Frank B

Review of Classic Stage Company

We've been members for about 4-5 years. Membership...

We've been members for about 4-5 years. Membership runs about $50/ticket for a 4 show season, which is downright cheap for first rate professional acting, production, and staging. Most of the productions are classics - Shakespeare, Ibsen, Chekhov - but some newer material has been added in the last few years. Sondheim's Passion was one of the best shows we've seen on or off Broadway. Amazing.

Small space - about 200 seats - see photo #2. Each show arranges the seating plan differently, but it's usually 3 sets of seats surrounding the stage. When people say it's an intimate space, they're right - if you're sitting in the first row do not put out your legs in front of you - you just might trip the actors.

Everyman Coffee Shop in lobby - great expresso's and baked goods.

Update: Deducted one star for their ill-conceived decision to stop handing out printed Playbills for the last 4-5 shows. You can download a PDF of the "Playbill", but it's just not the same. They claim it's a"Go Green Initiative" which is another term for cutting costs.