called Tom X. Chao "a dryly funny downtown comedian."
The mention appeared in "The Festivals Come Thick, Fast and Wild" by Jesse McKinley.
The mention was at the end of page 4 of the online article. (Free registration required.)
Print version: NYT, Friday, July 9, 2004, p. E24, late edition

"My favorite . . . was certainly How to Invoke Pan, starring Tom X. Chao. . . . His delivery of the mundane is alive with timing . . . a gold value that alone outweighs the $10 fee at the door. . . . I found tremendous adventure in this piece . . . . With dead-pan flatness, Chao’s narration brilliantly serves up the items we would need to bring Pan into our lives. . . . You will laugh up a storm . . ."
--Matthew Trumbull, NYTheatre.com's 2nd review

"How to Invoke Pan, was the jewel. . . . The text, by Chao and Craig Heimbichner, is clever, but the star is Chao’s deadpan hipster delivery. He has a gorgeous way of saying a line, then patiently staring into the distance while waiting for the audience to catch up to the joke."
--David Johnston, NYTheatre.com 1st review

"With concise comedic timing and immense likability, Tom X. Chao won over the audience and delivered a gut-busting comedic performance."
--Hi! Drama review of the Hell Festival

"The most interesting work (to me) is happening at the newer festivals that have sprung up around the Fringe, like the Hell Festival . . . (I caught Tom X. Chao at Hell . . . )"
--David Johnston, FringeNYC Post Mortem, NYTheatre.com

"Gothamist is especially looking forward to seeing Tom X. Chao, performance-artist and bladder-taunting comic, who had a much-deserved success at FringeNYC last year with his original play Cats Can See The Devil. He'll be performing How To Invoke Pan, an hilarious 'ritual' co-written with Craig Heimbichner.
--The Gothamist, "Go To Hell"

" . . . I grabbed the L train . . . to The Brick to catch the Friday evening selection at the Hell Festival. Tom X. Chao's How to Invoke Pan with Garrison Keiloresque [sic] dryness and intensity, and humor . . . "
--Mr. Hell's Kitchen

"They've got a rant and rave with Tom X. Chao which made me laugh. I haven't seen him perform in awhile and I forgot about his dry, sardonic wit."
--Culturebot.org