March 31, 2009
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Hannibal Burress
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] five assistant editors at Marvel Comics—Alejandro Arbona, Tom Brennan, Daniel Ketchum, Lauren Sankovich, and Jordan D. White—joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Whorenado, Ragnaröck, The Scam, Bastian, and Bangs—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] TJ Miller (David Letterman, ABC’s Carpoolers, film star), Gabe Liedman & Jenny Slate (co-hosts of Big Terrific), and other stellar comics performing at this spectacular free show hosted by brilliant stand-ups Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim) and Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker): Punch Up Your Life (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and Paul F. Tompkins (host of VH1’s Best Week Ever), Hannibal Burress (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson), Dan Naturman (Last Comic Standing, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien), Greg Johnson (co-host of President Johnson), Nick Stevens (VH1), and more at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).
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March 30, 2009
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Comedy geniuses Todd Barry, Jessi Klein, and John Mulaney...
...and comedy geniuses Anthony Jeselnik, Pete Holmes, and Kumail Nanjiani will perform at The Pete Holmes Roast
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] magical comedy duo Kristen Schaal (The Daily Show, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords) & Kurt Braunohler (Penelope, Princess of Pets; 2008 ECNY Award for Best Director), Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), Ophira Eisenberg (brilliant storyteller; Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime), Matt Goldich (writer for VH1’s Best Week Ever; Comedy Central), and more at Liam McEneaney’s free Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Glenn Wool (UK-based comedy star), Sam Brown (Whitest Kids U’ Know), Adam Newman (Street Meat), Mark Normand (We’re All Friends Here), Chessley Calloway, Hilary Schwartz, videos by Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower, and more at a free weekly variety show in Brooklyn hosted by endearing dark comedy stand-up Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (9:00 pm),
[MEGA-TOP PICK] [FREE] and a blowout spectacular featuring some of the finest comics in the country—Leo Allen (Roastmaster), Todd Barry, Anthony Jeselnik, Jessi Klein, John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, TJ Miller, Seth Herzog, and more—honoring one of the most quick-witted, organic, and hilarious stand-ups to ever light up a stage: The Pete Holmes Roast (11:00 pm).
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March 29, 2009
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Rachel Feinstein
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] one of the best and most respected stand-up comics in the biz performing a passionate one-man show about his recent second divorce: Marc Maron: Scorching the Earth (7:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] UCBT’s playground for celebrities and ace improvisors, ASSSSCAT 3000 (paid show at 7:30 pm, free show at 9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] razor-sharp stand-ups Joe DeVito (Last Comic Standing, Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central), Rachel Feinstein (Comedy Central; opens for Sarah Silverman on tour), Laurie Kilmartin (Comedy Central, VH1, Jimmy Kimmel), Brooke Van Poppelen (sketch duo Macho!), and more at the Comix Comedy Club’s inexpensive Sunday comedy show Five for $5 (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of the best comics in the biz—Andy Blitz (comedy genius; writer & performer for Conan O’Brien since 1999), Glenn Wool (acclaimed & very likeable UK comedy star), Sean Patton (VH1; nominated for 2009 ECNY Award), and more—joining comedy giants Eugene Mirman & Michael Showalter, winners of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Hosts, for their weekly shindig at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Tearing the Veil of Maya (8:00 pm),
[FREE] typically superb stand-ups at what’s often among the funniest free productions in NYC, from hosts Greg Johnson and Jacqueline Novak: President Johnson (8:00 pm),
[FREE] star comic Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central, NBC, Adult Swim), plus John Knefel (Huffington Post), Matt Maragno (co-host of Now We’re Talking), Sarah Tollemache (Last Comic Standing), and Andy Henrickson (NBC’s Night Shift) at RG Daniels’ free Sunday Night Stand-Up (8:00 pm).
[FREE] sharp NYC comics Mike Drucker (freelance writer for Saturday Night Live and The Onion), Ross Hyzer (23/6.com), John Knefel (Huffington Post), and Jon Lang at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free show Beauty Bar Comedy (9:00 pm),
[FREE] and an all-gal stand-up lineup of Jenny Rubin (WE TV, The Back Room), Cara Kilduff (here TV!), Robin Fox, and Adrienne Iapalucci at a free gay-themed show hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour (10:00 pm).
