I'm a huge theater fan (still trying to put together a Memphis Yelp Theater-goer group so if you are interested, shout out) and when I knew there was a local production of the Pulitzer Prize winner play "Disgraced" showing in town, I persuaded a co-worker to come and check it out with me at the Playhouse on a Friday night.
So first of all, I'm super grateful there is $3 flat rate parking garage located just a street behind the theater as that made parking easy - but OMG the pavements are all torn up which meant walking that short street was a mine field in strapped heels!
The theater is fairly intimate but walks big. Soon as you open the doors, the ticket box office is right in front of you and then you go into a foyer with doors leading off to the different theaters. For "Disgraced" I was at the Circuit Theater which I would guess is about a 100-seater. The acoustics were great and even though I had front row seats, the stage height was level with my eyes so there was no neck strain. Disgraced was a straight-up 1 act play which meant no breaks for 1 hr 15 mins and am glad the seats were comfortable!!
The production values were superb and I just throughly enjoyed myself and had a smashing evening out. The cherry on the top was the talk-back session with the actors as "Disgraced" is such a challenging play. I'm definitely going back - the rest of the season for 2016-17 has some brilliant stuff coming up, so can't wait!
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