Best New York Comedy

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Gloria Bigelow, Amy Beckerman, Leah Dubie, & Jackie Monahan are Dykes on Mics

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—and for tonight only on the East side, at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),

Hilary Schwartz Rachael Parenta debuting an intriguing show described as “emotionally inappropriate comedy:” Please, Someone Kill Me (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] Craig Yoe (Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster) and Fabian Nicieza (Trinity, Gotham Gazette) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),

four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Ragnaröck, Bastian, The Stepfathers, Reuben Williams, and DeCoster, plus a great troupe reshuffling at 11:00 pm called The Blender—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] [FREE] typically stellar comics performing at this 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),

[DISCOUNTED] NYC stand-ups Ross Bennett, Hari Kondabolu, Mike Trainor, Mark Normand, Josh Comers, David Cope, and more at John Morrison’s Morrison Motel (8:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] Morgan Murphy (Comedians of Comedy, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel), Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central Presents), Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central, award-winning Verizon FIOS guy), Donald Glover (30 Rock, Derrick), and more at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm),

and sharp 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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