TNC Street Theater Summer Tour “Life on the third rail or A subway delay to the future” (2023) Theater for the New City‘s award-winning Street Theater Company premieres its 2023 annual tour with “Life on the Third Rail, or A Subway Delay to the Future,” a rip-roaring original musical which tells a story in which a violent hurricane floods the subways, sending a heroic subway crew into a new world. Book, lyrics and direction are by Crystal Field, Artistic Director of Theater for the New City (TNC). The musical score is composed and arranged by Joseph Vernon Banks. It’s thirteen free performances toured parks, playgrounds and closed-off streets throughout the five boroughs through September 17. Photos by Franklyn Rodriguez