Some Discounted Tarzan Seats Offer Partial View

NEW YORK (Playbill) – “Partial view" is not a new concept to the theatre. But usually the term refers to seats to the far right or left of a theatre without a complete view of the stage, or chairs whose sightlines are obstructed by a post or pillar. With Disney's Tarzan, however, the view producers are talking about is the one over your head. Four orchestra rows of the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the home of Tarzan, offer a slightly obstructed view of the production. Some of the action in the musical, which is currently in previews and will officially open May 10, occurs high above the stage and is not visible to theatregoers in the last four rows of the orchestra. Ticket buyers are warned that these seats are "partial view" prior to purchase, whether they are buying by phone, on-line or in person at the Richard Rodgers Theatre box office. Chris Boneau, a press representative for the show, said that viewers in the aforementioned four rows are probably missing no more than a few minutes worth of action. Boneau says that the situation is similar to another Disney musical, The Lion King, which plays the New Amsterdam Theatre. "If you see The Lion King from upstairs in the New Amsterdam, you don't see the elephants come in until they get up on the stage."

Thank God we still have the Tarzan Rocks! show at Disney's Animal Kingdom....or not.