Broadway Access Review -
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General Note

This is a review of the accessibility of the theater, of the lighting/sound/scent design of the show, and a list of content warnings as a way to prep folks with various needs before they go see it. 

This is not meant to scare anyone away from seeing the show. Most productions have about the same amount of content warnings and sensory warnings to go along with it, they’re just rarely explicitly written down. 

For some people, knowing these things ahead of time makes it easier to enjoy the show because they know what to expect. And, often, makes those people more likely to see it in the first place. I hope that it’s helpful!

I am also happy to clarify any specifics, just send me a message or an email and I will respond when I can.

Also please note that I make these while seeing a show for the first time, so I may miss some cues or be slightly off as to their placement/cue line!

Theater

(Music Box Theatre)

All comments on the accessibility of lighting are in reference to seats in the right middle orchestra

Bathrooms: 

  • divided into the binary, though there is a sign that says “Please use the restroom that best fits your gender identity and expression”

  • located beneath the orchestra (women’s on the right and men’s on the left) and between the orchestra and mezzanine, with an accessible one on the orchestra level

Other theater accessibility:

  • the theater’s entrance is step-free

  • there is no elevator

  • they offer assistive listening, loop systems, audio description, and closed captioning devices

  • the ticket counter has covering over the glass so if you need to lipread to understand what they are saying, it can be difficult

Click here for more information on the accessibility of this theater.

Light/Sound/Scent

General:

  • there is some smoking, only like two moments in the first act and a few longer ones in the second (I only noticed the scent during the second and it was briefly)

  • auditory processing heads up that some of these characters have strong accents

  • the sensory accessibility of this show is similar to that of Prayer for the French Republic and English

Act I:

  • begins with about 30 seconds of not very loud  construction noise

Act II:

  • no notes

Content Advisory

  • arguing & raised voices – this is functionally for the duration

  • antisemitism, including discussions of Israel/Palestine, the Holocaust

  • alcohol use

  • mention of TBI/developmental disability with some slightly outdated language around disability

  • insinuations of child death

  • some descriptions of war injuries/bombings (mostly if not entirely in Act II)