Best New York Comedy

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Jordan Klepper and Steve Waltien

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

[TOP PICK] superb comedic actress Amanda Duarte performing a one-woman show about working in the entertainment biz: Lucky Pink Wonderland (7:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] an acclaimed Chicago sketch comedy show with theatrical weight from Jordan Klepper and Steve Waltien making its NYC debut: Steve and Jordan, Respectively (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] brilliant stand-ups Eugene Mirman (HBO, Comedy Central, Adult Swim), John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, VH1), Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central), Rob Lathan (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report, MTV), and Sean O’Connor at a free weekly Brooklyn show hosted by Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),

talented stand-ups Amy Beckerman, Mara Herron, Mike Lawrence, Dan Fontaine, Dave Greek, and Angry Bob at a new free show that mixes comedy with Moroccan dancing (and, for those struggling with the recession, free resumes) at Calvin S. Cato’s Nouveau Poor (8:00 pm),

TV writers Laura Krafft (The Colbert Report) and Peter Grosz (The Colbert Report), and Starlee Kine (This American Life) performing improvised monologues at Three-Piece! (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and one of the finest troupes in improv history competing against its mirror universe twins for audience laughs & votes—with our very existence in the balance—at the raucous Cage Match (11:00 pm).

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