"Hippest Journey in Town" Takes Place Right Here in the BoogieDown

THE PROVENANCE OF BEAUTY. from Sunder Ganglani on Vimeo.

New York Post's Frank Scheck had nothing but good things to say in his review of The Foundry Theatre's Provenance of Beauty Theatrical Bus Tour of the South Bronx. He goes even goes so far as to call it the "hippest journey in town." The New York Times has a similarly glowing review today as well.

We've posted about this tour before, but just wanted to alert our readers to it once again since the weekend is now gloriously upon us. The bus tours set off on Saturdays and Sundays at a cost of $35. The only downside to Provenance? Bronxites who are interested in checking it out must head down to Spanish Harlem to catch the bus... it leaves from & returns to 136 E. 121st St. btw. Lexington & 3rd Avenues.

Click here to check out the website and purchase tickets.

~ErLu

Take a Theatrical Bus Tour of the South Bronx - UPDATED WITH DISCOUNT OFFER!

THE PROVENANCE OF BEAUTY. from Sunder Ganglani on Vimeo.

*This just in from the folks over at The Foundry Theatre: Tickets for $20 when you use the code "THEBRONX" - good for the first two weekends, September 5th-7th, and 12th-13th!

The Foundry Theatre will be presenting a very unique opportunity this September and October to tour the South Bronx with their upcoming project, "The Provenance of Beauty; A South Bronx Travelogue," by Claudia Rankine. Here are the details:

THE PROVENANCE OF BEAUTY is a poetic travelogue performed on a bus touring the South Bronx. As we travel the streets of the neighborhood, Rankine's evocative text points out and reflects upon the sites that pass by outside the windows. Views that to an outsider might go by unnoticed - a factory dressed up as townhouses, the theatre where La Lupe held court that is now a church - complicated places that ask what creates a neighborhood in a city in a country in the world.

The audience boards the bus in Spanish Harlem, puts on headphones and for 90 minutes eavesdrops on the voice - both live and recorded - of this historic place. PROVENANCE is an experience that both responds to and redoubles the landscape - its sites, history, present and future - mapping out a poetic cartography of a neighborhood - of any neighborhood - in its eternal state of evolution.

Two performances daily: every Sat & Sun from Sept 5 – Oct 25th
(plus two shows on Labor Day 9/7)

Click here for tickets. The bus leaves from & returns to Spanish Harlem (136 E. 121st St. btw. Lexington & 3rd Avenues). The performance runs approximately 90 minutes.

~ErLu