Alisa Cullison

Review of The Wilbur Theatre

The Women in Comedy show we saw was awesome. Haven...

The Women in Comedy show we saw was awesome. Haven't laughed so hard in months. The Wilbur, on the other hand, was a nightmare. Who runs this venue? Have they ever been to a professional theater? Three sets of ushers sent us to the wrong section. Sat for 20 minutes before the show started when another couple comes in and says that we're in their seats. At first I thought that Ticketmaster had double-sold our seats (wouldn't surprise me), so the couple left to figure something else out. As the lights were going down, an usher came to demand that my boyfriend and I follow him downstairs. No explanation. I declined because at that point I believed that I was in the right seats, and the show was starting, anyway. Five minutes later another usher came by and waved her flashlight, asked to see my tickets again, and then demanded that I follow her downstairs. She wasn't moving from the row, so we followed her. No explanation, again. She took us through a maze of back-of-house rows and hallways, no clue where I was, and then deposited us in a section a level down in what -- apparently -- were our correct seats. I understand that I sat in the wrong place the first time, but after THREE SETS OF USHERS told us where to go, and then TWICE we were pushed around with ZERO explanation, this has left a terrible taste in my mouth. It's going to take a LOT to get me to go back to this venue. The place is also dirty, bathrooms a mess, seats ratty and old. What a shame for what seemed to have once been a beautiful theater.