Best New York Comedy

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Marc Maron

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] Pete Holmes (one of the funniest stand-ups in the biz; VH1’s Best Week Ever, Comedy Central, The New Yorker, Punch Up Your Life), Donald Glover (30 Rock, Conan O’Brien, Derrick), Jesse Pop (Comedy Central, Beauty Bar Comedy), and “a very special guest” joining hilarious hosts Joe Mande & Noah Garfinkel at Totally J/K (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] [FREE] Christian Finnegan (two Comedy Central specials and a third airing soon, commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever; Chappelle’s Show, The Today Show), Ali Wong (The Onion), Luke Cunningham (The Colbert Report), and more at a free weekly comedy show hosted by Matt Maragno & the luminous Margie Kment: Now We’re Talking (8:00 pm),

[FREE] Gabriel Delahaye (Editor of Videogum), Shane Mauss (Conan O’Brien), Julian McCullough (Comedy Central), Nick Packard (nu-cartoonist), and Reese Waters (Comics Unleashed) at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),

[FREE] rising star Leslie Goshko, plus NYC stand-ups Dan Hirshon, Shawn Hollenbach, Tom Ragú, Myka Fox, and Tracy Marhal, at a free show hosted by Sharon “Mama” Spell: Shrink (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] legendary comic’s comic Marc Maron (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO special, two Comedy Central specials, Air America Radio) and other fine stand-ups performing a full-blown comedy show at 10:00 pm, preceded by a wonderful networking event mixing folks from the NYC theatre and comedy scenes—including an MTV casting director looking for fresh talent who’ll be collecting resume/headshots from both actors and comics (no foolin’)—plus intense free homemade chocolate chip cookies that have come to be known as “Stoner Cookies”—all from lovely & hilarious stand-up and cookie baker Margie Kment at Hold for the Laughs (9:30 pm party/networking/cookies, 10:00 pm show),

[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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