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Oh, Mary! seating chart — Lyceum Theatre
A plain-language read of the Lyceum Theatre for Oh, Mary!. It gives facts from the sources we could read; any view of our own is labelled as ours.
About the venue
- Theatre
- Lyceum Theatre
- Address
- 149 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
- Neighborhood
- Theater District
- Capacity
- 922 seats
- Operator
- Shubert Organization
1903 Beaux-Arts landmark; the Shubert Organization calls it Broadway's oldest continually operating legitimate theatre. 409 orchestra + 287 mezzanine + 210 balcony + 16 boxes. Hosting Oh, Mary! (open-ended; no closing announced).
The short version
The Lyceum opened in 1903, built by producer-manager Daniel Frohman to a Beaux-Arts design by Herts and Tallant, and the Shubert Organization's page calls it Broadway's oldest continually operating legitimate theatre. Its exterior was designated a New York City landmark in 1974 and its interior in 1987. Shubert's figures put the 922 seats in an orchestra (409), a mezzanine (287) two flights up, a balcony (210) four flights up, and 16 boxes; both upper levels climb about two steps per row. In our view, the house is small enough that the balcony still works for a comedy this dialogue-driven, centre orchestra is the seat to want for the physical comedy, and the mezzanine is worth pricing against it.
Section by section
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Orchestra (409 seats)
Reached without steps (Shubert's access notes). In our view, centre orchestra is the seat to want for the physical comedy.
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Mezzanine (287 seats)
The second level, two flights of stairs up from the orchestra, about two steps per row, entered from behind row J (Shubert's access notes). In our view, worth pricing against centre orchestra.
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Balcony (210 seats)
The third level, four flights of stairs up from the orchestra, about two steps per row, entered from behind row J (Shubert's access notes). In our view, the house is small enough that the dialogue still lands from here.
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Boxes (16 seats)
In our view, look at a seat-view photo before you buy a box seat.
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