I may be a crazy person but my major focus when I did my New York Trip was to make it as cheap as possible for my students. Going through an agency obviously involves a major mark up and frankly I feel like results from them are fairly stale trips where they see little actual theatre.
We are in New York to see theatre, let's see as much as possible. They can explore Times Square during lunch and dinner breaks.
I ended up with this Itinerary last year
Friday night Waitress (musical)
Saturday Morning Workshop with New York Neofuturists
Saturday Matinee Great Comet of 1812 (Musical)
Saturday evening Armando Experience at The Magnet Theatre (improv show)
Saturday late evening The Infinite Wrench (formerly Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind) with the New York Neofuturists.
Sunday matinee of The Humans (tony-winning play from last year)
So 5 shows in three days with a lot of variety from big Broadway shows to small long running experimental theatre.
I was able to do all this, including bus from Boston and hotel for $375 per student. This did not include meals but I am a big proponent for sending them off to get food in Times Square during breaks. YOu can do it for between 5 and 15 a meal if you want. Obviously it will cost more for plane tickets included but everyone outfit I talked to wanted at least 3x this for the trip for a fraction of the theatre time. If you want to do some art viewing, the Met is suggested donation! Literally can throw loose change at them!
Also the kids were so exhausted that they couldn't cause any trouble
I used to following to book shows
Broadway Inbound (crazy easy for Broadway and long standing off broadway shows like Avenue Q)
Contacting the New York Neofuturists directly
Contacting Magnet Theatre Directly
uscoachways.hotelplanner.com for hotels. Great deals around the city. I recommend planning early and getting a good deal on some place like The Paul near Times Square so you don't need to deal with train passes to get into Times Square and back twice a day.
Can't help you on flights.
Feel free to reach out with any questions about my process. I found it surprisingly easy.
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Joseph Gels
Theatre Teacher
Boston Latin School
Boston MA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-19-2017 07:31
From: Ryan Moore
Subject: New York trip
Hey,
Fellow Michigander, here. We use Bob Rogers Travels for our every-other-year trip (next one is in May). We've used them for years and have been happy.
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Ryan Moore
Theatre Teacher and Forensics Coach
Royal Oak MI
Original Message:
Sent: 09-18-2017 13:01
From: Kendra Knoblock
Subject: New York trip
Looking to travel a group to NYC in June. Have used Promusica Tours the past 3 times, like them alot, but looking for other options to compare. Any suggestions?
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Kendra Knoblock
Rome0 MI
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