The Gershwin Theatre

Elite '08

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Nancy R.

San Jose, CA

This theater is beautiful!  And huge!

I took a last minute trip to NY and bought tickets to Wicked on Stubhub.  Needless to say the only ones not insanely overpriced were the nosebleeds (Rear Mezzanine), which I thought wasn't so bad.

It really wasn't that bad... but I felt like I was watching the show straight down.  I might as well been staring at my feet.  It was also hard to get into the show since I was so far away... I did catch myself dozing off a few times during the first act.  Granted, I hadn't slept in 48 hours...

This did make me realize the importance of buying good seats.  The show was great - but could have been so much better if it weren't for where I was sitting.

A big plus for this place is that they allow you to bring drinks and snacks back to your seat!  AND... the drinks and snacks aren't overpriced!  For $18, me and my group got 1 bottle of water, a diet coke (in a souvenir sippy cup), a kit kat, skittles, and care bears gummy bears.  Not bad!  I was expecting movie theater prices.

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Elite '08

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grace m.

San Francisco, CA

I enjoyed the layout of the Gershwin.... imagine an updated palatial space.... but instead of grand staircases... there are escalators.  The Gershwin also features the Theatre Hall of Fame (read Susan S.'s very USEFUL review... give her love).   I love that even though this theatre is still relatively huge (1925 seats), the layout allows for great views of the stage without you feeling like you have to really squint to see the action onstage---which is the case with the Orpheum in San Francisco.  I sat in the mezzanine level towards the center (which I highly recommend for those who are SMART theatre-goers--for $$$ sake and if you really want to see the entire set/action onstage.... i srsly don't understand why people like to buy orchestra seats.... you can't see the entire set, people!).  

The staff were very nice and really did a great job at pushing the show's very pricey merchandise.  The lady who did restroom upkeep was also super nice and wished the restroom-goers a great night.

From Times Square/42nd street, take the 1 local Uptown to W 50th, and you're about 2 blocks from the Gershwin.

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Peter M.

San Francisco, CA

I have Pee Anxiety.  There I said it.  It's no longer my horrible embarrassing  secret.  For me, peeing at a urinal is about as likely as Yelp offering me stock options because my reviews are so "useful".  

So there I am having to pee mid first act of Wicked - oh I also failed to mention that I'm kind of gay and if you ask me what the second word of the third song in most Broadway musicals is - I'll tell you what that word is, which actress/actor sang it, and which bathroom I was in when I first sang it in the shower.  Moving on - So I have to pee real bad and then after the ending of the most amazing first of act of a show I've seen in a long long time I rush to the bathroom.  I'm on a long line but I can't just mosey on up to a urinal so I'm relegated to the stall line.

Those of us on the stall line know each others pain.  We look at the floor, we think about waterfalls, tsunamis, floods, anything we can to keep that oh so particular man controlling the gate to our bladder soaked in images of liquid.  I enter the stall............

(Internal Monologue)

OK here we go big guy.  You are so alone and no one is waiting to use this stall its just you in a forest go ahead good buddy lets go ahead and Pee....yes time to pee......ok guy next to us who entered at the same time is done now but that's ok cause nobody who entered the bathroom with us is here anymore and so its like we just got in the stall and wait the guy at the sink is waiting to hear the trickle hit the water.....OH GOD he is waiting for it.  Fuck if I don't pee right now he is going to kick down this stall door and laugh at me and then murder me and its going to be this huge story about the guy who couldn't pee and the other guy who went to jail for murdering the guy who couldn't pee OH GOD I can't pee there is so much pressure.   DEEP BREATHS big guy you can do it.    OK bathroom is emptying out now.....maybe I'm doing a bunch of cocaine its New York nobody cares just relax and let it out.......ok ---- ok I'm close -  oh it might be ......ok that was the last guy at the urinal I'm in here alone now its been 17 minutes in the stall and YES YES YES I"M PEEING AND ITS GLORIOUS!!!!!!!!    I"M DEFYING GRAVITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

You know what the folks at the Gershwin Theatre did for me?  They waited till me - big guy - last person back from intermission - sat down in his seat before the second act started.   Five pants at the ankles - no cares in the world -talk about the weather with ya while we both pee stars.

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Susan S.

San Francisco, CA

Named after George (the theatre was originally built as The Uris Theatre), one of the highlights of seeing a show at the HUGE Gershwin (just under 2000 seats) is that it houses the Theatre Hall of Fame in an oval room in the lobby.  As the space was built in the 70s, the architecture leaves a lot to be desired especially compared to the older, more traditional and ornate Broadway houses.

But the Gershwin offers nice seats, good sightlines and bathrooms galore (well, almost.  it is hard to cover 1933 patrons during these sold out runs).

This theatre offers I-Caption (hand-held captioning system for the deaf and hearing-impaired), Show-Trans (automated multilingual descriptive commentary), Audio Description for the Blind (detailed description of all the visual aspects). To reserve call: 212-582-7678

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Diana B.

New York, NY

A Broadway theater is a Broadway theater. Perhaps newcomers to the city are awed. Okay.

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