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The third a cappella musical to appear Off-Broadway, In Transit, premiered 5 October 2010 and was produced by Primary Stages with book, music, and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth.

Set primarily in the New York City subway system its score features an eclectic mix of musical genres ( including jazz, hip hop, Latin, rock, and country ).

In Transit incorporates vocal beat boxing into its contemporary a cappella arrangements through the use of a subway beat boxer character.

Beat boxer and actor Chesney Snow performed this role for the 2010 Primary Stages production.

According to the show's website, it is scheduled to reopen for an open-ended commercial run in the Fall of 2011.

In 2011 the production received four Lucille Lortel Award nominations including Outstanding Musical, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League nominations, as well as five Drama Desk nominations including Outstanding Musical and won for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.