Best Seats for Les Mis on Broadway?
Erik Martin
August, and I was hoping someone could suggest where the best seats are.
I was thinking that the front row of the orchestra section would be
best, but I was wondering if the view of the whole scope of the stage is
at all obstructed from there. Is the front row of the mezzinine (sp?)
better? Thanks for any help.
Erik Martin
Keith Bauer
happily surprised how good Les Miserables was from third row center.
I have sat in the orchestra center section several times as far back
as the tenth row and found all locations to be good. I have also sat
in the mezzanine and found it to be less than satisfactory especially
off to the sides. The problem was not sight lines but rather the
sound mix. The show was absolutely unintelligible from the side mezz
seats and not optimal from the center mezz seats.
Keith Bauer jell...@research.att.com
Hye Yeon Chon
located center front mezzanine. Sitting in the first couple of rows in
orchestra are good, but you cannot see what is going on the back of the
stage. This is especially true I think for Les Mis and Miss Saigon.
The prices for front mezzanine are the same as for orchestra. Besides,
front mezzanine starts right above around the fifth row of orchestra.
HOpe this helps =)
Hye Yeon
June Abernathy
writes:
After working in box offices for several years, I still cannot believe
the number of people who want to sit in the front row! Don't do it!
Particularly for a show like Les Miz, which has those huge barricades.
Why do you want to spend all night looking up the performer's noses,
getting sweat on and spit on, and missing anything that happens
upstage? The sound isn't mixed properly in the front row - you'll hear
an odd mix of live orchestra, stage monitor, and house speakers.
MOVE BACK!!
The front frow of the mezzanine is usually a very good place to sit, if
you can get reasonably center. Best of all possible worlds for most
shows is between 8-15 rows back in the orchestra, as center as
possible. Different theatres have different quirks in how the orchestra
slopes, and etc., and different shows have different demands, but
unless you are preparing to go on as an understudy, the front row of
the orchestra is pretty universally a lousy place to sit.
If you've got a choice of two locations that seem pretty equal to you,
ask the person selling you the tickets (if you are at the theatre -
through ticketmaster, they usually don't know, although you might ask
the operator if they are familiar with the theatre). GENERALLY, the
first seats that ticketmaster comes up with in the price range that you
want for the date that you want are the best thing available. That's
how the system is set up.
June
Brian
>I'm going to take my wife to see Les Mis in NY (Imperial Theator) in
>August, and I was hoping someone could suggest where the best seats are.
>I was thinking that the front row of the orchestra section would be
>best, but I was wondering if the view of the whole scope of the stage is
>at all obstructed from there. Is the front row of the mezzinine (sp?)
>better? Thanks for any help.
>
>Erik Martin
I would suggest orchestra seats about ten rows from the stage or the
front of the mezzanine. I've seen LES MIZ from both locations and loved
the show each time. The views were different and brought out different
things. I would avoid the back of the orchestra or the first three rows
of the orchestra.
Enjoy.
Brian