March 21, 2010
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One of the finest stand-ups in the country concludes his headlining run tonight at Carolines: John Mulaney
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:
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($21.25, plus 2-drink minimum): One of the most skilled, funny, and beloved stand-ups in the country—and a personal favorite—who’s a staff writer for Saturday Night Live, has performed repeatedly on Conan O’Brien and VH1’s Best Week Ever, and won the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up, headlining at Carolines: John Mulaney
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Sean Patton Sean Patton (red-hot rising star; killer set on Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central, VH1), Jesse Popp (Comedy Central, co-host of Beauty Bar Comedy), Greg Johnson (host on Sirius XM radio), Luke Thayer, Mick Diflo, and Danny Solomon performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[$] 8:00 pm ($15 & 2-drink min.) Auditions for Season 7 of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, hosted by Craig Robinson at the Gotham Comedy Club: Last Comic Standing 7 Showcase
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups Roger Hailes, Simeon Goodson, Dan Wilbur, and Robert Hines performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan), hosted by red-hot rising star Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; winner of the 2010 ECNY Award for Best Stand-Up): Comedy Night
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Terrific NYC stand-ups Joe Derosa, Greg Johnson, Katina Corrao, and Mike Berlon performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Red-hot rising star Kate McKinnon (genius comedic character actress and stand-up who “gets” both verbal and physical comedy down to her bones; co-star of Logo TV’s The Big Gay Sketch Show; one-woman shows Disenchanted and Best Actress; star of numerous Web shows), Leah Dubie (Here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics, Dykes on Mics), and Jessimae (Tyra Banks Show) performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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Posted by hybender
March 20, 2010
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Riki Lindhome & Kate Micucci will be brilliant, sexy, and irresistibly fun tonight at the Comix Comedy Club as star music comedy duo Garfunkel & Oates
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:
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($3): Stand-ups doing comic book related material at one of NYC’s best comic book stores, Jim Hanley’s Universe, with tonight’s superb guests including Ali Wong, Dan St. Germain, Mike Drucker, and Jesse Pop, hosted by Vito Delsante and Matt Maragno: Comics Love Comics
7:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Chelsea White, the delightful stand-up who wowed the entire NYC comedy community with her wonderful videos at last week’s ECNY Awards, tonight guest-hosts with Aalap Patel, and performs with stand-ups Nick Turner, Matt Wayne, Meg Cupernall, Matt Maragno, Kevin Carlin, and Jeff Maurer in Ochi’s Lounge. To see why you don’t want to miss Chelsea, please click here; and then come check out tonight’s Lil’ Seany Boy
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($27.50 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci are an adorably silly, super-smart , and super-talented comedy folk duo for whom the word irresistible was probably invented. The gals are very deservedly “blowing up” in the biz, having recently appeared on such network TV shows asScrubs, Jay Leno, and Carson Daly…and should not be missed. If you don’t yet know why, please check out their videos by clicking here; and then treat yourself to the immense pleasure of seeing Riki and Kate tell stories, exchange spontaneous banter, and sing live—with their opening act one of the finest stand-ups in the country, Jessi Klein (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central)—at the elegant Comix Comedy Club via their stage names Garfunkel & Oates
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.50, plus 2-drink minimum): One of the most skilled, funny, and beloved stand-ups in the country—and a personal favorite—who’s a staff writer for Saturday Night Live, has performed repeatedly on Conan O’Brien and VH1’s Best Week Ever, and won the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: John Mulaney
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): One of the gutsiest and most hilarious troupes in comedy history—and which recently won the Cage Match Championship for two years in a row!—genius improvisorsDeath 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 as comedy trio Trike
[TOP PICK] 11:00 ($8): NYC’s heavy metal version of a comedy troupe—and which recently won this year’s ECNY Award for Best Sketch Group—doesn’t always hit the mark but provides odd, unsettling, and fearless dark comedy: Murderfist: Late and Dirty
