“ Men were taught, when they were younger, when they were boys, a perverted version of confidence; that it was superior to empathy, the essence of self-worth, tantamount to a healthy self-esteem. Catharsis can be anticipated, even sought, but the actual moment is a surprise, that's what it is, that's the point; and the one that playwright Bublitz sets up for Chris mines us with both pathos and humor, that is to say with a dose of humanity. 'Toxic' is a welcome meditation on the urgency to address misconstructed masculinity, and the necessity of redefining it, and the dangers of not. ”