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March 28, 2009
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Glenn Wool
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] star improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show who joyously declare Let’s Have a Ball (7:30 pm),
an exciting new NYC show developed at Chicago’s legendary iO theatre in which veteran improvisors create a play on the spot based on audience suggestions: New Play (7:30 pm),
[$] [DISCOUNTED] lovely & witty Cathleen Carr & Daiva Deupree turning life’s darkness into comedy as Two Girls for Five Bucks (8:00 pm),
[$] the longest-running cast member of Saturday Night Live (from 1995 to the present), and a comic who’s impersonated over 100 celebrities on national television: Darrell Hammond, Headlining at Carolines (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[$] an acclaimed UK comedy star, and the winner of this past season’s Last Comic Standing: Glenn Wool and Iliza Shlesinger, Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[FREE] sharp NYC comics at a free stand-up comedy show hosted by star sketch/improv troupe Derrick in Queens’ Long Island City: This Is New York (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] one of my all-time favorite improv troupes—which in 2008 broke the UCBT improv competition record for winning streaks with 17 triumphs in a row, and recently delivered a magnificent performance to capture the 2009 Cage Match Championship—the brilliant and daring members of Death by Roo Roo (9:00 pm),
organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track! (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] inventive & hilarious sketch comedy from The Harvard Sailing Team (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [DISCOUNTED] a musical made up on the spot from magical Chicago improv group Baby Wants Candy (10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] improvised furious action from world-class troupe Reuben Williams (10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer (10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and rising star comics Kumail Nanjiani (Comedy Central) and Thomas Middleditch (genius improv troupe Baby Wants Candy) proving themselves to also be nerds by hosting this fun show about the video game industry: Game Bros. Live! (midnight).
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March 27, 2009
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Saturday Night Live's Darrell Hammond
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
sharp, funny sketch troupe Secret Hospital in America’s Sweethearts (7:00 pm),
[$] the longest-running cast member of Saturday Night Live (from 1995 to the present), and a comic who’s impersonated over 100 celebrities on national television: Darrell Hammond, Headlining at Carolines (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[$] an acclaimed UK comedy star, and the winner of this past season’s Last Comic Standing: Glenn Wool and Iliza Shlesinger, Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[$] a hilarious 30 Rock star as part of tonight’s lineups at Stand Up NY: Judah Friedlander and More (8:00 pm & 10:00 pm),
[$] [DISCOUNTED] lovely & witty Cathleen Carr & Daiva Deupree turning life’s darkness into comedy as Two Girls for Five Bucks (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] superb comics Kate McKinnon (hilarious cast member of Logo’s Big Gay Sketch Show), Leslie Goshko (irresistible storyteller/sketch comic; Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko), Michael Carbonaro (Another Gay Movie), and Keith Price (Sirius OutQ Radio) at a gay-themed comedy show hosted by Jenny Rubin: The Back Room (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers (9:30 pm),
singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical (10:00 pm),
odd and unsettling dark comedy from sketch troupe Murderfist (11:00 pm),
five women performing an improvised, and possibly tipsy, parody of The View at Focus (11:30 pm),
and a free opportunity for you to perform improv with UCBT veterans at Jammin’ with Ralph (12:20ish am).
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March 26, 2009
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Tom Davis' new book about his 12 years at Saturday Night Live
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] an intimate talk from the former writing partner of Al Franken about his new book, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There: Tom Davis (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] fearless and hilarious sketch comedy performer Alicia Levy performing her new one-woman show Red Carpet Ride (8:00 pm),
[$] [DISCOUNTED] lovely & witty Cathleen Carr & Daiva Deupree turning life’s darkness into comedy as Two Girls for Five Bucks (8:00 pm),
[$] musical comedy duo Stuckey & Murray host a show with Bryan Tucker (writer for Saturday Night Live 2005-2008; also wrote for Chappelle’s Show, Mad TV, The Chris Rock Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Joe Mande (2008 ECNY Award winner for Best Emerging Comic; co-host of Totally J/K), Amy Schumer (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), and more at Comedy Below Canal (9:00 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 two vibrant improv troupes, The Stepfathers and The F*cking Kennedys, competing for audience laughs & votes at the raucous Cage Match (11:00 pm).
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March 25, 2009
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Anthony Jeselnik
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[FREE] six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),
stand-up comedy plus music at Intermission (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] TV & movie star Janeane Garofalo (comedy genius who’s currently an FBI agent on FOX’s 24), Mike Birbiglia (world-class comedy star who mixes sharp stand-up with theatrical storytelling), and Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show) kicking off the debut of hilarious Joe Mande & Noah Garfinkel moving their long-running comedy show to UCBT: Totally J/K (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] one of my favorite stand-ups of all time, Anthony Jeselnik (Jimmy Fallon, HBO, Comedy Central), plus a slew of other superb comics including Sean Patton, Claudia Cogan, Dan St. Germain, and Mark Normand, launching a new free weekly comedy show co-hosted by the luminous & hilarious Margie Kment: Now We’re Talking (8:00 pm),
[$] [DISCOUNTED] lovely & witty Cathleen Carr & Daiva Deupree turning life’s darkness into comedy as Two Girls for Five Bucks (8:00 pm),
[FREE] NYC stand-ups Dan Curry, Leah Dubie, Emily Epstein, Robin Cloud, Joel Stice, Jeff Lawrence, and Rocco Supreme at the free Shrink (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of most razor-sharp and uproariously funny storytellers in the country—tonight including Curtis Gwinn, Eric Drysdale, John Flynn, and David Martin—telling memorable tales of “First Dates” at one of the finest shows in NYC, The Nights of Our Lives (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).
