Plays set in a subway?

[aces25]

Posted: 12/28/20 at 5:06pm

I know, oddly specific, but looking for a play set in a subway car?
I know "In Transit", but that's a musical. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/28/20 at 5:09pm

There was that musical “Happiness” that was at Lincoln Center a number of years ago that took place on the Subway.

[AntV]

Posted: 12/28/20 at 5:29pm

Dutch Masters at the Wild Project a few years ago.

A play at 59e59 during Brits off Broadway a few years ago that I can't remember the name of.

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 12/28/20 at 6:03pm

Dutchman

[bwayobsessed]

Posted: 12/28/20 at 6:03pm

Dutchman

[SmoothLover]

Posted: 12/29/20 at 3:20am

Subways Are For Sleeping a 1961 musical.

[John Adams]

Posted: 12/29/20 at 5:55am

Miss the N.Y.C. Subway? These Radio Plays Bring It Back to Life

[Mark Waltz]

Posted: 12/29/20 at 9:06am

I'm floored that I can't think of one play, but there are quite a few subway scenes in "On the Town" (Miss Turnstyles you know and Jackie Hoffman as the old lady chasing the sailors after they rip off the poster), and "Bells Are Ringing" with the "Hello Hello There!" number. Anything Neil Simon perhaps? Every time I see "The Nanny" episode where they are at Astor Place and Fran holds the woman's baby after demanding that the man who demanded she give him a dollar give her a dollar, I think of that song. 

Updated On: 12/29/20 at 09:06 AM

[George in DC]

Posted: 12/29/20 at 10:04am

The opera "The Saint of Bleeker Street" has a scene set in a subway station.

 

[Broadway Joe]

Posted: 12/29/20 at 12:12pm

It wasn't set there but I'm pretty sure the play Machinal that roundabout did had a few subway scenes but used them more as transitions perhaps. It was in 2014 so I'm not 100% sure if I'm remembering correctly.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 12/29/20 at 10:18pm

It's another musical, but Metro is that short-lived in America Polish musical about young people deciding to live in the subways tunnels.

[DooWahDiddy]

Posted: 12/30/20 at 11:04am

AntV said: "
A play at 59e59 during Brits off Broadway a few years ago that I can't remember the name of."

"The Man Under", by Paul Bomba.

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 12/30/20 at 12:13pm

There’s a few plays you could set in a Subway and call it artistic license. Shakespeare for example.

[mcsquared]

Posted: 12/30/20 at 2:54pm

"Downtown Crossing" is set in Boston's Orange Line subway 

https://companyone.org/production/downtown-crossing/

[mcsquared]

Posted: 12/30/20 at 2:54pm

"Downtown Crossing" is set in Boston's Orange Line subway 

https://companyone.org/production/downtown-crossing/

[AntV]

Posted: 12/30/20 at 7:32pm

DooWahDiddy said: "AntV said: "
A play at 59e59 during Brits off Broadway a few years ago that I can't remember the name of."

"The Man Under", by Paul Bomba."

Didn't know about that one, looks interesting. I looked it up and I meant Underground.

https://59e59.org/shows/show-detail/underground/

[DooWahDiddy]

Posted: 12/30/20 at 10:03pm

AntV said: "DooWahDiddy said: "AntV said: "
A play at 59e59 during Brits off Broadway a few years ago that I can't remember the name of."

"The Man Under", by Paul Bomba."

Didn't know about that one, looks interesting. I looked it up and I meant Underground.

https://59e59.org/shows/show-detail/underground/"

Ah, sorry!

 

[lachri5]

Posted: 1/4/21 at 8:31pm

The musical Linie 1, according to Wiki, is the second most successful German musical after The Threepenny Opera. It's about all kinds of people the protagonist encounters in Berlin's Line 1 subway. There are translated versions, but not sure if an English version exists.