Call me overly sensitive, but I’m a little touchy when it comes to audience manners, or lack thereof. Recently distracting patrons (how can I complain about overly enthusiastic kids? but leave making-out for the cinema) got me thinking about how much the audience and front-of-house experience affects an evening’s success.
So, at the risk of using another 50 words … Who do you think has the best audiences? The most comfortable seats? The most temperate a/c? Cleanest restrooms? Most interesting ambience? Convenient parking or transportation access? Best concessions? Strongest coffee? Knowledgable box office staff? Friendly ushers? Coolest gear? Smartest playbill?
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Who do you think has the best audiences: Theatre Vertigo
The most comfortable seats: Hands down, Lakewood Theatre(to be fair, having millions of dollars to renovate the space only helped.)
The most temperate a/c: Lakewood Theatre
Cleanest restrooms: A.R.T.
Most interesting ambience: Miracle Theatre (only because of the colors and cafe, but they really need to update the front of their house. So I guess they have the most potential to be REALLY interesting.
Convenient parking or transportation access: Theatre!Theatre! (Bus #15 stops in front of the building and lots of neighborhood parking)
Best concessions: Backdoor Theatre (i.e. defunkt, Sowelu, etc. only because they are attached to a coffee shop. But I must admit, candy as concessions in general,unless they are imported chocolates, just needs to go. Pastries are fine.)
Strongest coffee: Until someone starts peddling Stumptown Coffee . . . .that's a tough one to answer.
Knowledgable box office staff: Stark Raving Theatre
Friendly ushers: A.R.T.
Coolest gear: defunkt theatre
Smartest playbill: defunkt theatre (though photographs of their company in their playbill would be nice.)
The most interesting ambience has to go to defunkt! I love that little theatre--it has so much personality!
I would commend PCS for a good box office and clean restrooms.
I agree with the above comment about Lakewood having comfortable seats.
The coldest air-conditioning has been Mt. Hood Community College, by far. Brr.
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