"Just as theater is always dying, New York is perpetually over. Complaining about its demise, however, remains one of its wonderful traditions, and Colin Quinn, a comic alert to ritual, plants himself firmly in the middle of it in his new monologue, 'The New York Story,' a nostalgic lament that makes for a lovely summer evening."
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"Quinn is our very own griot. He serves up our past on a platter and hand feeds us one morsel after another, careful not to go too fast so that we don’t choke from laughing at the hot pepper of truth packed in each nugget. He is sloppy and unkempt and at times appears not to know his next line. It’s all a ruse. Colin Quinn is the guy on the corner shuffling the three cups around asking you to find the hidden nut inside."
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"Quinn takes few liberties with his well-honed formula of cantankerous street wisdom and affectionate ethnic observations...His default position of defense against political correctness seems as much humble-brag as genuine iconoclasm...As subversive ethnic humor goes, 'The New York Story' is pretty fang-free."
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"Today pickles can be artisanal, but people are generic. The same might be said of Quinn’s show. 'The New York Story' is an amusing enough diversion. But there’s nothing so unique about his version of the Big Apple saga."
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"The subtext of Quinn's new show, is that we should celebrate our polyglot heritage and lose the politically correct tendency to squeeze everyone into the same mold. And if that means unearthing all the old stereotypical tropes we tried to bury, well, he’s got a million of them — and they’re all hysterically offensive."
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"The raspy-voiced comedian delivers his distinctive combination of killer one-liners and astute observations. The evening has a well-honed seamlessness that, combined with the unified themes, raises the stand-up routine to satisfying theater. This is one 'New York Story' you want to hear."
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"Quinn’s best solo show yet. So strong is the material that it doesn’t need the few flourishes devised by director Seinfeld. The topic is the comedian’s hometown — how its character was formed by wave after wave of ethnic groups. He smartly takes the edge off potentially sensitive material by filtering it through personal reminiscences."
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"Quinn's musings are full of Seinfeld's brand of observational humor. Quinn has a chummy rapport and brings plenty of laughs, but..It's too bad he didn't delve deeper into New York culture, rather than just bring up stereotypes. That being said, Quinn has a remarkable ability to employ racial humor without being the slightest bit offensive."
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