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:

the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, tonight including Amy Beckerman, Joselyn Hughes, Margie Kment, Emily Epstein, Mara Herron, Jiwon Lee, Becky Ciletti, Chelsea White, Blaine Perry, Sean Donnelly, Aalap Patel, Matteson Perry, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),

terrific comics Rich Vos, Helen Hong, Bonnie McFarlane, Sean O’Connor, and The Money Kids, plus singer/songwriter Dawn Landes, at a free weekly comedy show in Brooklyn hosted by the razor-sharp Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—who tonight include NIck Kroll, Arj Barker, and Hannibal Buress—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).

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