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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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