We saw The Scottsboro Boys on Friday night at the Lyceum Theater on Broadway. First, let me say that the show itself is terrific. As the NY Times said in an article over the weekend (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/theater/17scottsboro.html?hpw), a notorious 1930s Alabama rape trial is a daunting subject for a musical. The fact that it succeeds - and isn't insanely depressing - is amazing.
But this isn't about the play. It's about the ridiculous women's restroom at the Lyceum Theater. Four stalls. FOUR STALLS at a Broadway theater. To say that the line before this show was long (it's almost 2 hours long and has no intermission)...major understatement.
What makes it all the more annoying (that's my polite version!) is the sheer amount of wasted space. We don't need a long make-up table and a chair. And the water fountain should be upstairs near the seats. With a few changes, they could certainly fit 3 more stalls without enlarging the room.
According to a recent Bloomberg.com article on the new play Lombardi (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-28/nfl-green-bay-packers-fans-boost-broadway-s-3-million-lombardi-drama.html), 2/3 of Broadway ticket-buyers are women. So I think we deserve a decent restroom.
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