Best New York Comedy

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Janeane Garofalo

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 Livia Scott, Emily Epstein, RG Daniels, Chelsea White, Josh Comers, Matt Ruby, Blaine Perry, Sean Donnelly, and Aalap Patel—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] star stand-ups Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN), Jon Fisch (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), and more at a free weekly comedy show in Brooklyn hosted by the razor-sharp Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30 pm),

holiday-themed sketch comedy by UCBT students at O Holy Maude Night (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—with tonight’s gala blowout including Janeane Garofalo (movie, TV, and stand-up comedy superstar), plus now-LA residents visiting for the holidays Matt Braunger (cast member of Mad TV), Brett Gelman (Comedy Central), and Sean Conroy (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).

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