Newark Symphony Hall

Went to a dance production here and although the performance was great the hall was a disgrace.
We were not located in the main theater we were in a smaller production area that smelled of mildew and that had an open unfinished ceiling. It was not appealing at all.
The Newark Symphony Hall is definitely well over due for a make over.

this venue is a hot ratchet mess if ive ever seen one ! ok ! i went for the Tamar Braxton concert and walked in like really? people perform here? ewwwww they need to do serious renovations like yesterday !

My hubby won tickets for Shaq’s all star comedy show from Hot 97. Three stars for the show-​it was funny and free. One star for the venue. Parking is horrendous. There is barely street parking and the area is super sketchy so I was nervous to park. There are lots but again-​sketchy. The place is old and run down. People just collect your tickets and after that it’s a free for all. There is no one to direct which theater to go to, where to buy drinks or the restroom. Once we got into our theater people were pushing and shoving to get to the front but there were ushers stopping us so they could take us to our seats. Like the previous reviewer all they do is walk around and shove their light in your face. Since the tickets were free I’m not going to complain but I would never, ever pay to come to an event here. Definitely not coming back. Ever!

Went last night to see Katt Williams at the Newark symphony hall and was a hot mess that was! First from the outside it looks like it’s falling apart once you get inside there was just a crowd of people with no clear sign of any lines to check out tickets. Hot mess.
Then I bought mezzanine tickets in the back. On their floor plan it looked as though it was on the bottom floor and nothing behind it. Come to find out that it was upstairs and it was a hang out area behind us and inconsiderate ushers who did not know where any seat was! These rent-​a-​ushers were clearly not trained and didn’t know how the seats were numbered. That’s you’re main job as an usher! We ended up finding out own seats. Hot mess.
Once seated, and the show starts we kept getting flashed in the face by ushers looking for seats and patrons with their high-​beam cellphones cause the ushers were not trained to light up the route. This went on up until 20 minutes till the show ended — from 830−1000pm. The ushers were getting into arguments with people and vice versa and I can HEAR it all being in the back by the row. Hot mess.
I would never return to the Newark Symphony Hall! Poor ushers and overall management of people and event. I’m contacting Ticketmaster to get my $$$ back on a show I barely heard.