My girlfriend and I caught this by accident on the uptown 6 last friday. It was great. The train was pretty empty and it seemed just their crew was on. We stayed on an extra stop just to watch. Even the rowdy teenagers totally got into it.

Yall naysayers are a bunch of sorry a** killjoys. A once in a lifetime event that I'm sorry I missed. This is the kind of public performance I can get on with. Yup. 100% out of the ordinary joy.

"Yall naysayers are a bunch of sorry a** killjoys."

Don't worry about 'em. Look through the comment histories and you'll see it's a small group of commenters who make similar complaints about absolutely every attempt by anyone else in NYC to do anything creative, artistic, or even fun. Because, I suppose, making those same tedious complaints over and over is their idea of being creative and artistic and having fun.

One thing missing so far surprises me, though: where are the "hipster silliness" complaints?

Yeah, it's basically the same five grouchy, bitter loners on every post.

That black guy's not too thrilled.

To all the commenters decrying the production with concerns for public safety - the crew was concerned with this at all times. All on-train performances were in the last car, the crowd was capped at 30 to ensure a small group size for safety, a tour guide kept the group together at all times, and several crew members made sure to keep a safe walking passage for other people in the subway at all times. This took place after 9pm, so there was little traffic anyway. Public safety was definitely a concern, but this production operated extremely well to keep everyone safe.

Onto the show itself - i had the pleasure of attending the Saturday night production and consider it one of the finest shows I've ever seen. The staging and timing was nothing short of genius. Everything was timed perfectly - with crew members taking trains ahead and behind of the viewers to set up scenes. We were led off the train to waiting sets at several stations, the most magical being a station in midtown, where the large hallway was transformed into a grand ballroom, complete with waltzing couples (the juxtaposition between this and the man selling bootleg dvds stopped many onlookers). We'd be led back into trains to have a scene staged already, and when the doors closed, the play would continue. My compliments to Jeff Stark and crew - fantastic job.

*and an aside - the rolltop desk was another inventive touch - it was able to reconfigure from desk, to bar, to mta cleaning crew maintenance cart. Great prop!

Agreed with the public safety bit. I ran into this production on the platform at Court Street, and there were two or three people making sure there was plenty of room to safely walk past the audience. They were extremely friendly and accommodating, and yes, Gothampc, if people are creating art in the subway then we must have forgotten all the misguided fear and violent xenophobia that we learned on September 11th, 2001. Fools, all of us!

"They were extremely friendly and accommodating, and yes, Gothampc, if people are creating art in the subway then we must have forgotten all the misguided fear and violent xenophobia that we learned on September 11th, 2001. Fools, all of us!"

Stick your head in the sand if you must. When you are trying to get out of a stranded subway car, you don't want to have to crawl over a rolltop desk.

But we're Americans, subway attacks only happen in London and only on days marked 7/7.

In truth, I make all my decisions based on remote fears. And if I were concerned about fitting through one side of a subway door, I'd be more worried about my gelatinous thighs than any blast that might slim them down.

"Just when you think you’re fed up with New York City, something like this endears you to it all over again." Are you kidding me? What a bunch of bullshit, where are the fucking pickpockets when you need them? How is this more entertaining than the mariachi bands, breakdancing kids, candy sellers, or battery salesmen? It isn't, please get off the trains and go home already-you are lame...

I'd like to see them try to stage this during rush hour.

Situationism at it's best.

Somehow I think that this is a public hazard. What would have happened if there had been an emergency and people couldn't get past all of this crap? I guess people have forgotten the public safety lessons learned during 9/11.

Because a clear path to the subway door would have prevented two transcontinental flights from slamming into the World Trade Center. If only you had been there to move that writing desk, things would have been OK. Clearly we have forgotten the primary lesson learned on September 11th, which is that ill-placed furniture (or immigrants, gays, the science of saving lives, etc.) can be blamed for absolutely anything.

Ilove the black comedy , darkish humor of some of you posters , but when is Eddie Murphy ever going to be funny again?

On any given day, you can enjoy a little Sweeny Todd on the subway.

you'll drip rubies, my friend

I guess I'll be the surly stick-in-the-mud and say that if I saw that desk blocking my entrance or exit, I'd be pissed.

On a tangential note, who are these a-holes who stand by the door and not even make a slight gesture to move when the doors open? Yes, standing by the door is perfectly fine, but when they open you have to at least turn sideways to let people on or off. These entitled douchebags who don't even do that make me want to jam a shiv in their back.

Jesus, someone must've pissed in my Monday morning cornflakes.

This is the coolest thing i've heard about today!! I think I should start a roving production on the new light-rail system in Phoenix !! Maybe some Alvin Ailey or something. Damn I miss HOME !!!

Great idea.

All artists, so do this.

Sell tickets first, get the money, then perform.