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Leslie Goshko
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[FREE] six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (6:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] stellar comedic storytellers Kambri Crews (Comix, UCBT, The PIT, The Moth, The Bitter End; author of hot upcoming memoirs about her childhood), Jim O’Grady (The New York Times, Moth GrandSlam Champion), Jeff Simmermon (Moth StorySlam Champion), John Knefel (Huffington Post), and Juliet Jeske (CNN)—plus live accordion music by Michelle Leona, and a quiz for a free bottle of wine—at a show hosted by the razor-sharp and immensely talented Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, UCBT) in which top comics and storytellers reveal odd aspects of themselves: Sideshow Goshko (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] four stellar storytellers—who tonight are Mark Katz (former White House humor writer for President Bill Clinton), Tom Shillue (Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show, Comedy Central Presents), Steve Osbourne (NYPD Manhattan Gang Squad CO), and Faye Lane (Beauty Shop Stories)—ably abetted by host Andy Christie (The New York Times) at The Liar Show (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] razor-sharp comics Jessi Klein (one of the finest stand-ups in the country; Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim), Seth Herzog (VH1’s Best Week Ever, host of top weekly NYC comedy show Sweet), Joe Mande (winner of 2008 ECNY Award for Best Emerging Comic; co-host of Totally J/K), and Matt Ruby (MTV; co-host of We’re All Friends Here) at a new biweekly show hosted by Michael Terry and David Cope: Extra Fancy (8:00 pm),
[FREE] stand-ups Matt Goldich (Comedy Central, VH1), Jesse Pop (Comedy Central), Mike Trainor (TruTV, Sirius), Josh Rencher, and TJ Del Reno at a new free weekly comedy show hosted by Matt Maragno & the luminous Margie Kment: Now We’re Talking (8:00 pm),
[FREE] typically stellar NYC stand-ups at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),
[FREE] NYC stand-ups Ray Devito, Lisa Kaplan, Dustin Chafin, Meg Cupernall, Hari Kondabalu, and Vinny Fallon at a free show hosted by Sharon “Mama” Spell: Shrink (8:00 pm),
comics, writers, and others telling tales of their worst NYC experiences in New York Sh*tty (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] an entirely improvised musical from a genius comedy duo, and an improvised soap opera, in the double-bill I Eat Pandas and Hot Lather: As the Diamond Burns (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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