Good theater district hangout?

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:21pm

Where's a good place to kill time before seeing a show? 

How about if you've brought your kids along?

[Alex M]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:24pm

If you have younger kids they would most likely enjoy the upstairs of the Disney store. There's singalongs and coloring if I remember correctly.  

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:30pm

By kill time, do you mean shopping or sitting around on wifi?

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:35pm

Anything, including (but not limited to) exploring.

[Corey38]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:44pm

Schmackary's is a fun bakery that many of the actors on broadway go to themselves, I've never been so I'm not sure where it's located exactly but if the actors hang out there it can't be far.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:45pm

I would recommend not using Schmackary's to kill time seeing as it holds approximately 2 people and there are always 500 people in line.

[NewYorkTheater]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 2:52pm

Well, waiting in line would certainly kill time!

 

Is it a friendly line? Do people talk to one another?

[Petralicious]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:00pm

Schmackrey is a great idea, the lines moves fast and everyone is usually friendly and happy!

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:01pm

I was also just going to mention not going to Schmackery's to hang out. To buy cookies, yes, but it's only a small shop and if you want to hang out, you're standing around on the sidewalk.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:06pm

Friday trivia time! Two out of four people in this thread have spelled Schmackary's correctly!

[Petralicious]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:14pm

Lillies Victorian Bar on 49th St is a great place to have some drinks and peoples watch!

 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:18pm

Petralicious said: "Lillies Victorian Bar on 49th St is a great place to have some drinks and peoples watch!"

With kids?

 

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:24pm

Why would you want to talk to people in line?

[Petralicious]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:30pm

LizzieCurry said: "Petralicious said: "Lillies Victorian Bar on 49th St is a great place to have some drinks and peoples watch!"

With kids?

 

 

" Sure, why not? The kids dont have to drink, it is restaurant too with tables. I think kids would enjoy all the cool  decorations!

 

Updated On: 5/6/16 at 03:30 PM

[Alessio2]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:44pm

neonlightsxo said: "Why would you want to talk to people in line?

 

I was laughing so hard at this because usually this would be my first thought. However  a couple weeks ago I was in line at TKTS waiting for Color Purple tickets and the woman in front of me started talking to me, and I'm so glad she did. We had a great conversation that lasted about 30 minutes and the line just flew by!

 

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 3:54pm

If the weather finally gets nice, it's really not far from Central Park. So if you wanted to go to the bakery, you could always walk up to the park and have a picnic. I do that in the summer pretty often. I usually stay at air bnbs downtown, so if I have a 2-show day I'll grab some food and go sit in the park and people watch between shows. :)

 

of course it hasn't been nice enough to do that lately...

[Dave13]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 4:17pm

ChiTheaterFan said: "If the weather finally gets nice, it's really not far from Central Park. So if you wanted to go to the bakery, you could always walk up to the park and have a picnic. I do that in the summer pretty often. I usually stay at air bnbs downtown, so if I have a 2-show day I'll grab some food and go sit in the park and people watch between shows. :)

 

of course it hasn't been nice enough to do that lately...

 

"

Sometimes you can find better entertainment in Central Park than on Broadway....

[mc1227]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 10:28pm

I like the 8th floor of the Marriott Marquis.  You can sit, have something to eat, get wifi, souvenir shop, bathrooms, tv at the bar area.  You can also go,down a few floors and see many Broadway window cards displayed on the wall.  Also, ride the elevator up to the top floor for a nice view of Times Square.  Have spent many pre theatre hours here and it's still one of my favorites and quiet places in the city to hang out.

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 10:22am

"How about if you've brought your kids along?"

 

You can kill some time in M & M World if you like chocolate - lol