Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center

"A beautiful venue with a wonderful staff. Parking is right across the street, and reasonably priced. Always clean and seasonally decorated to a T. My favorite time frame to see a performance is December- beginning of January. They showcase the Rike's and Elder-Beerman holiday displays from when my parents were kids. To see their faces light up, and their remembrance of a time so long ago....is a joy of mine. If you haven't seen this, it is something worth checking out. We saw a performance by Shen Yun. Ohhh WOW!!! AMAZING!!! Most definitely a must see. ♡♡♡"

"We saw the Saturday matinee performance of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird starring Richard Thomas, The venue is a beautiful facility, very clean and well maintained. I would've liked to have seen more security precautions in this day and age. Before the performance it was super crowded before they allowed us into the actual theater. The Broadway teaching session on top floor seems to cut it pretty close for folks to make it comfortably to their seats in time for the performance. Opening the theater seating doors about 15 minutes earlier would have been welcome for those of us who do not stand well for long periods. The usher at the door was not well prepared with any programs when we did get into theater. So had to leave my seat in the nosebleed section to get our programs later. She had a guessing game going on where the seats were located also. I'm sure they could be volunteers but not at all well prepared on the top balcony fyi. Even though it was the upper most balcony, viewing the performance was still good. Starting the performance just began with Scout on stage talking, where it would've been nice to have quieted the audience and more seated before it began. People were still being seated from the educational lesson outside running too long. The arts parking garage was very handy. If you walk easily there are many restaurants downtown also."

"First time in this beautiful center, decided to go see the Star Wars A New Hope with the Orchestra. Interesting experience, nice people! Not very comfortable seating however…we know where to sit next time. The architecture was amazing!"

"The sound was amazing, I highly recommend this venue for any event. Beside the Dayton philharmonic orchestra there and they were wonderful! The staff was friendly and helpful they even had a Starbucks!"

"A small compared to a lot of other theaters. However, seating is great and from Columbus we drive down because we can get better seats at the lower price and we can get free parking on the street because it's really nothing else in Dayton. It's really not a bad seat in the place. They're comfortable. They're not crunched in what your knees are smashed. The service staff is very polite. Very helpful. Will talk to you. Have fun, great conversation and everything so it's a nice place to go to. Sound is great. The systems are great on it. Everything is good."