The booths open at different times depending on the day of the week. The best time to go to the Times Square booth, in terms of evening performances — if you want the shortest wait — is probably 5:30 or 6 p.m. Really anytime after 5:30 there’s never a line. Most people get there when we open so the lines are longest then. That’s also when we tend to have the most shows available. There’s also a play-only line at the Times Square booth. There are hardly any lines for that.

Weather is tricky. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon people want to hang out in Duffy Square so it will be crowded. When it snows there won’t be a line. On a cold rainy day you won’t have a line. Fall through spring, the weather can make a difference.

When you’re talking about the satellite booths, because they are smaller and not centrally located, the lines are always shorter. The lines in Brooklyn are the shortest. Erik Piepenburg