Red State Blue State NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (142)
See it if you enjoy political comedy
Don't see it if political issues are a trigger for you Read more
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're willing to see Colin Quinn at his "good" but not his best. He has a lot of funny insights, but the show doesn't flow.
Don't see it if you want something as good as his "The New York Story".
See it if you enjoy a light night of comedy highlighting the state of our political union and mining it for its humor. Enjoyable stuff!
Don't see it if politics is a trigger for you.
See it if you enjoy cerebral comedy.
Don't see it if MAGA is your life mantra. Read more
See it if Colin Quinn has an an engaging persona but the show doesn't say much
Don't see it if you don't like one-person shows this one won't change your mind
See it if you like Quinn. He's engaging as affable, as usual.
Don't see it if you're expecting him to say anything that hasn't been said before.
See it if if your a fan of Colin's and want his take on our current politics.
Don't see it if you're looking for sharp and provocative stand-up that makes one think while they're laughing.
Critic Reviews (23)
"He…skewers both the right and the left, the red and the blue, the conservatives and the progressives, with bombsight precision…He depends on broad generalities, but there's always a recognizable kernel of truth allowing you to laugh at how nuts the other side is while also appreciating how close he gets to eviscerating your own beliefs…Quinn offers some sardonic solutions to our problems but the best way to chase the reds and blues away is to laugh at them by seeing his show."
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“Despite that title, the former Comedy Central, MTV and SNL star doesn’t take political sides in his gentle diatribe on what’s wrong with America...Quinn is at his funniest when he takes on — no surprise — Donald Trump...Quinn doesn’t even sound that much like the president, but he replicates his one-syllable bombast (“great”) to perfection...’Red State Blue State’ is the ultimate feel-good false-equivalency show.”
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“The world-premiere monologue contains the stand-up star’s signature brand of socio-political commentary, as he takes a sardonic, pragmatic, and hilarious look at our country’s seemingly irreparable divide...Quinn takes incisive aim at everything that’s gone wrong in our country...If you believe in the old maxim that laughter is the best medicine, be sure to catch ‘Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State’; it provides the antidote we all need in today’s contentious political climate.”
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"He makes canny observations about our national character, but now he seems less sanguine about our ability to move forward...He communicates highly complicated ideas through the most mundane and absurdly funny examples...Quinn’s manner is engagingly off-hand – this is bigger and smarter than your usual stand-up, but it never totally leaves that sphere...Overall, the show is a jaunty, thought-provoking good time."
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"A refreshing reminder of what comedy’s aims should be...On the surface Quinn is staking out some neutral territory between enemy camps in the culture war...Quinn throws in a couple of Trump jokes just to reassure the audience that he’s not going to wander too far off the rails, but he offers sympathetic words for Trump voters...Quinn doesn’t just riff on the divided states of America, though; he proposes an actual (semi-serious) solution."
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"It’s equally questioning both sides and asking us all to laugh at not only each other’s follies but our own...Though the piece was a long monologue without interruption, the constant punctuation of laughter...made the piece feels more like a dialogue...The experience feel intimate and personal, more like an enjoyable conversation with your funniest friend.”
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“A brilliant show...What makes Quinn’s ‘Red State Blue State’ special is that he has done what nobody else seems able to do - come at the problem in a nonpartisan way...He can distill such complicated ideas into a line or two that encapsulates a thought that could have taken someone else hours to explain...And it’s really funny, and that’s why Quinn is a master...You won’t agree with everything Quinn says but he will have you thinking. And laughing.”
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