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| - I recently attended the Night At The Movies event for Breakfast at Tiffany's, where they play the film on a screen and the Orchestra performs the music live. For starters, I love this program. As an event series, Night At The Movies is such a nice way to experience The Cleveland Orchestra if you're not into classical music standards.
Disclosure: The seats are in dire need of an upgrade and are likely to be an issue for those with accessibility needs. They are super low to the ground and not spacious (you'll be in trouble if you're tall) and rather uncomfortable. I think someone told me they are still the original seats (with some newer upholstery) from the 1930s. I have an injury and the chairs felt intolerable for me during the first half of the show. A lot of others around me were struggling. At intermission, we asked an usher if there was absolutely anywhere he could move us.
I want to give a tremendous shoutout to the manager of the ushers, Willie. Willie was super kind and made sure he found a different style seating for us (and for the record, we had incredible seats. We weren't scamming for an upgrade, we just were willing to sit ANYWHERE else). In fact, I need to give Willie props all around. He was clearly swamped with requests at Intermission from people all also in the same boat as me, as well as seniors and disabled folks. I am pretty sure he found an appropriate seat for every single person.
Seats aside, The Cleveland Orchestra is a glorious musical gem, and everyone should visit at least once. Their programming is incredible. The chorus did a beautiful job last night singing "Moon River".
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