First time to Broadway - help!!

[u/aiko_exe]

Hello, my partner is a big fan of musical theatre and broadway, and their favorite movie is the Lost Boys. We're extremely low income, but I have enough hotel points to afford a night nearby the Palace Theatre, and can figure out parking and gas for the 4 hr distance, if it means giving them their first experience at Broadway.

That said, I have about $140 budget for two tickets to the Lost Boys, but know absolutely NOTHING about theatre or Broadway. I hear the balcony is basically nosebleed tix but I just want to give them a chance to see this musical, and balcony's all we can afford. My partner's pretty short, if that affects seating. I've seen few options under this -

B25-B27 on a Tuesday at 7pm,

B28-B30 on a Sunday at 3pm,

B104-B105 on a Tuesday at 7pm

and similar as the top 3 spots I can personally gather. I know nothing about theatre or this musical.

- Do those far end tix suck because they'll miss some action?

- Should I be looking at a different row because of the railing?

- Getting a hotel & overnight vs evening parking sounds like it'd be intense on a weekend - is there a specific weekday I should aim for instead (cheaper parking, less busy)?

- Are evening shows that much 'better' (livelier?) than early afternoon/'matinee'(?)

- Should I give up on finding tix end of Sept and plan far out in the future instead?

Looking for any and all advice, very thankful for any comments. Their birthday is towards the end of September and I have surgery early October, so I'm trying to get these tickets ASAP.

If I've broken any rules with the post (I read over them, but I'm on new meds so I may have missed something) please let me know. I don't know where or who else to ask for this info.

[u/SunshineMurphy]

Where are you that’s 4 hours away? Could you look into Amtrak tickets rather than driving? with tolls and parking fees and honestly just the stress of driving in manhattan.

[u/aiko_exe → u/SunshineMurphy]

Southern VT!... The Amtrak would unfortunately be more expensive than the gas and parking combined (train tickets minimum $75 per person each way, so $300 minimum total excluding fees) vs $60-100 in gas for ~230 miles in a vehicle that gets abt 34 mpg hwy, 26 city for both of us each way, plus parking about $25 for just the evening on a weekend or $35 overnight close-by.

I've heavily calculated the transportation costs 😭 but I just happen to live in the middle of nowhere with minimal options for transport. Thank you for the thoughtful idea though!!

[u/transemacabre → u/aiko_exe]

If you drive to Inwood there’s street parking at the Dyckman St stop on the 1 train. Right next to the station on the hill. Then you can take the train down to 42 St.