Tickets normally costing $65 had gone for $83 at the Milford Plaza, and $105 at the Plaza, she said.

"For 50 bucks you can stay in the Milford Plaza," he wrote.

But few New Yorkers stay in the Milford Plaza or any other local hotel.

The Milford Plaza offers group rates of as low as $79 a night per room.

I walk out the stage door that shares a service entrance with the Milford Plaza.

He served as general manager of the Roosevelt and the Biltmore before joining the Milford Plaza as manager in 1981.

Now he checks in at the Milford Plaza on 44th Street and until recently held auditions there.

When new owners took over in 1981, they selected Milford Plaza because they did not want to change the huge neon "M" sign on the roof.

The Milford Plaza has 1,300 rooms.

Neither Expedia nor Hotels.com discloses the amount paid to the operator of the Milford Plaza for the room.