NY Daily News on Audience Members Falling at CURSED CHILD

[BroadwayConcierge]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/harry-potter-theater-pesky-curse-people-falling-article-1.3991772

Um, is this a joke? Do people not know how to walk? 

[Eliza2]

silly.

that said, I almost impaled myself at The Color Purple - was sitting front row center right where that wood piece jutted out in a point. Trying to get past the person in the seat next to me to sit down in my seat I had about 1/4 of an inch to spare and I'm a small person.

[LxGstv]

Feels like an article from The Onion in disguise...

[CT2NYC]

I'm confused. Those steps have always been there, and, unless they initially walked down one of the side aisles, then they had to walk down the steps to get to their seats to begin with. 

[JudyDenmark]

Also... they're steps. You'd think people would have previously encountered steps in the world and know how to handle them.

Aside from people with mobility disabilities, I'm scratching my head as to why anyone is having a problem with this. 

[haterobics]

Probably people who, like me, are tearing up the aisle in the dark before the lights come up... that said, I walked right up the aisle in the dark without issue when I saw Cursed Child?!

[Broadway Joe]

If I actually fell because I was a moron who couldn't walk I sure as hell wouldn't write an article about it saying I did. These people are embarrassing.

[Lot666]

"Veteran reviewer John Simon, 93, [said] 'That center aisle is vicious...I fell backward and broke three ribs.'"

I can't help but think that, at 93, he might just as likely have incurred the same injury while walking down the sidewalk to the theatre.

[mailhandler777]

If people can't navigate stairs in every day life I feel bad for them. I have fallen down stairs at a theatre myself but I would never write an article that they are cursed. It was my own fault for not paying attention and not looking down at them.

[pointilismlight]

This article is hysterical.

[vanbrig]

I just recently returned home from seeing this show. I'd like to make a formal announcement that I successfully navigated all floors, aisles, steps, etc. in this theatre. No injuries to report. Look at me go.

[Kingtito1385]

Maybe they should start handing out “I survived Harry Potter on Broadway” t-shirts for those lucky audience members who come out unscathed.

[vanbrig]

#keepthesecrets #mindthestep

[Dancingthrulife2]

Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two. 

[mailhandler777]

Dancingthrulife2 said: "Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two."

Actually it said this.

""Then I dusted myself off and took a closer look at the steps, which appeared to me to be both too shallow and poorly lit," Teachout said."

One guy said that. 

 

[JSquared2]

Dancingthrulife2 said: "Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two."

I can think of quite a few people who deserve it. Cell phone users, talkers, snack munchers, incessant coughers, etc just to name a few! 

[vanbrig]

#keepthesecrets #mindthestep #havesomesympathy

 

But really though, I'm known for getting caught up in my head and being a little aloof and unaware of my surroundings as I walk, but despite wandering all over this beautiful theatre and walking up and down that very aisle, I didn't have any issues. Accidents do happen and I feel for people when they do, but I think some of these quotes journalists tripping in the aisles might want to use this as a lesson to, y'know, pay a bit more attention.

[BroadwayNYC2]

Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two. Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. 

 

Oh hell no. The steps are fine. Learn to walk. 

[TorontoBroadwayFan]

I have some mobility issues and I walked all through that theatre over multiple levels over the course of the 5 plus hours and had zero problems. 

[Esther Blodgett]

On the other hand anything that would cause John Simon and Terry Teachout not to go to the theatre is okay by me.

[David10086]

I wonder how many of these people were actually texting while climbing stairs and lost their balance? I've seen that happen in many places on well-lit standard staircases.

 

As for the article, I loved this quote:

John Rogers, general counsel for the Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns the Lyric, confirmed hearing reports of "one or two falls."

Yes, after he heard about the second fall he instructed his staff he didn't want to hear any other report of falling.  LOL 

 

[Patty3]

I sat in the next to last row of the balcony and there is something odd going on with some of the rows.When I moved out of the row into the aisle you have to take a step down. The aisle is lower than the level of the row. I was sitting three seats in from the aisle and made a remark to the couple sitting on the aisle that it was an accident waiting to happen. Are other theaters balconies like that? I don't have balcomy seats often.

[dearalanaaaa]

The only way that Cursed Child made me fall was in love with those special effects! This article is a misfire from Onion.

[mailhandler777]

Patty3 said: "I sat in the next to last row of the balcony and there is something odd going on with some of the rows.When I moved out of the row into the aisle you have to take a step down. The aisle is lowerthan the level of the row. I was sitting three seats in from the aisle and made a remark to the couple sitting on the aisle that it was an accident waiting to happen. Are other theaters balconies like that?I don't have balcomy seats often."

Some theaters are like that. I remember at the Booth for Next To Normal when I went to get up from the last row in the balcony I almost fell because there was a step to get down. I fell up it while getting into the row too. 

[Dancingthrulife2]

BroadwayNYC2 said: "Have some sympathy for Christ's sake. The article clearly stated that these steps are "narrow, shallow" and "poorly lit." No one should go to a theater only to return home with a broken bone or two.Have some sympathy for Christ's sake.



Oh hell no. The steps are fine. Learn to walk."

Sounds like you just got an A+ in walking 101! Big congrats from the bottom of my heart.