Happy Rodgers

Review of Segerstrom Center for the Arts

the performer (patti luPone) was great, as always....

the performer (patti luPone) was great, as always. but NEVER go to this theatre if you can't sit in the front half of the orchestra or in the top tier or two FACING the performer; i've been stuck twice BEHIND the performer and it was miserable, except the second time i refused to sit there and because the theatre was only 1/2 full (a shame!) i moved to a seat facing the stage; i see plays once a year in nyc and have never seen a theatre this poorly designed with seats behind the stage on any of the acrophobic tiers; they are horrible, and mgmt at the shows knows little to nothing; at the "manhattan transfer" show, 1/2 the "..transfer" was missing, and the other 1/2 announced and apologized for that at the beginning (but had "fill-ins" for the MAIN 2 players!); should have gone immediately and gotten a refund... when i mentioned it to mgmt, they didn't even know that 2 of the 4 key players were absent! so.... beware of where you're seated AND what you're seeing...