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March 24, 2009
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UK comedy star Glenn Wool
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Broadway_Motel (6:00 pm),
superb NYC storytellers, singers, sketch comics, and stand-ups—who tonight include Becky Yamamoto (Stickerbook), Kevin Allison (MTV’s The State), Brad Steurnagel (Telephone), and Sunday night Beauty Bar Comedy hosts Vince Averil & Jesse Popp (Comedy Central)—at a show pretending to be from the Pennsylvania heartland: Skip & Sparkle Variety (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Mark Waid (Boom! Studios) and Steve Wacker (Amazing Spider-Man) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes The F*cking Kennedys, The Scam, The Law Firm, Bastian, and DeCoster—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Mike Birbiglia (world-class comedy star who mixes classic stand-up with theatrical storytelling) and other stellar comics performing at this spectacular free show hosted by brilliant stand-ups Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim) and Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker): Punch Up Your Life (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Glenn Wool (visiting UK comedy star), Christian Finnegan (two Comedy Central specials, commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever; Chappelle’s Show, The Today Show), Roger Hailes (Comedy Central, Chappelle’s Show, VH1, MTV), Sean Patton (VH1), and more at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm),
and fine NYC stand-ups joining delightful hosts Jackie Monahan, Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Gloria Bigelow at Dykes on Mics (9:00 pm).
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March 23, 2009
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Long-time Conan O'Brien writer Brian Kiley...
...and long-time Conan O'Brien writer Andy Blitz
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] a show showcasing rejected material by top writers and comedic performers who were then rejected again by Jon Friedman when submitting to his recently-published book Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled—plus performances and readings from contributors who were actually accepted into the book—at a special free edition of The Rejection Show (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] some of the most lightning-quick & hilarious stand-up comics in the country—including Anthony Jeselnik (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon; HBO, Comedy Central), Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1, The New Yorker), Big Jay Oakerson (HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime, MTV), and many more—relating tales of when they used to support their art by working as waiters: Service Not Included! (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] a going-away party for Brian Kiley (brilliant writer for Conan O’Brien since 1994; David Letterman, Jay Leno, Comedy Central Presents), Christian Finnegan (two Comedy Central specials, commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever; Chappelle’s Show, The Today Show), Jason Reich (four-time Emmy winner for The Daily Show), Joe Garden (Features Editor for The Onion; co-author of The Devious Book for Cats), and more at Liam McEneaney’s free Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Jessica Delfino (brilliantly funny and stunning rising star comedic writer/singer), Hannibal Burress (Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson), Dan St. Germain (MTV), RG Daniels (host of Sunday Night Stand-Up), and more performing at a free weekly variety show in Brooklyn hosted by endearing dark comedy stand-up Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] an entirely improvised musical from genius improv duo Eliza Skinner and Glennis McMurray, and an improvised soap opera, in the double-bill I Eat Pandas and Hot Lather: As the Diamond Burns (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—who tonight include as guest-hosts magical comedy duo Kristen Schaal (The Daily Show, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords) & Kurt Braunohler (Penelope, Princess of Pets; 2008 ECNY Award for Best Director), plus guests Andy Blitz (comedy genius; writer & performer for Conan O’Brien since 1999), Seth Herzog (VH1’s Best Week Ever, host of Sweet), and Liam McEneaney (Comedy Central, VH1, host of Tell Your Friends)—at Whiplash (11:00 pm).
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March 22, 2009
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Paul Mooney concludes his run at Carolines
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [FREE] UCBT’s playground for celebrities and ace improvisors, ASSSSCAT 3000 (paid show at 7:30 pm, free show at 9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] typically some of the best comics in the country joining comedy giants Eugene Mirman & Michael Showalter—winners of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Hosts—for their weekly shindig at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Tearing the Veil of Maya (8:00 pm),
[FREE] typically superb stand-ups at what’s often among the funniest free productions in NYC, from hosts Greg Johnson and Jacqueline Novak: President Johnson (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Pat Dixon (Comedy Central Presents, Craig Ferguson, E!), Kumail Nanjiani (2009 ECNY Awards for Best Male Stand-Up and Best One-Person Show; Saturday Night Live; The Colbert Report), Ali Wong (hilarious San Franciscan comic; The Onion), Blaine Perry (co-host of Don’t Touch Me There and Ochi’s Motel), and more at RG Daniels’ free Sunday Night Stand-Up (8:00 pm).
[$] a sharp, likeable comedy star who hosted a political comedy show on CNN, starred in an ABC/UPN sitcom, and was one of the Original Kings of Comedy, tonight wrapping his headlining run at Carolines: D.L. Hughley (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] superb comics Sara Schaefer (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, VH1’s Best Week Ever), Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central, award-winning Verizon FIOS guy), Ali Wong (hilarious San Franciscan comic; The Onion), and more at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free show Beauty Bar Comedy (9:00 pm),
[$] a provocative comedy star who’s written for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Saturday Night Live, and performed on Chappelle’s Show and David Letterman, tonight concluding his headlining run at Carolines: Paul Mooney (10:00 pm),
[FREE] and fine stand-ups Susan Prekel (Comedy Central), Jodi Wasserman (Comedy Central), Stacia Jensen, and Chris Doucette at a free gay-themed show hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour (10:00 pm).
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