Is a nosebleed seat at a Broadway show worth it?

We%26#39;re visiting in June, and were thinking about going to Mary Poppins with our 8 year old son, for a Saturday matinee.

The show is at the New Amsterdam Theater, and frankly, there is no way we can afford $1000 for nice tickets for the three of us.

We *might* could afford $425 for ok tickets for the three of us, but we%26#39;d have to think long and hard about it.

We definitely can afford the $70 each tickets that are all the way up in the balcony on the sides. The theater%26#39;s notes on those seats are ';Full Balcony View'; -- so at least you know there won%26#39;t be half the stage cut off from view, I guess??

What do you think -- is it even worth going if we%26#39;re in those $70 seats?

Is a nosebleed seat at a Broadway show worth it?

It depends on your son.

Does he have the attention span to sit through a 2.5 hour show without getting fidgety?

I know many visitors feel they ';must'; see a show, but it is expensive as you%26#39;ve found out. May be your son would rather do something else that is more fun for him and at the same time less expensive.

Is a nosebleed seat at a Broadway show worth it?

We saw ';Lion King'; at the New Amsterdam Theater from the right side of the balcony. The views were just fine, and I would not have paid more for better seats. Actually, I prefer mezzanine or balcony seats for a musical with a large cast.

When we were there, the theater had very nice booster seats for kids. You would want to get there before they run out of them. (They have quite a few, but they did run out.)

Personally, I%26#39;m not a fan of nosebleed seats, though for Lion King I think I%26#39;d consider it. It%26#39;s very individual.

If you%26#39;re going to be here on or before June 10, try going to Circus Inferno at The New Victory Theater www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1007598 which is a family theater. I sit in the ';nosebleed'; seats there with my kids all the time and it%26#39;s fine. Also, the prices are quite reasonable (nosebleed seats only about 15 bucks).

I don%26#39;t understand how it would be $1000 unless you go through a broker. Full price tickets are $110, and you shouldn%26#39;t pay more than that.

Lots of people are very happy with the balcony seats. Personally, I%26#39;m not. I think the New Amsterdam%26#39;s balcony is too far up, and the sides slope ever so slightly down at the sides. If you%26#39;re prone to vertigo, I don%26#39;t recommend it.

Then again, I wouldn%26#39;t want to pay $110 to entertain an 8-year-old for a couple of hours.

Although it was not a Broadway show, my wife and I got $30 tickets to see the Nutcracker the day before the performance and we were in the last row seats in the theatre and they were just fine. The convenience of getting them at the last minute and just being there made up for the location. I personally feel most of these theaters aren%26#39;t that big afterall. But, if I were going to Madison Square Garden then I would want to get a bit closer than the last row.

As Bettina mentioned, it sounds like you%26#39;re looking at prices on a ticket broker%26#39;s website because those side balcony seats have a face value of only $20 each. Go directly to the www.ticketmaster.com website and see what%26#39;s available there.

Ok, another opinion for you! Those tickets sound awfully expensive. I recently took my son to see Lion King in London so I accept its a different theatre, but we got the whole effect from sitting high up. Not to give the game away too much but things happen in the aisles which you will be able to touch if you can get a seat in the stalls but if you get a seat high-up then you can actually watch it happening. (and my 8 year old is never impressed, but that was the best 拢200 I ever spent!)

My advice to you is to have a look at the seating plan and make sure you can get a good look at the stage and surrounding areas from the seats you%26#39;re looking at. You really don%26#39;t need to be that close to the action as long as you can see it.

Are those tickets $425 total or per person? Total, for good seats at Mary Poppins is well worth it. Per person, probably not. For me, nosebleeds are not worth it. I would rather spend the $30-50 extra per ticket and have a good view, rather than a medicore one.

We saw Mary Poppins recently and had front row mezzanie (sp?) with an excellent view. We were able to take in the entire stage, but close enough to notice the small details and see the great effects.