have 25 pound last row seats and if you're under 25 you can buy any available seat for 15 pounds in advance.  

[rjm516]

Posted: 4/24/16 at 7:39pm

I went tonight (Sunday 6pm show). I'm glad it wasn't my first time seeing this production, because every main part had an understudy on -- Usnavi, Benny, Sonny, Nina, Vanessa, Kevin Rosario and I think one more. How is that possible??!! Do the main cast members just normally not perform on Sundays (and the show didn't think/want to publicize this information?) or is this as crazy as I found it? 

 

(and seats even in the back row are just as good, ps.)

[CathyFromLex]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 12:14am

I will actually be in London next Sunday and was considering seeing this, as there are only a couple of shows with performances on Sundays.  I'm rethinking now, unless this was a fluke.

[JamieHT]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 1:11am

rjm516 said: "I went tonight (Sunday 6pm show). I'm glad it wasn't my first time seeing this production, because every main part had an understudy on -- Usnavi, Benny, Sonny, Nina, Vanessa, Kevin Rosario and I think one more. How is that possible??!! Do the main cast members just normally not perform on Sundays (and the show didn't think/want to publicize this information?) or is this as crazy as I found it? 

 

(and seats even in the back row are just as good, ps.)

 

"

I went last Thursday and we had lots of understudies too. I know the actors who play Benny and Nina have been on holiday (not together as far as I know haha), I don't know about the rest, there are a few bugs going round. Who was on as Abuela?

[rjm516]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 12:11pm

^ I think Abuela was not the understudy. She looks like the picture in the program - but it is a different actress since the cast change a few months ago. There's no understudy slip in the program or anything - I don't know if they do that here? - and the only announcement came over the speaker system as they finally opened the doors at 6:10 (for 6pm show) and the entire audience was trying to get inside, still talking and everything, so very few people heard that there was an announcement in the first place let alone the details of it! 

I'm usually very excited for understudies and most of them did a very good job (esp Usnavi, I was rooting for him haha), but to have almost every named character all at once be understudies make the performance feel a bit rough and amateurish, unfortunately. Like each one (or even two) at a time would have done well with the standard cast but all at once was too much.

[JamieHT]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 1:11pm

Yeah I like understudies when I've seen the main cast but it was a lot to take in last time I went. We had Camila as Abuela, and the actress who had played Vanessa the first time I saw it as Camila. Was a tad confused to begin with haha.

[MH2]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 4:15pm

rjm516 said: "^ There's no understudy slip in the program or anything - I don't know if they do that here? - and the only announcement came over the speaker system "

I went on the 17th and understudies were shown on a screen next to the doors of the platform 2 section .

[rjm516]

Posted: 4/25/16 at 4:36pm

Oh ha that's a great way to do it but I was in Platform 1! So didn't see anything.