I don't like going to theater and having bad seats. When I'm buying tickets, I always look at the seating chart first, and am very deliberate in my seat selection. But when I get tickets from the heavily discounted websites like TDF or Play-by-Play, I get what they give me.
I meet Susan and Jill in NOHO to see the comedian Mike Birbiglia. We get to the theater, pick up our tickets, and are led to our seats — far, far back and as far off-center as one can get. We can actually see backstage more clearly than we can see on-stage. "I'm going to see if we can get better seats," I volunteer.
I go to the person who looks most like the house manager (HM). I ask if there are better seats than the dreadful ones we have, and even offer to take single seats if that's all that's available. She says, "I'll see what I can do." I am not optimistic.
But five minutes later I see HM wandering around looking for someone. I say to Susan and Jill, "Hey, maybe she's looking for me." So I leave my seat and say, "Hey, are you looking for me?" She is.
"I have three seats for you," HM says. Jill is skeptical and whispers, "If they are worse than what we have, I'm coming back to these."
HM tells us our new seats are D104, 105, 106 and points us in the general direction. We get to the seats and open are D102, 103, 104. These new seats are among the best in the house, though not quite as good as D104, 105, and 106 that are occupied. But then I hear Susan ask the people in "our" seats if they are in the right seats, and actually, they are not; their seats are C104, 105, 106. They move. We move. And everyone is happy. We end up with three of the best seats in the house.
The show is hilarious. Mike Birbiglia is outstanding. Being with Jill and Susan is so much fun. And, you don't always get what you pay for!
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