Tickets were first-come, first-served: sixty cents for the balcony seat and eighty-five cents for a seat in the orchestra.

When twice asked to return to their cheaper balcony seats by a pleasant attendant, they resolutely refused.

Balcony seats are expensive and difficult to get.

There were electric lamps simulating flaming torchères and the most expensive front balcony seats were upholstered in gold silk.

The balcony seats have been described as having an inadequate level of early reflections and speech performance was judged to be poor.