Having performed in Hagey Hall 7 years now...
HH's main drawback is that it's an antiquated facility. It's 40 years old, and was built for the needs of theatre 40 years ago. They can't attract modern plays and musicals because they don't have the requirements of the traveling companies.
They still do some music performances, but being a proscenium stage, it means that for larger orchestras, you lose a lot of the sound to the back stage, which, irony-of-ironies, is designed to muffle sound as much as possible.
Parking is at the mercy of UW parking services, and currently it's $5. Compare that to CitS, where it's either free if you're early, or expensive if you're late.
What has then happened, is that Hagey Hall fills an interesting niche:
A 700-seat theatre, for low technical-requirements stage productions.
Which, in the end, means dance compeditions. So. Many. Dance. Competitions.
(and FASS)
HH's main drawback is that it's an antiquated facility. It's 40 years old, and was built for the needs of theatre 40 years ago. They can't attract modern plays and musicals because they don't have the requirements of the traveling companies.
They still do some music performances, but being a proscenium stage, it means that for larger orchestras, you lose a lot of the sound to the back stage, which, irony-of-ironies, is designed to muffle sound as much as possible.
Parking is at the mercy of UW parking services, and currently it's $5. Compare that to CitS, where it's either free if you're early, or expensive if you're late.
What has then happened, is that Hagey Hall fills an interesting niche:
A 700-seat theatre, for low technical-requirements stage productions.
Which, in the end, means dance compeditions. So. Many. Dance. Competitions.
(and FASS)