Best New York Comedy

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TV & film rising comedy star Donald Glover performs stand-up tonight at Whiplash

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:

6:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): The perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel

[FREE] 7:45 pm: NYC stand-ups Adrienne Iapalucci, Amanda Baramki, Damien Lemon, Mark Reiss, and Erik Bergstrom performing at a free weekly show in the Manchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson: Case of the Mondays Comedy

8:00 pm ($5): Sharp stand-ups John Fugelsang (former host of America’s Funniest Home Videos), MIke Drucker, Aidan Bishop, and Jeff Kreisler—plus musical guest Chris Dyas—all performing in the Lolita Bar with producer Liam McEneaney at Tell Your Friends

8:00 pm ($5): Two of UCBT’s house sketch comedy troupes, Slow Burn and High Treason, trying out new bits at Maude Night

[TOP PICK] [DISCOUNTED] 8:30 pm ($5 cover if you mention HyReviews.com [otherwise $10], plus $7 drink minimum; call 212.989.9319 to reserve seats): Stellar stand-ups A. Whitney Brown (Emmy-award winning writer and political satirist; Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show), Pat Dixon (Comedy Central), Jamie Kilstein (Comedy Central, BBC, Huffington Post), Julien Dionne (award-winning Canadian comic), Jennifer Grant (also a Canadian comic), and Vicki Ferentinos (one-woman show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival), performing at the Cornelia Street Cafe for John Morrison’s Morrison Motel

9:30 pm ($5): Veteran improvisors James Eason and Jessica Allen perform as a duo, and a sketch show presumably based on a very funny blog, in the double-bill Eason & Allen and Conversations with Deb

[FREE] 9:30 pm: Comedy dynamo Ali Wong, plus Joe Dixon, Scott Rogowsky, Jacqueline Kabat, Phil Murphy, Louis Katz, and Jeffrey Joseph performing stand-up at Pat O’Shea’s free weekly Brooklyn showcase at Freddy’s Backroom: Ed Sullivan on Acid

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest comics in the country—tonight including Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Donald Glover (TV & movie star; 30 Rock, Community, Mystery Team), Michelle Biloon (Comedy Central), and Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash

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