Best New York Comedy

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Mindy Raf

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] a world-class sketch troupe specializing in physical comedy and music: Drop Six (7:00 pm),

[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),

[$] a former cast member of Saturday Night Live who’s also performed a Comedy Central hour-long special, appeared frequently on Conan O’Brien, co-starred in the film Half Baked, and is an acclaimed stand-up comic, headlining at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Jim Breuer (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] clever wordplay, conceptual comedy, and relentless silliness—in an all-new show based around the already-goofy film Con Air—from sketch troupe Elephant Larry (8:00 pm),

[$] comedy stars at Stand Up NY, tonight including 30 Rock’s Judah Friedlander, Jessica Kirson, and Vic Henley: Judah Friedlander and More (8:00 pm & 10:00 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 this year delivered a magnificent performance to capture the 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] 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),

a small mob of talented comedic performers, including brilliant & sexy singer/songwriter Mindy Raf, and show creators Ilana & Eliot Glazer, performing highly unusual acts at High School Talent Show (midnight),

[$] sharp stand-ups Marina Franklin (Last Comic Standing, Chappelle’s Show), Big Jay Oakerson (Comedy Central Presents, HBO, Showtime), Becky Donohue (Comedy Central, TLC), Paul Mecurio (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents), and more providing Late Night Laughs at Comic Strip Live (12:30 am),

[$] and 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, headlining at Carolines: Paul Mooney (12:30 am).

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