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Top NYC cartoonists including Michael Kupperman (whose work appears above) perform tonight at Tell Your Friends
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
7:00 pm ($5): Six improvisors play themselves on stage (similar to Naked in a Fishbowl) in Self Image ; and in the second half of this double-bill, eight improvisors trace the storylines of characters at a single event suggested by an audience member in Hell Buffalo
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): A special evening devoted to stellar NYC cartoonists—Emily Flake (The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Lulu Eightball), Mike Kupperman (The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Snake n’ Bacon, Tales Designed to Thrizzle), David Rees (Get Your War On, My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable), Lisa Hanawalt (frequent Ignatz Award winner; Vice Magazine, McSweeney’s), and Andy Friedman (popular illustrator and singer, and tonight’s musical guest)—performing at the Lolita Bar at Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($28 online using discount code TMANIA): UK-based Daniel Kitson is one of the sharpest and most respected writer/performers alive. This is a rare opportunity to spend an intimate 90 minutes with a true genius of comedy. Please note this is a sprawling, detail-packed theatrical show, not stand-up…and not for every taste. But whether you’re ultimately grabbed by the story or not, it’s worth experiencing if only for Daniel’s lightning-quick flashes of humor. For example, at the performance I attended a woman sitting in the front row had the incredible gall to start reading. Daniel sweetly responded, “Ooh, that’s a subtle yet effective form of criticism. I’m certainly not cross with you, just too nosy about what you’re reading to plow on. Look, you’re still reading. What a lack of faith you have in live entertainment.” Place your faith in Daniel, check out write-ups in The New York Times by clicking here andhere, and catch this show running every day except Mondays through January 30th at Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse (38 Water Street): The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Superb veteran improvisors—including Tara Copeland, Matt Higgins, and Matt Oberg—performing as new troupe HugeTown
8:00 pm to Midnight ($5): Four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Grandma’s Ashes, Very Good Kiss, Standard Oil, Badman, and Dybbuk; and at 11:00 pm UCBT students chosen by chance perform with veteran improvisors—all at Harold Night
[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Liz Miele (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central), Pat O’Shea (host of Ed Sullivan On Acid), Rachael Parenta, and Tomas Delgado performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): Ted Alexandro (one of the very finest stand-ups in the country; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials; delivered perfect set recently at Carnegie Hall; upcoming appearance on David Letterman in February), Mike Vecchione (Comedy Central), Giulia Rozzi (co-host of Stripped Stories and Dive Comedy), and more performing stand-up at the Ace of Clubs (9 Great Jones Street, underneath Acme Bar & Grill) hosted by Joe DeRosa (HBO’s Down and Dirty, Comedy Central Presents) and Jared Logan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central): Righteous Kill
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): Jeff Ross (Comedy Central’s Roast Master General), Mike Lawrence (John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up Show), and “other very special guests” performing at Ella (9 Avenue A) hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog (Jimmy Fallon, VH1): Sweet
9:30 pm ($5): Kurt Braunohler, Pat Carlin, and Moon Hooch interviewed on stage for this live broadcast of Comical Radio
[FREE] 11:00 pm: A breathtaking 40 comics are given 2 minutes each in this rapid-fire open-mic stand-up show hosted with wit and energy by Jay Welch: Bring It
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