Here are five enthusiastically received plays set in New York by Charles Mee: Coney Island Avenue, The Mail Order Bride, Queens Boulevard, Utopia Parkway, and Our Times: On the Street Where I Live.

"Charles Mee is an affable rebel...His colleagues praise this playwright for everything from his collaborative spirit to his knack for dinnertime conversation...But as an artist, Mr. Mee is far less interested in making people comfortable...along with new characters, most scenes also conjure a new mode of storytelling...In other words, Queens Boulevard may not tell a simple story in a cohesive voice, but neither does our culture...Many theaters have played by Mr. Mee's rules, making him one of the country's most prominent experimental dramatists." –Mark Blankenship, The New York Times

"You would have to be blind not to be impressed by the dazzling and almost dizzying evocation of a compacted shopping arcade on Queens Boulevard...The neon signs are ablaze over a cluster of stores that include a barber shop, a nail salon, music store, travel agency, vegetable and flower market." –Simon Saltzman, CurtainUp