My dad helped build this place. Seriously, a lot of the structural steel and many of the handrails here have my family's handiwork all over them. Take your kid to work day used to be interesting..
I'd talk about how awesome everything looks and how great the architecture is, but I feel like it'd be gloating by proxy.
As an adult, I've been here a handful of times to catch different shows. It's definitely a different setting from that which I'm used to seeing shows. Normally, I'm packed into a tight crowd at someplace like Milwaukee's Miramar, Club Anything, or Turner Hall or Chicago's Bottom Lounge or the Vic. The Overture is a little bit high-brow for me.
Still, over the years there have been a few musicals just too good to pass up when I've been in Madison already or I've been taken along as a guest.
The folks at the box office are always really helpful and professional, ushers are knowledgeable. There are not, to my knowledge at least, any seats in the house that provide a bad vantage point although some are certainly better than others.