Key notes
- Aim to be within two blocks of your theater 25 minutes before curtain.
- Subway exits can add 6–10 minutes in Midtown—choose the right corner.
- Lines look worse than they are. The bottleneck is usually the sidewalk, not the door.
- If you’re early, drift one avenue away for air and space.
Midtown is timing-dependent. Two people can leave at the same moment and arrive ten minutes apart based on exits and crossings.
Treat each avenue crossing like a small delay event. Midtown rewards patience and short detours.
If you’re meeting friends, pick a landmark that doesn’t move—avoid “outside the theater” unless you mean a specific door.
Draft page. Add neighborhood specifics, quotes, or your own observations to make it unmistakably “real.”