Best New York Comedy

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The Pajama Men

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 Helen Hong, Vince Averill, RG Daniels, Vicky Kuperman, Chelsea White, Becky Ciletti, Sean Donnelly, Blaine Perry, Aalap Patel, Matteson Perry, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] acclaimed Chicago sketch comedy duo Jordan Klepper and Steve Waltien in a rare NYC performance of their show mixing comedy and theatre: Steve and Jordan, Respectively (8:00 pm),

terrific stand-ups Chelsea Peretti (Comedy Central, Variety SHAC), Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Rob O’Reilly (Comedy Central), Luke Thayer (The Living Room), and Kara Buller, plus indie band Xylos—and “Kevin Bacon” (presumably seeking to start over after his massive losses to Bernie Madoff)—at a free weekly comedy show in Brooklyn hosted by the razor-sharp Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30 pm),

two ace Chicago-trained improvisors, Peter Grosz (writer for The Colbert Report) and John Lutz (writer/actor for Saturday Night Live since 2004; 30 Rock), making up scenes as 2 Square (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—with tonight’s guests including wryly brilliant stand-up Todd Barry (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central, Adult Swim) and, in a rare NYC appearance, award-winning comedy duo Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez as The Pajama Men—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).

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