I was so excited when this theater was renovated to its old glory, but I hadn't been there until 8/16/17, for a ballet performance. They have tables and chairs with "no bad seats in the house," I was told. Unfortunately, we arrived well before the performance began, but could not find a seat because the theater was almost completely black, as are all the chairs and tables. I stumbled into invisible chairs and tables and had no idea of the layout of the place or where I should start looking. I fumbled my way back to the ushers, who were standing in a line at the entrance (not one of them was helping to seat people), and asked if they could bring the house lights up a bit. Instead, they suggested that I use the flashlight on my cell phone. While that prevented me from bashing my ankle into yet another chair, it still did not help me see the layout. We simply sank into the first two unoccupied seats we spotted. Again, at intermission, the house remained dark. It wasn't until after the show that they raised the house lights, and that was ONLY because they were having a question-and-answer session with the dancers and audience. I was actually irate by the time we left, because I then knew that their house lights were working, and they had simply ignored the many many complaints from people who were trying to find seats. How hard would it have been for one of the ushers to ask the house to bring up the lights??? read more