Wonderful App
Honestly, I’m surprised no one made anything like this sooner. I’ve been a beta tester since the beginning and this app is such a great way to keep track of shows I see. The developer is also extremely responsive when it comes to adding new shows, new artwork, and responding to suggestions from the community!
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Great start!
Overall, this is a fantastic, simple app to keep track of all the different shows you’ve seen. I really look forward to what the developer has in store. A couple of features that would be stellar are:
-The ability to upload your own image for plays that aren’t in the database
-Sharing your reviews with friends
-Shared Lists
Looking forward to the future!
-The ability to upload your own image for plays that aren’t in the database
-Sharing your reviews with friends
-Shared Lists
Looking forward to the future!
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Designed for NY theater only
This works well for Broadway shows. But it is surprisingly undeveloped for regional theater, even for major regional theater cities like Washington DC; and it also lacks some very basic interface features.
For DC, the app’s database doesn’t have even recent productions of major plays by popular regional theatres. It doesn’t even prepopulate the “theater” entry field for major regional theatres like Studio Theater or Arena Stage. So those theatre names and productions have to be manually entered.
Even worse, manual entries don’t appear to be saved. So each time I have to again manually type in the name of the theater.
The app doesn’t even appear to have a pull-down list of cities to select. Those too have to be typed in manually over and over again.
The lack of stored cities and regional theaters—and the failure to save even manual entries—not only makes using the app more cumbersome, but also introduces needless inconsistency and errors (if, for instance, I spell it “Washington, DC” one time and “Washington, D.C.” another time).
I think right now this app is best advertised as a way for New York theater fans to track what they’ve seen. It doesn’t seem to be minimally useful for productions outside of NY; it lacks even remedial features for regional theater, even though most theater happens outside of NY.
For DC, the app’s database doesn’t have even recent productions of major plays by popular regional theatres. It doesn’t even prepopulate the “theater” entry field for major regional theatres like Studio Theater or Arena Stage. So those theatre names and productions have to be manually entered.
Even worse, manual entries don’t appear to be saved. So each time I have to again manually type in the name of the theater.
The app doesn’t even appear to have a pull-down list of cities to select. Those too have to be typed in manually over and over again.
The lack of stored cities and regional theaters—and the failure to save even manual entries—not only makes using the app more cumbersome, but also introduces needless inconsistency and errors (if, for instance, I spell it “Washington, DC” one time and “Washington, D.C.” another time).
I think right now this app is best advertised as a way for New York theater fans to track what they’ve seen. It doesn’t seem to be minimally useful for productions outside of NY; it lacks even remedial features for regional theater, even though most theater happens outside of NY.
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Response from developer
Hi lip16, thanks for the feedback. As a DC theatergoer myself I'm working hard to improve the available productions outside of NYC. Currently Mezzanine has over 1,500 productions available but more are being added every day. In the meantime, as you mentioned, productions can be entered manually. And since version 1.1 Mezzanine will let you select from the theaters and cities you have entered used previously, so no more repeat or inconsistent data entry. Hopefully Mezzanine becomes more useful for you over time. Thanks for trying it out. Ben
Phenomenal App
Clean, easy, and just the best way to keep record of the shows I see. Wish I had something like this sooner!
Wanted this for years
For years I’ve wanted a better way to track shows I’ve seen than staring at a big stack of programs. So glad this app is here. Keeps getting better, too!
A fantastic App
I have been following this app since beta, and honestly, I can’t wait to use it every day! Finally, a letterboxd for Theatre!
Super fun
I love this app, it fills a niche for theater lovers and is simple and easy to use. I especially appreciate the ability to organize shows into lists, which I use to keep track of my wish list.
Bravo!
I’ve been looking for an app like this for a long time and then along came Ben with Mezzanine. This is a fantastic app to easily track all the performances you’ve seen and keep a digital record of where you sat and what you liked or didn’t about the venue and performance all in one place. Ben is also extremely responsive to feedback. I can’t recommend this app enough!
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Very needed for theatre lovers!
I’ve been wanting an app to track my theatregoing and wish list for a long time, and I’m excited to see how the app grows in the future.
Really great and helpful app!
Finally a way to track all of the shows I’ve seen and what I thought of each production. Highly recommend.
