Luana D.
Yelp
I purchased eleven tickets for a concert the week that they became available, which was three months before the concert date of October 13. I was lucky enough to get the first two rows, center. I had two family members traveling from out of state and since I had seen The Sixties Show before and had been raving about them for some time, we were ecstatic to have such great seats. When we arrived at the theater (first time for all), we were so amazed by how quaint the theater was and how we truly had the best seats in the house. Fast forward to the opening of the 8:00 show, and what was supposed to be a CONCERT (as described on their web site and tickets) turned out to be obnoxious, rude, most-likely-intoxicated dancing patrons who gyrated, twerked, and pranced across the stage fully blocking the view for every single family member in my party while the wonderful, high-quality band playing gave it their all. I, along with several other patrons whom I did not know, immediately went to the lobby to complain and we were told that there was nothing they could or would do and that it states on their web site that dancing may occur and is permitted. Mind you, the band is NOT on an elevated platform so people dancing in front of them completely blocked the view of the people in the first two rows, especially center, which is exactly where we were. The people who worked there were difficult to find, impossible to talk to, and nobody--absolutely nobody--in my party EVER saw any employees actually IN the theater, except when they were helping people to their seats before the show. Audience members were screaming for the impromptu exhibitionists to sit down, words and cursing were exchanged, and it was generally getting very ugly, with absolutely no intervention from theater employees. I was horribly embarrassed not only for my out-of-town guests but for my two teens, as well. Even if somewhere on their web site it DID talk about the possibility of dancing, it does not say that views from some seats would be completely obstructed. Second, they need to decide if they are going to be a venue for a musical concert, or dancing. It is absolutely and utterly unfair to people who not only came to hear the band, but to SEE them as well. If people want to dance, they should go to a club conductive to dancing! Nothing I write here can fully encapsulate how disappointed we were and how angry that a concert that we looked forward to for three months turned out to be the colossal disappointment that it was. The great band and music turned out to be a forgettable blur because it took several very angry trips to the lobby (where we were consequently ignored) to beg for some semblance of order (is it asking too much to have an unobstructed view to a show??) and were met with a "too bad" attitude from the horrifically unprofessional staff. It was a first and DEFINITELY last trip for my eleven family members (plus two friends who bought separately but sat with us) to the Bay Street Theater. Never again.
