

Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater, who cast him in scene-stealing roles in Waking Life and School Opportunities, from publishing a New York travel book and performing beat poetry with the rock band Weezer to befriending The Cruise then opened up Levitch, now 42, Interests in the city, history, performance, and wooing women. Levitch, a former dramatic writing major, was originally drawn to tour guiding because it combined his This is ludicrousness, and this cannot last!”Īt that crescendo, he sighs heavily, pauses a beat, and announces: “The new Ann Taylor store on the right.” “Civilization has never looked like this before. “ is an explosion, an experiment, a system of test tubes gurgling, boiling, out-of-control, radioactive atoms swirling,” he says. The film captures the Bronx native’s frenzied energy in one scene as Levitch expounds on the chaos of New York to his bewildered passengers. Levitch recently hosted a cross-country travel show on the Web. After years of giving quirky bus tours of New York City,
