Before performances, patrons can drink and nosh on food purchased from Charm City Gourmet's food truck parked outside (table service will be available for those disinclined to order food on the street).
At the scheduled performance time, patrons will be let in off of the waitlist.
Of course, when a director asks concertgoers to participate in a performance, some patrons might respond in unexpected ways.
At the scheduled performance time, patrons will be let in off of the waitlist based on when they signed up on the YDC website.
Central to Mr. Gelb's conception of the Met's venture was that broadcasts would be live: audiences in movie houses would vicariously experience the performance with patrons at the Met.
The Obraztsov Puppet Theatre (formerly the State Central Puppet Theatre), founded in Moscow by Sergey Obraztsov, continues to give delightful performances for patrons of all ages.
Over several decades that turned Veselka into a canteen for anarchists and artists as well as Ukrainians, he became many things he never expected: an honorary Ukrainian-American, a community leader and performance art patron.
Since Shakespeare's time, greasepaint-loving taverns across the city have adapted their spare rooms to host performances for patrons who like to catch a show or two without moving too far from their favorite bar taps.
The Two Boots Pioneer Theater, beneath the East Village pizza joint, and Monkey Town, an adventurous Williamsburg restaurant and performance space where patrons dined on low-slung couches surrounded by screens, have both closed in recent years.
The evening for the most part kept faith with the sage advisory of the Globe's leader, Dominic Dromgoole, who took to the stage before the performance to remind patrons that they were watching not politicians or policymakers but "artists coming here to tell a story".
