But Dylan Boxer, 21, who escaped Theater 9, said the shooting and its setting were indelibly linked.
About 60 people escaped the theater, some pulled onto the rooftop, others into nearby apartments, according to the BBC.
While New Yorkers suffer through subway construction delays and slow-moving groups of tourists, SummerStage offers an array of free cultural escapes, with theater, dance and music events lasting from June through late August.
Figuratively speaking, Brecht wanted his audiences to escape from the theater — at least the kind of theater intended to coddle spectators with entertaining illusions.
Then he found a new spot nearby, under the fire escape of a theater.
They received a standing ovation for the performance before everyone rushed out to escape the overheated theater, whose air-conditioning system had never been so taxed.
That means you may be able to drill down to see something like places to "escape the pre-theater crowds" while having dinner around the NYC theater district, or you could pull up a list of "cheap" lunch places in the Mission District.
He escaped into the theater, and he ultimately founded an experimental troupe called the Dog Company, which eventually moved to London.
Golditch, who was in the next theater, escaped serious injury.
Sixteen-year-old Justin Davis escaped from the theater without injury.
