Colin Quinn The New York Story NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (24)
See it if you are a huge Colin Quinn fan and don't mind an audience of anti-vax red hats
Don't see it if you have to spend more than $30 on it - the show is only 70 minutes and less than half of that made me laugh
See it if you like one person shows, or comedians or Quinn himself. You should be interested in politics and probably liberal although not necessarily
Don't see it if you don't think Quinn is funny or if you don't like one person shows. The show is very political and also quite similar to his Netflix stuff
See it if you enjoy Quinn. CQ is more stand-up than of theater. The history is fun, the characters vivid. Still, some material seems misguided.
Don't see it if the idea that the old days were better bothers you. It was better for white men. The second half lags. I had fun, but it's not real theater.
See it if If you love Jerry Seinfeld, and Colin Quinn puts on an epic performance
Don't see it if if you are close minded
See it if Like political comedy & appreciate clever observational humor.
Don't see it if You are overly sensitive. If you can’t sit thru an 80 minutes one man show in a rather uncomfortable theater.
See it if You like Colin Quinn and the history of New York.
Don't see it if You don't want to see an hour of ethnic stereotypes and attacks on political correctness.
See it if You don’t mind a lot of mistakes and comedienne using a teleprompter
Don't see it if You loved Red State Blue State and were thinking this would be another good show
See it if You like Colin Quinn and his funny, sharp and insightful observations.
Don't see it if You don't like one man shows.
Critic Reviews (27)
"Deep in the heart of the West Village — there's an off-Broadway theater in which a small handful of people gather nightly to celebrate the Gotham of yesteryear. Their high priest is SNL alum Colin Quinn, whose latest standup show, 'The New York Story,' is half history lesson, half old-fashioned ethnic humor, and totally hilarious."
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"Quinn piles up the stereotypes, but from a place of admiration and affection. A hundred years ago ethnic humor was used in vaudeville as a way of bonding the people of a city of immigrants with the attitude that nobody was above being the subject of a good-natured joke and this appears to be Quinn's vantage point."
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"The evening is little more than Quinn's cycling through each immigrant population, deconstructing what made them unique and how it contributed to the creation of today's distinctive New York personality...Comedy that takes few chances, has to work extra-hard to fly extra-high, and Quinn doesn't quite get all the lift he should."
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"If you can keep up with Quinn's choppy delivery, you will undoubtedly be impressed by his touching embrace of the natures of the various peoples from around the world. He's prompted to be more active than necessary, but Quinn ultimately doesn't allow a lot of unnecessary cavorting distract or detract us from the laugh-inducing journey."
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"Quinn seemed to get off to a rocky start but quickly got things under control. Whether it was due to a change in the order of his jokes, or possibly a last minute improvisation, it didn’t take very long for Quinn to recover and launch into the rest of the show at full steam...The formidable pair of Jerry Seinfeld and Colin Quinn have put together a comedy act which is (nearly) as fact-filled as it hilarious."
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"From the sale of Manhattan in 1626, we begin to understand another side to the melting pot of inhabitants as they came to the new world. It’s unabashedly politically incorrect humor...No one is left unscathed. The satirical outlook is alight with the prejudices and paranoia we see around us everyday – that’s why it’s funny."
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"This strikes me as terrible timing. Now is not the right time for a stand-up routine full of ethnic jokes...In his hour-long routine, Quinn attempts to provide a theme for his ethnic stereotyping...He’s funniest when he gets away from the ethnic attacks, and takes advantage of his bent towards history."
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"Since Quinn doesn't have an ounce of malice in his voice, his particular brand of humor isn't at all offensive It's just extremely funny...The show actually has a fair share of food for thought...But 'The New York Story' isn't a completely nutritious meal. To use the theme of the show, it's sort of like Chinese food. You're plenty satisfied while it goes down, but you're hungry two hours later."
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