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| - My friend and I went to the see 'Motown' at The Princess of Wales Theatre recently, the day before the theatre's 25th anniversary. This was my second visit there, having previously seen "The Lion King" some years ago. Our seats were in the centre back of the dress circle, and the view was still very good. There are three seating levels, the balcony above us and a large orchestra below, with a total capacity of about 2000 seats. There is a good slope to the seating, so even with someone tall in front of me, my sight line was not blocked. There are lots of bright paintings on the ceiling, and a lot of red in the décor. The lighting was excellent, and the acoustics were great, never too loud. There is a very nice elevator that we went up in, and then lots of stairs to come back down. (The theatre is fully accessible however.) Apparently, the women's washroom line-up at intermission was very long as expected, but not so for the men's. We did not visit the snack bar, so no comments about it. Overall, another excellent place to see live theatre in Toronto.
As a last note, the musical itself was also great, lots of old Motown songs with a plot covering how it came to be.
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