An Indian Girl Who Just Wanted to Be Puerto Rican ‘They Call Me Q,’ Qurrat Ann Kadwani’s Solo Show
Ken JaworowskiJuly 18, 2014: By the end of They Call Me Q, you’re apt to like Qurrat Ann Kadwani so much that you’ll be doubly disappointed that she hasn’t written herself a better show. Her easy smile and lively eyes can brighten up a moment, but they can’t overcome a shortage of laughs and a wandering story line. In this hourlong one-woman play at St. Luke’s Theater, Ms. Kadwani recounts her birth in India and her family’s move to the Bronx. There they find a mostly pleasant life, despite the predictable cultural differences and some foreseeable misunderstandings. Ms. Kadwani’s school years were plagued by indecision and were spent only partly fitting in with the crowd. “I wanted to be like everyone else,” she says. “I wanted to be like the Puerto Rican girls in my class. No, not be like them. Be them.”
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