Last month, I was lucky to score a ticket at the last minute to Williamsburg: The Musical. This NYC Fringe Festival production follows the trials and tribulations of a trust fund kid who moves to Brooklyn and falls in love with a Hasidic Jew. At the same time, an evil real estate agent is buying up many WBurg apartments and hypnotizing hipsters into zombies to help further gentrify the neighborhood.
Nice premise, eh?
Anyway, of the musical’s two best songs, one of them glorified craigslist hook-ups. The other was an ode to cramped quarters and leering glances at guys in tight pants and coeds with their existential tracts. In short: a ride on the L Train.
The chorus went, “WE TAKE THE L TRAIN. LA LA LA. LA LA LA!”
Speaking of the L train…
The NY Times City Room blog reported subway riders recently gave it a “C” for Cervice. Even though the line was treated to $17.6 million for information signs and audio, to strap hangers the improvements didn’t make the grade.
From MTA’s press release:
L riders gave ‘Sense of security in stations’ and ‘Sense of security on trains’ a C+ but gave ‘Adequate room on board during rush hour” a D+. ‘Signs in subway cars that help riders find their way’ received a B- as did ‘Lack of graffiti in subway cars’ and ‘Comfortable temperature in subway cars.’ But riders gave the L a C- for ‘Minimal delays during trips’ and ‘Cleanliness of Stations.’ ‘Reasonable wait times for trains scored a C.’
