How Realistic?

Im planning my first trip to New York City since October 2019 and want to maximum my time to see as much as possible. Im staying just one night from Saturday into Sunday and can see two shows on Saturday definitely and Im trying to figure out Sunday since my bus leaves at 6pm.

The shows Id like to schedule are: Caroline, or Change, Come From Away, Girl From the North Country and then one play either The Lehman Trilogy or To Kill a Mockingbird.

What Im thinking is:
Saturday 1pm - The Lehman Trilogy or TKAM
8pm - Girl From the North Country
Sunday 1pm - Come From Away
3 pm - Caroline, or Change

How realistic is the timing on the Sunday double matinee attempt? Would you do Lehman or Mockingbird?

Im also trying to decide whether itd be better to risk it and rush for these shows or go ahead and buy tickets via Ticketmaster and Hiptix if anyone has any suggestions for that too! Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Updated On: 10/16/21 at 09:30 PM

Very bold plan. I respect the ambition, but it does seem pretty risky.

It's interesting that Fosse's post above warns about the CFA-CoC transition, but honestly I'm more worried about you catching your 6pm bus after CoC. Where are you going? Port Authority? CoC could get out as late as 5:45 if it starts late, and Port Authority is 12 blocks away. You could probably do it if you literally run, AND you're sitting close to the aisle to make a quick escape (that applies to both shows actually), AND if you know beforehand where exactly in Port Authority you'll need to go. But it'll be tight.

JBroadway said: "Very bold plan. I respect the ambition, but it does seem pretty risky.

It's interesting that Fosse's post above warns about the CFA-CoC transition, but honestly I'm more worried about you catching your 6pm bus after CoC. Where are you going? Port Authority? CoC could get out as late as 5:45 if it starts late, and Port Authority is 12 blocks away. You could probably do it if you literally run, AND you're sitting close to the aisle to make a quick escape (that applies to both shows actually), ANDif you know beforehand where exactlyin Port Authority you'll need to go. But it'll be tight."

I actually meant to comment on that as well, but forgot!

I’m also trying to figure out a 2 show matinee with Come From Away but SIX as show 2. In a perfect world, Come From Away starts at 1 and will end by 2:40, giving me enough time to quickly get to SIX by a 3pm start. But reading what many have said, Come From Away is expected to start late and end closer to 2:50. This works since my bus also would leave at 6pm but I’m not sure about the rush getting from one theatre to another, covid check, bathroom stop, etc. (assuming SIX would start right at 3pm).

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Assuming your bus is in Port Authority, and it's 20 blocks away from Studio 54, and Caroline has been starting late most of the time according to friends, you won't make your bus. So, I would go with three shows instead of four or book your bus for later in the evening.