Ohio Theatre — Attraction in Columbus

First Time visiting to enjoy The Lion King! Being my first time visiting I may be sharing too much info but I would have loved to know this before my arriving. Ohio Theater was great at Pre Arriving communication, I appreciated the email reminders with important things to know, also follow their Facebook as they communicate there of any downtown events that may cause delays or confusion. They informed that the Gallbreath Pavillon doors would open 90 minutes before showtime for happy hour. To find that entrance standing at the main front entrance, turn left and walk around the block. You will see the first set of doors, but you need to walk all way down to second set of doors to enter through security. Men’s restroom is right here at this entrance if needed, man will need ticket to get in so don’t leave him behind. Once inside there is a concession stand here, or you can go up the stairs to next level where there is another concession stand. They accept US cash or card. Ladies room is on second level to the far left. We sat on right side of that second level. Lobby doors opened 60 minutes before where there is another concession stand and not many seating options. Once in the lobby area there is a ladies room down the first hall to the right keep walking in the lobby towards theatre doors and there is another hallway to the right with the men’s room. A few seats here to wait the 30 minutes for theatre doors to open. We had Orchestra Seats with Extra Magic, this area is down the steps from this lobby area at Aisle 2 entrance. The Magical Extra inclusions was right at the bottom of steps and beside the entrance so was perfect! Walking in there was many ushers to escort you to your seats and hand you the playbill. Temperature was perfect, last weekend in June and I was wearing a cardigan sweater and felt comfortable. Seats were also very comfortable, wider that some older theater seats. When show was over, there was an exit to the right that took you directly out to side exit of theatre. We had a room booked at Doubletree by Hilton and walked back to hotel felt completely safe. All the staff we encountered was all very friendly and welcoming. Great experience and I’m looking forward to attending more Broadway in...

I love this theater. It's beautiful. I've always seen great performances there. But I disliked how the front of house staff were acting. I was not feeling well during my last trip the the theater. I went out during intermission to get a water. The three people at the concessions were trying to move things along, which is understandable, because there are so many people to get through in such a short amount of time. However, when you speak rudely to me and yell in my face, to the next person in line, before I can even finish pulling out my card to pay for my water, it really frustrates me. More over, when there were so many people in the front of house, when the second act is beginning, it is not okay to start yelling in their faces that they can't go back into the theater. Not everyone knows how theater works, and it is not your job to police people, it is simply your job to tell people, kindly, that you are on hold until the end of the song. There was a kind man who told me what was happening, but the rest were yelling and shushing people who were unaware that the second act was starting. Me, being in pain, was very upset with the treatment of the people. Furthermore, at the end of the show, my mom and I, attempted to leave before the curtain call quickly without bothering anyone. There were rude audience members who tried to tell us not to leave, however, this is not the theaters fault. I will not hold that against the theater. But, there were front of house employees, trying to close the door and not let us out. Which is first of all, a fire hazard, and second of all, not appropriate in any way, shape or form. They tried to give me a lecture on why it is rude to leave the theater before the end of the curtain call. I understand that this may be seen as rude, however, you do not know my story and it is not your job to give me any form of admonition....

Let me start by saying my girlfriends and I saw Wicked in NYC when we were in high school. We had a girls weekend this past weekend, so we wanted to reminisce & see the show again 13 years later. The show was phenomenal and I’d see it a hundred more times. Mostly my review is for the theater itself. Unfortunately after high school I started to lose my hearing so now I have to wear hearings aids. The theater offered an app for those wearing hearing aids to have the musical right into my hearing aids, which was a nice concept but I still did not understand the lyrics or the speaking parts. Now I do believe my location in the theater played a role as well, I was in Mezz D, but if there was an options for captions I would have understood so much more. Now I know it may sound silly for someone to suggest captions for a musical but for a person like me who can hear sounds but have no clarity (aka what words are actually being said) captions would really help. Not to mention they host more than just musicals so it would be helpful it many aspects. I hope In the future some type of subtitle/caption options will become available. Also, again I’ve seen/heard Wicked before I lost my hearing so that’s why I was able to make sense of some of the songs/speaking, however had I not I wouldn’t have been able to enjoy the show very much. The theater itself is a beautiful place and a wonderful...