<p>momrath - Thanks for the suggestion and link to the Riverside Tower Hotel, unfortunately there are no rooms available for the weekend of Ds audition. As unsoccer-mom suggested I will keep checking just in case there is a last minute cancellation.</p>
<p>Check out the guest rooms at the Union Theological Seminary - on the Upper West Side, near Julliard. Very pleasant, and reasonable! My brother stayed there when he was at Columbia U for a conference, and loved it. A short cab ride away from Broadway, etc. It is not a typical hotel so maybe there are vacancies? Worth a try.</p>
<p>A friend of mine had her parents come visit, and they stayed in a place they liked very much. It was reasonable, clean, etc. It’s on a really nice street in Greenwich Village, 45 West 9th Street. While the Village isn’t particularly close to Lincoln Center, I think it would be more convenient for you than Newark! You can take the subway up to Lincoln Center pretty easily. The proprietor’s name is Ron Keenan, and it’s called A Village House. His phone number is 212-529-2396. The e-mail is <a href="mailto:villagehouse@prodigy.net">villagehouse@prodigy.net</a>. if you call right away, you might get in. And you’d be near NYU, in case that interests you. The one drawback is that it’s a walk-up, no elevator. So if that’s a concern, see if the first-floor apartment is available. Best of luck!</p>
<p>My friends and I were able to book a room in the New Yorker (481 Eighth Avenue) for about $260 (one night) for our random NYC excursion a few weeks ago. It’s in a great location (near Madison Square Garden). We were lucky and able to reserve the room at like 11:30 in the morning and checked in at around 8 that same day. (Guess with such a huge hotel, there are bound to be cancellations).</p>
<p>Thanks ALL - for your help. I took your suggestions and changed hotels again. We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Time Square. GREAT location!</p>
<p>The audition went well and we LOVED Wicked.</p>
<p>D thinks NYC is definitely the place to be and is ready to pack up and move.</p>
<p>terrific…so glad to hear you got to stay in the city. And may your daughter’s Big Apple dreams come true.</p>
<p>Thanks for the update. I was just wondering this morning how your trip to NY went. Did you get a little bit of the warmer weather or was it cold the whole time you were here?</p>
<p>Good News! Hope your daughter will get good news on the audition as well.</p>
<p>The weather was cold but not awful- plus tons of people to block the wind :D.</p>
<p>New Yorkers are very friendly. We chatted with everyone we met and were going back next November for the Macys Parade (already made the hotel reservations 
).</p>