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Adam Lustick and Billy Scafuri are stellar members of world-class sketch troupeThe Harvard Sailing Team; and they’ve now branched out to form comedic rap duo Snakes…which recently won the 2010 ECNY Award for Best Musical Group! Check out their debut album, which can be downloaded from BillyandAdam.com, and then join them and their delightfully unusual guests at Snakes: FutureSex/LoveSnakes
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Posted by hybender
March 19, 2010
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Kate Micucci & Riki Lindhome rock the Comix Comedy Club tonight and Saturday as stellar musical comedy duo Garfunkel & Oates
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:
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($5): In this fun show, 16 musical performers turn an audience member’s suggestion into two musical fairy tales that tell what happened from the viewpoint of first the hero and then the villain, with “all the music and magic of a Disney flick…plus the darkness of the Brothers Grimm:” Once Upon a Time
[MEGA-TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A glorious collection of hilarious film clips from super-fan Kevin Maher and friends at 92 Y Tribeca, which tonight is summed up by this trailer; this has entirely sold out, but grab tickets for subsequent shows now while they’re still available so next month you can enjoy an event like tonight’s Kevin Geeks Out About Sharks
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.50, plus 2-drink minimum): One of the most skilled, funny, and beloved stand-ups in the country—and a personal favorite—who’s a staff writer for Saturday Night Live, has performed repeatedly on Conan O’Brien and VH1’s Best Week Ever, and won the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: John Mulaney
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($27.50 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci are an adorably dark comedy folk duo who have appeared on such network TV shows on Scrubs and Jay Leno (to check out their videos, please click here); and they’re headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club via their stage names Garfunkel & Oates
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Amy Heidt’s one-woman show was one of the very best productions at this past August’s FringeNYC Festival (for my review, please click here)—if you didn’t catch it then, don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to see Amy demonstrate her brilliance as both actress and writer; plus two of the funniest and most loveable sketch comics alive, Katherine Bryant and Chris O’Connor (half of sketch troupe Fearsome) team up with also hilarious sketch comics Mike Still (sketch troupe A Week of Kindness) and John Phillips (sketch troupe Trophy Dad) to perform a comedic play about a college buddy returning after 10 years to ruin his friend’s life, in the double-bill Amy Heidt: Dominate Yourself! and Mace Bacon: The Worst Guy Ever
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Superb stand-ups Andrea Rosen (Comedy Central, Variety SHAC), Tony Camin (Comedy Central, VH1), Barry Rothbart (MTV), Jay Bois, and Jimmy Merritt, plus sharp sketch troupe Sidecar, performing at Brooklyn’s Coco 66 for hosts Nick Turner’s & Jason Saenz’s Too Cool for School
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm ($10):Stellar storyteller Kevin Allison (The State, host of Risk!), Patrick Borelli (Comedy Central), and Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien) performing at the Luca Lounge (200 Avenue B) with lovely producer/host/ECNY winner Carol Hartsell, Sean Crespo, and more: Shark at Work
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): NYC stand-ups performing in Ochi’s Lounge at a gay-themed show hosted by the lovely Jenny Rubin: The Back Room
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): “Jon Gabrus is a rugby player from Long Island who loves to drink, which is the perfect trifecta for getting into ridiculous and dangerous situations. Come drink along with Gabrus as he shares some of his beer-soaked tales, like the time he ate a dead snake, or cooked a fork on a barbecue and branded himself…twice. There will plenty of drinking games, lots of audience participation, and an appalling lack of shame. His bartender, special guests, and his lack of self-control will join forces to create a night Jon probably won’t remember:” Blackout Drunk
11:00 pm ($5): A fun improv show that makes up scenes based on the contents of an audience member’s wallet: Gimme the Loot!
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Chris Gethard, Shannon O’Neill, and other top comics—plus musical guest Owen Biddle of The Roots (Jimmy Fallon’s band)—interact with the newest Web sensation atChatroulette Live!
