Tonight, Aaron and I went to see Memphis! We had put this show off for a long time...why? Not really sure right now as it was AWESOME! What a great show, filled with toe tapping songs, inspiring choreography, and a lot of heart. I was afraid that it was going to be Hairspray without the white people.
We got our tickets through TDF and were seated in row H of the mezzanine. The seats were decent, though we were under the proscenium and missed the top of the stage. (Not like there was anything up there to see, but I like to see the full picture) The theater was half empty. I'm not sure how much longer this show is going to run with half of the mezz empty, but I'm not a broadway producer. At intermission, we moved to row D center section of the mezzanine and Aaron said "whoa, this is a lot closer." So a 4 mere rows forward and the show is THAT much closer.
The show was energetic and though it didn't really break any boundaries or do anything new, the show was solid. We'd recommend it to tourists. It definitely has more pizzazz than some of the crap out there.Aside from this show, I've see Gyspy with Bernadette Peters twice here in the mezzanine, as well as Spamalot 3 times (once in the orchestra super close and 2 more times in the mezzanine) and I was always pleased with my seat, never having partial view.
We saw How to Succeed the day before my birthday this year. I arrived at the RUSH line 30 minutes before the doors opened and the line was SO long. I was actually afraid that I wasn't going to get in....but lucky for me and everyone else in line, the theater has a lot of "partial view" seats. We sat all the way back in row O on the right side (I'm really happy we were on house right and not house left because very little is blocked on house right and a LOT of blocked house left.)
