Best seats for Spider-man?
Best seats for Spider-man?
lb23
Swing Joined: 11/24/10
#1Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/24/10 at 4:16pm
Hi,
I'm trying to figure out where the best seats are for spider-man. Anyone have any advice? Should I go with orchestra, flying circle or flying circle boxes?
Thanks!
#2Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/24/10 at 4:59pmWe don't know. The theatre has been gutted for Spider-Man so prior good seating isn't anymore.
#2Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/24/10 at 5:02pm
If you sit under the overhang of the 'flying circle' or balcony you could be protected from falling stunt-men?
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Updated On: 11/24/10 at 05:02 PM
jdtp12
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#3Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/24/10 at 5:18pmNo one is too sure since it hasn't opened yet, but I've heard that up close you will see the fine details(obviously), but if you are in the flying circle or balcony you will be more at eye level with most of the flying stunts.
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#4Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/24/10 at 5:22pmfrom the mouth's of the tech guys: the front of the 'flying circle' (mezz) is the best place to sit.
#5Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/24/10 at 10:55pm
I'll let you know late on Saturday night. 
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#6Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/25/10 at 2:36pmThe mezzanine looks rather small in terms of depth. Has anyone sat in the rear mezzanine prior to the renovation?
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#7Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/26/10 at 11:04pmI'm guessing front Balc is the best option and maybe even front mezz. forget about the orch. unless you're really into watching actors' faces and/or the costume stitchings.
bloopydoop
Swing Joined: 11/29/10
#8Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/29/10 at 1:41pmDid anyone sit Center Flying Circle Row D? Or close to it? I'm wondering how the view is and if you can see all of the aerial stunts.
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Stand-by Joined: 10/28/06
#9Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/29/10 at 1:57pm
I was in center G and the view was perfect...best seats in the house for this show
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Broadway Star Joined: 9/13/09
#11Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/29/10 at 6:27pmIt looks like the flying circle is quite a distance from the stage, so I guess it will be a matter of preference, would you rather have a better view of the flying acts or the stage. I am going the end of December, chose 12th row orchestra. (at the time of purchase I did not know much about the theater or show, I based my choice on where the majority of the premium seats were)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#13Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/29/10 at 7:51pmIn another theater.
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#14Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/30/10 at 11:29am
"In another theater."
Haha, rude.
As for the OP, I haven't seen the show but I'm sure that the front of the Flying Circle is going to be ideal. Even if it seems farther away in the picture, it never truly seems that far in your seat.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 11/30/10 at 11:47am
Since there has only been on public performance in the re-done space, we don't have gads of tried and true knowledge. All 'reports' are that the flying circle is the place to be.
I have a seat in the front row of the balcony...but not until Xmas day -- so I can't be of much help.
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#16Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 12/17/10 at 6:40am
now that some of you have been there...
what's the general consensus now?
#17Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 12/17/10 at 8:46am
Last night, I had a dream that three friends took me on an impromptu road trip to NYC and, without warning, bought us four $160 tickets to SPIDER-MAN. After my initial anger dissolved into general amusement, the aforementioned anger was renewed when I discovered that our seats were front-row center orchestra. We never actually saw the show in my dream, but I remember imagining myself in the first row, craning my neck and twisting my body towards the back of the house to see the aerial excitement.
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#18Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:00am
I remember imagining myself in the first row, craning my neck and twisting my body towards the back of the house to see the aerial excitement.
Won't almost everybody in the orchestra seats be craning and twisting in some direction(s) to see the aerial excitement? I would imagine that if you generally like to sit up close to the stage rather than further back, you might as well get front seats for Spider-Man.
p.s. Having said that, I do have those front row center seats for a date about two weeks after opening night maybe three weeks before opening night.
#19Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 12/17/10 at 10:05am
lol Three weeks before opening night, as it's currently being defined.
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sunstar
Swing Joined: 12/29/10
#20Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 12/29/10 at 11:59pm
So for seats... So far it sounds like the front of the flying circle is good, but what about the back of the flying circle? Is the view annoyingly obstructed by the balcony above?
I can get the back of the flying circle/mezz row F or the side of the orchestra. Advice anyone? It would be much appreciated! Thanks
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
#21Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 12/30/10 at 10:45amI'm sitting flying circle row f on Tuesday. Really hoping they'll be decent seats
stuball
Swing Joined: 1/17/11
#22Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 1/17/11 at 8:49pmCurious how the flying circle row f seats were? Sitting there on Friday night.
Bee2
Swing Joined: 1/3/07
#23Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 3/12/11 at 1:47pmJust bumping up this thread as hopefully more people have been to see the show now. Choice appears to be between row E in the flying circle, orchestra row S and back and then the sides of the orchestra i.e. the $140 seats, not premium seats.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#24Best seats for Spider-man?
Posted: 3/12/11 at 2:10pmI sat in Orchestra row S all the way to the side and had a great view.
