Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre — Attraction in New York

The is one of the best designed & comfortable theater spaces in the City. Productions enjoy great acoustics & stage design. The seats are comfortable, the slope is gentle and the wide aisles allow for more ease in seeing the stage & moving in and out of the aisles. There is an intial flight of stairs that can be avoided by making use of elevator that goes to the theater level. The elevator is available for people with any level of mobility concern. If descending by stairs - after one floor you have use of an escalator and there are wide short steps inside the theater space. The productions themselves vary of course but Roundabout Theater has high standards so typically productions in the space are also quite good. At present Toni Stone is on stage - which I recently scored as a 90 out of 100...

This theater is nice and cozy. It is also very clean. I don't recall the bathrooms being dirty or smelly. I just do not like the fact that you enter in on the street level and then take the escalator down into the theater. It is a very narrow escalator and I believe you have to walk up the stairs to get out. I just felt like I was to low beneath the street level. I was not comfortable with that. Anyway, the ushers were very nice and full of manners. The play that I went to see at this theater was okay, except for the foul language, some sexual gestures and portrayal of men acting feminine and wearing a dress. What did this have to do with the play? Not a thing! Enough of this...

What a gem of a theater! My whole family just saw Joy The Musical yesterday, starring the absolutely wonderful Betsy Wolfe, and we were blown away—not just by the show, but by the entire experience at the Laura Pels Theater. The venue is clean, cozy, and intimate, with no bad seats in the house. You truly feel close to the performance no matter where you’re sitting. The staff running the theater couldn’t have been any nicer—warm, helpful, and clearly passionate about creating a welcoming environment. It was a perfect afternoon. We can’t wait...