NYC Top Comedy Choices for Wed. 11/12/08

November 12, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),

stellar storyteller Adam Wade and comic Jake Goldman hosting a show in which comedians share their favorite campus anecdotes in True Tales From College (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] superb comics including Seth Herzog (VH1, Sweet), Gabe & Jenny (VH1, Bravo, CNN), Big Jay Oakerson (HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime, MTV), and Julian McCullough (Comedy Central, 2008 New York Comedy Festival award winner) at Matt Goldich’s It’s Always Funny in Philadelphia (8:00 pm),

a hilarious staged reading of a movie parody starring such wonderful comedic performers as Lennon Parham (She Tried to Be Normal), Julie Halston (The Class), David Rakoff (This American Life), and Peter Frechette (Tony Nominee) in Posteriors (8:00 pm),

comics competing for laughs based on an assigned topic in So You Think You Can Stand (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).

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