Closing Bell: Subway-Inspired Performances at the Transit Museum

The Transit Museum is hosting its yearly “Platform” performances inspired by mass transit and urban development next week, where attendees can experience animation, dance, film and interactive art pieces. In a decommissioned subway station on Court Street, the Shakedown Dance Collective will perform “riffs on real-life NYC transit experiences collected from the general public” — including manspreading and public drunkenness.

Genevieve DuBose will host a museum-wide game of human bingo, and Bob Goldberg will present a video time-capsule and live accordion journey based on riding the subway through Brooklyn and Manhattan. There will also be a two-man play based on the demolition of the old Penn Station, and live comedy inspired by conversations overheard in a subway car.

It’ll take place next Wednesday, April 1 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the museum, which is on the corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. Check out the full roster of performances on the Transit Museum’s Tumblr, and buy tickets, which are $15 (or $10 for members), here.

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