Better acoustics? Yes. A lot more bathrooms? YES. Here's a look at the new David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City.
With the reopening of Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in New York City this month after a $550 million makeover, there’s talk aplenty about the revamped venue’s much-hyped improved acoustics. To say nothing of its egalitarian design, which turns the plaza level into a kind of public living room.
Officials with Lincoln Center and the Philharmonic make the reasons for the increases clear: When you gotta go, you gotta go — and you shouldn’t fear missing a minute of a performance due to a long restroom line. “Do women count?” said Sally Fischer, a New York City resident who regularly attends cultural events, including performances at David Geffen Hall.
For some theatergoers, the situation has gotten to the point that they must come up with workarounds. But as a safeguard, Carson often tries to sit on the aisle — and she carefully observes when the first act might be ending, so she can get a jump on the rest of the crowd if she needs to go. As they stand on those restroom queues in older theaters, some audience members might be wondering why this problem has emerged in more recent years. Didn’t theatergoers need to use the bathroom at intermission decades ago?
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