Virgo Star NYC Reviews and Tickets

73%

(9 Reviews)

Positive

67%

Mixed

33%

Negative

Members say

Quirky, Entertaining, Clever, Indulgent, Slow

About the Show

Pioneers Go East Collective's new dance-theatre offers an underground, kinetic ride through the Cowboy myths performed from a queer perspective.

From the show:

Virgo Star explores and explodes the myth of the American Cowboy. An underground, kinetic ride through the Cowboy myths performed from a queer perspective, this dance-theatre work fuses personal storytelling and movement to re-create scenes from Western Movies. A live cinematic experience and a satirical take on Classic Western Movies, Virgo Star combines personal stories with dark comedy to reflect on mainstream “Cowboy” iconography from a queer perspective. The performance examines same-sex intimacy, self-awareness, and fear of being marginalized in a fictional West. With Virgo Star, the collective looks with humor at how chauvinism and bravado transmit into gay subculture.

Member Reviews (9)

Provocative, Quirky, Edgy, Ambitious

See it if ur up for a radical multimedia performance art piece that upends traditional views of masculinity/femininity via the lens of queer cowpokes.

Don't see it if u loathe avant-garde theater; u aren't interested in queer studies; u can't accept that John Wayne may not be everyone's paragon of virility

Hybrid genre, Smart, Collective, Mythic, Queer

See it if the idea of a performance collage that holds up the myth of the American cowboy for appreciation & queer critique piques your interest.

Don't see it if you are looking for a play: This mixes dance, song, storytelling, dramatic scenes & video to present a collage. Read more

Critic Reviews (1)

"An engaging performance piece presenting a queer perspective on the American Old West through song, dance, video and spoken word...It’s all cryptic, edgy and well-executed entertainment for devotees of non-traditional theater."
Read more