seating area - an area that includes seats for several people; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom"dress circle, circle - a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle" orchestra - seating on the main floor in a theater parquet - seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" stalls - seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater tiered seats - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front elbow room, room, way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" |