The theatre is over 100 years old and it needs a refresh. First the seats are extremely tight in leg space and seat width. I’m 5’10” 185 and my legs hit the seat in front of me and seat was just big enough. Really not sure how anyone 6’ or 200 would be comfortable through a whole show. You are bumping shoulders with people on both sides of you. Also bathrooms are tiny and theatre decor has paint pealing.

For Book of Mormon, March 21st at 2pm show time. This is a review regarding the customer experience of the theatre, not regarding the play. The whole experience with the theatre and the staff was off from the start. We arrived around 1:30 PM and went through security. I was somehow the only person who was asked to remove my phone from my pocket, even though the X‑ray scanner did not beep. They were only checking the bags and purses people carried. Odd, but nothing crazy.I am 5'11, and my friend is 6'7 and weighs 300 lbs. The theatre seats were old and very small — not designed for someone his size, and frankly it was even small for me, as my knees were pushed up against the seats in front of me. He had already chosen an aisle seat, but he was misled by the poorly constructed seat map online, which showed the seats as staggered rather than directly behind one another. He sat for around 15 minutes while we waited for the play to start, then got up to stretch. The female staff member designated at the aisle came over and expressed concern. I didn’t get her name, but she was caring, friendly and courteous while still being firm and professional. My friend explained his situation, and she was very understanding, letting him know that he could stand against the back wall if he needed to.After stretching, he sat down for the first half of the show. However, his leg locked up due to the poorly constructed seats, causing sharp pain in his glutes and the back of his leg. He had to get up and limp to the back. This wasn’t an issue for us — he was fine standing, as he constantly needed to adjust himself, which was causing some stress to the person in front of us.I got up during intermission, and we stood against the back wall while he continued trying to stretch his leg and waited for the pain to subside. As intermission was ending, a short female staff member walked through the back aisle and instructed us that if we wanted to stand and watch, we needed moved from the wall to stand by the railing directly behind the seats. This contradicted the previous staff member’s instructions, but we complied. When the play started, I returned to my seat.After the play resumed, a tall male staff member — also around my friend’s height — came over and asked my friend to move back to the wall. This was when my friend began to lose patience, as yet again he was being given contradictory information. After some back‑and‑forth, he spoke with another nearby female staff member, who told him he *could* stand against the wall for the remainder of the play.I’m not sure why it is so difficult to train staff properly. Why was I the only person who needed to take out my phone? Where exactly are people allowed to stand if they need to get up for ANY reason, especially when the theatre clearly intends to accommodate such situations? Why would different staff members provide inconsistent instructions?We never once asked staff to accommodate us. Other than the first female attendant, the remaining team members seemed unable to practice the most basic courtesy of listening, instead choosing to issue conflicting demands.

When we passed this theatre one afternoon we decided to buy tickets for musical Book of Mormons, it did cost 158 dollars for two of us. On the day we came a bit earlier to have time to see the interior of the theatre. But before we were allowed to enter we went through check the bag procedure at the door. We had no problem to take in a small backpack with metal bottle of water. The interior is beautiful, in Georgian Revival style, we admired the decorative plaster work and ornaments around the stage and boxes and it has proper classic Broadway feel. I found that it opened under the name of Forrest Theatre in 1925 being part of a complex with a hotel. In 1945 its name changed to Coronet Theatre and under current name is known since 1959.The musical was funny, in some moments hilarious. The story is like satire on Mormons travelling around the world and trying to catch new souls probably because a duo of South Park creators were involved in the writing. The actors were very good, there was no problem to understand what they say or sing and we simply had very enjoyable evening.

Beautiful, intimate theater! We saw The Book of Mormon, which I don’t recommend, because of the graphic content. But the theater is charming. Not a bad seat in the theater!

Beautiful historic theatre, and our first time seeing the irreverent and funny play, “The Book of Mormon.” My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the show and the gorgeous stage and atmosphere.