More on Bad Chairs
Going to see "Cabaret" tonight at The Empty Space. I'm hoping it'll be fun. I mean, how often is "Cabaret" going to show up in town? Like never.
I'm bringing my sister the theater major along and a co-worker. Beforehand Bob Kempf at the Space emailed me to let me know that they've finally got new chairs. Praise the Lord. I thought they were trying to kill me, running neck and neck with The Spotlight for worst chairs. I'm glad that I'm judging the performances and not the seating otherwise I'd never have a nice thing to say. A matter of fact all the theaters in this town have awful chairs with the exception of ... goodness. Stars maybe?
Anyway, here's what Bob had to say about those chairs:
"After 18 months of almost torturing our tolerant audience members, those horrid brown chairs are out of here! They have been replaced by chairs that are roomy, comfy, and with excellent lumbar support. The chairs were generously donated to the Empty Space by Bakersfield's local State Farm Insurance Offices at 900 Old River Road."
Anyway. Here's an awful chair ranking (not including the Space's new chairs. They might leave the list all together after tonight):
5. The Harvey Auditorium: Just like high school, now with spinal injuries.
4. Stars Theatre Restaurant/Candlelight Dinner Theatre: At least you have a table there to lean on.
3. Bakersfield Community Theatre: Number of times I've bruised a knee in their theater due to the chairs — 3
2. The Spotlight Theatre: After nearly three hours of watching their production of "On the Verge" I couldn't tell which I disliked more, the word-heavy dialog or the chair. Hmmm. I think it was the chair.
And lastly ...
1. The Empty Space's Brown Back Breakers: The staple of cheap wedding receptions and out-of-town hotel conferences, these chairs were only meant brief, brief, brief moments of sitting. Not sitting through "Julius Caesar." Good riddance, you bastions of evil.
I mean, if you have bad chairs, people are more likely to stay awake and watch your performance, but then, they're also more likely to walk out after 15 minutes, so hooray for new chairs!
I'm bringing my sister the theater major along and a co-worker. Beforehand Bob Kempf at the Space emailed me to let me know that they've finally got new chairs. Praise the Lord. I thought they were trying to kill me, running neck and neck with The Spotlight for worst chairs. I'm glad that I'm judging the performances and not the seating otherwise I'd never have a nice thing to say. A matter of fact all the theaters in this town have awful chairs with the exception of ... goodness. Stars maybe?
Anyway, here's what Bob had to say about those chairs:
"After 18 months of almost torturing our tolerant audience members, those horrid brown chairs are out of here! They have been replaced by chairs that are roomy, comfy, and with excellent lumbar support. The chairs were generously donated to the Empty Space by Bakersfield's local State Farm Insurance Offices at 900 Old River Road."
Anyway. Here's an awful chair ranking (not including the Space's new chairs. They might leave the list all together after tonight):
5. The Harvey Auditorium: Just like high school, now with spinal injuries.
4. Stars Theatre Restaurant/Candlelight Dinner Theatre: At least you have a table there to lean on.
3. Bakersfield Community Theatre: Number of times I've bruised a knee in their theater due to the chairs — 3
2. The Spotlight Theatre: After nearly three hours of watching their production of "On the Verge" I couldn't tell which I disliked more, the word-heavy dialog or the chair. Hmmm. I think it was the chair.
And lastly ...
1. The Empty Space's Brown Back Breakers: The staple of cheap wedding receptions and out-of-town hotel conferences, these chairs were only meant brief, brief, brief moments of sitting. Not sitting through "Julius Caesar." Good riddance, you bastions of evil.
I mean, if you have bad chairs, people are more likely to stay awake and watch your performance, but then, they're also more likely to walk out after 15 minutes, so hooray for new chairs!
posted by Danielle Belton @ 12:20 PM
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