<p>Cheap hotels are tough to find in New York. We’ve stayed at the Herald Square Hotel-which was pretty reasonable and near 34th street. We had reservations at the Porland Square hotel for some auditions. The price was very reasonable. We had the reservations as a back-up for weather, as we live in Philly and ended up taking the train up for the day- so can’t comment on the hotel itself, but it was very near to times square.</p>