Best New York Comedy

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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),

[TOP PICK] Violet Krumbein demonstrating she’s one of the most breathtakingly original and darkly funny talents in NYC, and Thomas Middleditch (member of genius improv troupe Baby Wants Candy) showing off a myriad of comedic characters via a dynamic one-man show, in a don’t-miss double-bill: Human Painkiller and Littlebitch (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] a fun auction of dreadful art, hosted with style by the hilarious Judah Friedlander (30 Rock) and featuring a musical full set by indie band Xiu Xiu, at New York Magazine’s Bad Art Auction (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] three of the finest stand-ups in NYC—Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1), Chelsea Peretti (Comedy Central, Variety SHAC), and Seth Herzog (VH1, Sweet)—plus New Zealand/UK star Rhys Darby (HBO’s Flight of the Conchords) at a new weekly show hosted by 92YTribeca: Comedy Below Canal (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] some of most razor-sharp and uproariously funny storytellers in the country—Anthony Atamanuik, Jonathan Gabrus, Curtis Gwinn, Joe Mande, and Dave Martin—telling tales of “The Guiltiest Night Of My Life” at one of the finest shows in NYC, The Nights of Our Lives (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] an exciting monthly event bringing NYC theatre and comedy folks together, tonight featuring a networking party at 9:30, and then a comedy show at 10:00 with top stand-ups Demetri Martin (The Daily Show, star of upcoming series Important Things), John Mulaney (Conan O’Brien, writer for Saturday Night Live), Dan Mintz (HBO, Comedy Central, MTV), and Giulia Rozzi (VH1, Stripped Stories) at Margie Kment’s Hold for the Laughs (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and typically stellar stand-up comics who perform their sets but are periodically interrupted by the host—one of the funniest men on the planet, Doug Benson—at a very special show called The Benson Interruption (11:00 pm).

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