Best New York Comedy

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Movie star and hilarious comic Kevin Pollak tonight concludes his headlling run at Comix

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:

7:00 pm ($10): A musical about “a pious Pope framed for a crime he didn’t commit…betrayal, Holy War, foot-stompin’ musical numbers” and everything else it takes “to entertain the Hell right out of you” in Pope: The Musical

[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($37 & 2-item min.): A razor-sharp comic and impressionist who’s also a movie star in such classics as The Usual Suspects headlining tonight at the elegant Comix Comedy Club, plus opening sets by brilliant stand-up/storyteller Ophira Eisenberg and emcee Reese Waters: Kevin Pollak

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Very smart and very funny comics Jared Logan and Dan St. Germain teaming up to debut a two-man sketch show at The Creek in Queens’ Long Island City about history’s most infamous rivalries: They Hated Each Other

8:00 pm ($10): Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell relating their YouTube-documented romantic adventures live on stage—possibly accompanied by visits from some of the gals—on Double Date Us

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): The gutsiest comedy troupe in NYC, genius improvisors Death by Roo Roo

9:00 pm ($5): Organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track!

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Always fresh and imaginative world-class sketch troupe that uses song, movement, and clever scenarios to turn familiar rituals on their head (for a video about awkward goodbyes at the end of a party, please click here): The Harvard Sailing Team

[TOP PICK] [$] 10:00 pm ($15): Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer

[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): An all-star improv troupe led by brilliant UCBT artistic director Anthony King: Reuben Williams

10:30 pm ($5): Vibrant improv from Nick Kanellis & Peter McNerney (Statues of Liberty) and Leslie Korein, who’ve formed the new troupe Trike

11:00 pm ($5): Sketch comedy from a troupe consisting of Walker & Cantrell, Black20.com performers, and a producer for The Daily Show: The Day Ryan

[TOP PICK] 12:00 am ($5): “It’s going to be a Festival of Fights as UCBW MegaStars do battle in Eight Crazy Matches at this annual holiday season spectacular! Featuring Bar Mitzvah Boy (with his Jewish Mother) vs. Adolf Hitler and special guest referee, the Birthday Boy himself, Jesus Christ!” As crazy as professional wrestling is, this takes things to a whole other level. Physical sketch comedy to the extreme, it’s UCBW: Hanukkaos

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