Sitting through a performance at the Music Hall at Fair Park will make you want to gouge out your eyes and ears. I'm really glad that they built this Opera House - something that had been sorely missing from Dallas. You can be in your car and on the road within ten minutes and beats having to spend 30 minutes getting out of the underground parking. Parking tip: For easy, cheap parking use the lot that's on Ross one block east of the AT&T arts center. Although I prefer orchestra or mezzanine seats, I'll probably default to a higher tier if it means getting a seat that is situated closer to the center. (As a comparison, there isn't this same problem with side seating at the Meyerson). This is very frustrating, especially when one has spent over $100.00 per ticket for the location. On those seats, it's also hard to see above the partition if you're short and The Winspear is aware these seats have an obstructed view. This problem also affects single letter rows until about seat 8 on either side. I had to sit an an awkward angle -twisting half off my seat and leaning forward - to get a better view of the stage. All I can say is that the photographer must have dangled over the balcony to get that good of a shot. The Winspear has an interactive seating chart with a 'view' from the seat I just had for Book of Mormon: Mezzanine AA7. The double letter seats themselves are situated at an odd angle so that if you actually sat correctly in your seat, your line of vision will lose a good quarter of the stage. I did have an orchestra seat for one performance (no complaints) however on higher tiers, regardless of price and level, beware of any seats that begin with double letters. I've attended 3 different performances at The Winspear and while I'll agree this venue is far superior to Fair Park Music Hall in terms of beauty, location, sound, and overall seating, for short people there are serious shortcomings affecting half the seats for any tier that is above orchestra level due to the severe horseshoe design of this theater.

Winspear opera house view from seats