Makeup and mustaches, feathers and leather, bananas and balloons, these opposites are toyed with in just the right proportion to break down your resistance, to make you laugh, shout with shock and joy, and shake your head at the ridiculousness of it all, but slowly they chip away at your notion of what is and what ought to be and why…

“Birdbath” photo courtesy of Kate Pardey The show title is The Second Coming, but for Briefs (part of the Briefs Factory collective) it was their first coming to America, performing for two nights only at NYU’s Skirball stage during the week of APAP. According to...