Long Beach Terrace Theater

Living in Cerritos & being accustomed to performances at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention frequenting the Segerstrom & Ahmanson in OC & LA, respectively, I guess I'm a little spoiled when it comes to theatres. Coming to the Long Beach Terrace Theater for the first time for Shen Yun, I felt disappointed with this little old theater. Why?

The bathrooms! Only 1 for each gender, men & women. During intermission, the lines formed an X, with some theatregoers, either knowingly or unknowingly, cutting in line. Plus, the lines at the concessions increased the congestion amongst the mass of humanity either wanting to ingest liquid or relieve it. More bathrooms, please!

In addition, we had primo seats in the middle of the 5th row. Our view of the dancers and conductor of the orchestra was spot on. However, the audio wasn't as loud as I expected it should. It seemed "distant", even though we were very close in the 5th row.

On the more positive side, seating had a good amount of leg room. Also, parking was easy to find & the security working the metal detectors were friendly as we passed through.

Long Beach Terrace Theatre, I'm afraid you won't be seeing me patronizing any scheduled event, again. There seriously needs to be more restrooms for the amount of theatregoers, and on different floors. The audio output should also be addressed.

I don't recommend attending...

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Truly disappointing experience visiting the Terrace Theater this past weekend. I went to the matinee Swan Lake ballet and had a horrible experience. The ballet did not start on time to allow for late comers. That was fine, up until the doors continued to open throughout the entire show. I purchased expensive seats in the orchestra section and had the entire show ruined by people coming and going continuously. People arrived up to 45 minutes late, at some point they needed to keep the doors closed. I sat on the isle and overheard the ushers talking amongst themselves throughout the show that was also distracting. People were filming and taking pictures (not allowed) throughout the show and ushers did nothing about it.

The Terrace Theater missed the mark by failing to close the door during the ballet. They should have upheld a cutoff point and turn those late comers away. Other guests were also audibly upset by the experience. I over heard people complaining about the very issues I am upset about.

I truly feel as if I did not experience Swan Lake and it was because of the...