Weinberg Center for the Arts — Attraction in Frederick

I remember going to the Weinberg Center as a child to see the Nutcracker. One of my favorite childhood memories with my mother and Grandmother. The Christmas decorations, the lights, and warm greetings flooded my memories as I walked into the The Weinberg Center, the most joyous times of my life. My mother and I finally found the courage to attend the Nutcracker this year to celebrate my Grandmothers life. Then I was quickly saddened. Everything had changed there were few decorations, few lights, and disconcerting customer service! One hostess lured us out after we had just used the restroom by making comments "If you stand outside the doors you will be the first to the bar to get alcohol." I smiled out of embarrassment bit thought why is there judgement? I took immediate offensive but did not respond and stood out in the main lobby until it was 1:30. When we sat down before the show started my mother and I were whispering stories of my Grandmother and the Weinberg Center.To prevent crying we were silently laughing. The ballet began the man sitting next to me had his legs spread wide rubbing against my left leg, I was practically sitting on my mother's lap. I was sweating due to his body language that made me feel uncomfortable. Sure I would have asked my mother to trade seats with me but why am I going to put my mother in an uncomfortable situation. My mother had asked why there are not lights on the tree. As I whispered to her the man sitting next to me loudly with an aggressive tone leaned forward and said, "Are you guys going to talk the whole time!" Shocked and smiling I replied, "Yes we are." He stood up, leaned toward me and said, "Then I guess I'll get the Maitre d'." I explained I was kidding. He pulled his shirt down, sat down, and began talking to his wife! I was so upset he could have handled the situation much better with more poise. When he stopped talking to his wife past his 3 children who witnessed their dad and husbands' aggressive body language, he quickly returned to his seated position; legs spread far and wide rubbing against mine. I would move closer to my mother he would spread wider and continue to rub his leg against mine. I was on the brink of crying I was angry, shocked, we are still grieving our family loss. I felt the need to leave. I did not feel safe nor comfortable. As we left I told the man, "Thanks to your behavior we are leaving. Now you have more leg room." As we left the theatre the Maitre d' said out loud, "Wow that didn't take long." The ballet started at 2:11 when it should have started at 2 and we left at 2:27. When I mentioned the disrespectful gentleman that was sitting next to us gave us enough reason to leave all of the Maitre d's stood there staring at us. They said nothing and did nothing. Unfortunately this will be my last memory of the Weinberg Center. I have no intentions of returning. I am disgusted! I am disappointed with the...

I have been going to shows for quite some time at the Weinberg Center. I have been a big supporter of the arts and love to support our local arts businesses. I must say that I was very disappointed on numerous occassions over the past month. I like to attend the local dance studio recitals and spring performances. This year, the Weinberg was with out air conditioning. I have now been to one comedy show and 3 dance recitals (5 weeks of performances) and the air has been broken all this time. One weekend there was a heat wave and the auditorium was unbearable. I cannot imagine what the heat must have been like for people on the stage under the lights. When I needed a break from the heat, the volunteers were blocking the fans that went down to the auditorium because they were hot too. Not sure why the air is not fixed. Many people working there keep saying it is the city's fault. Not sure who is at fault here but make sure you call before you go to the Weinberg and make sure the air is working! I hope it is fixed soon so I can go back to...

My review is based on a one minute interaction with a manager at the theater. I took my daughter in tonight to see if there is a community board where she could post a flyer about an upcoming play at Tuscarora High School. It was our first time going into the theater and we were talking about coming to check out some of the shows that were advertised in the lobby. We approached one of the ushers that was walking by and he said he would have to ask the manager about the flyer. He then directed us to the manager. We asked her if there was a good place to post the flyer and she very sarcastically said "Well definitely not in here! Maybe somewhere out in the world." Sensing her hostility and rudeness, I turned my daughter around and just left without catching the manager's name. This was a very disappointing experience, especially for my daughter who was borderline crying from the class act of a manager's response. I hope the manager isn't a good representation of The Weinberg Theater and that the theater actually cares about the...