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Posted by hybender
March 18, 2010
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One of my favorite stand-ups, who's killer funny and beloved by everyone, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: John Mulaney
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:
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Stellar storyteller Margot Leitman (Conan O’Brien, VH1,Stripped Stories) and TV sketch comic Rob Lathan (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon) performing comedy and then getting analyzed by host Lisa Levy in Ochi’s Lounge at the unique show Stand Up, Lie Down
7:30 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces,” and veteran improvisors play with “elements of monoscene, deconstruction, and La Ronde,” in the double-bill The Deconstruction and Sleepover
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($20.25, plus 2-drink minimum): One of the most skilled, funny, and beloved stand-ups in the country—and a personal favorite—who’s a staff writer for Saturday Night Live, has performed repeatedly on Conan O’Brien and VH1’s Best Week Ever, and won the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: John Mulaney
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5…which includes free cupcakes!): Brilliantly funny writer/singer Jessica Delfino (enjoys singing songs about her vagina, as demonstrated by her CD Dirty Folk Rock;created the hilarious and wildly popular YouTube animated short film I Wanna Be Famous; has a cool MySpace page, and an even cooler blog; to get a feel for Jessica’s amazing range and talent, please click here) joins fellow wonderful musical comics Mindy Raf, The Drelles, Cock Lorge, and Amanda Melson at the rock ‘n rolling party of a show at The Slipper Room that’s likely to be a blast:Top Friends
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): The Emmy-winning writers of The Colbert Report gather on stage to perform an all-improvised show at Seize the Mustard
8:00 pm ($5): The debut of a sketch show from Will Nunziata and Jerry Miller (both formerly of NYC sketch powerhouse THE ROYAL WE), who “present a brand new two-man show which serves a love letter to the dystopian films of the 70s, 80s, and 90s:” Dystopia Gardens
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:00 pm ($12): Star stand-ups Jessi Klein (staff writer for Saturday Night Live,Comedy Central) and Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), plus Baratunde Thurston, and musical guests Alan Hampton and DJ Brainchild, performing at Comedy Below Canal
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Popular Tweeters craft their finest thoughts 140 characters at a time while the audience chooses which Tweets are their faves in Ochi’s Lounge at comedy game show The Tweet Spot
9:30 pm ($5): If you’re a fan of CollegeHumor.com, you can see the folks behind it on stage—along with superb stand-ups and storytellers Chris Gethard, Seth Herzog, and Giulia Rozzi—atCollegeHumor Live
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Vibrant improv troupes The Brothers Hines (steamrolling over challengers with six wins in a row) and Identity Theft compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
11:00 pm ($5): An Internet notion that begs for comedic treatment gets precisely that tonight—with the participating comics including the wonderful Ed Herbstman (HBO, The Mantzoukas Brothers, co-founder of the Magnet Theater)—at Chatroulette: The Show
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Posted by hybender
March 17, 2010
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Go out tonight for live comedy, but don't forget to set your VCR/DVR for the season premiere of the greatest animated comedy series ever: South Park
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] 7:00 pm to midnight: Five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Thoroughly charming and razor-sharp Leslie Goshko’s delightfully quirky monthly storytelling show in which comics and comedic yarn-spinners are asked to reveal aspects of themselves that are odd and unusual—and that includes such carnival elements as an accordion player, and a challenging trivia contest for someone in the audience to win a bottle of wine. Tonight’s storytellers are Robin Gelfenbien, Mike Drucker, Sharon Spell, Katrin Hier, and Leslie herself (Manhattan Monologue Champion, one-woman show Vodka Shoes), all performing in Sideshow Goshko
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Brilliant comics Dave Hill, Chris Gethard, Katina Corrao, and more sharing tales of having their professional efforts turned down at Jon Friedman’s wonderful The Rejection Show
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm: Thoroughly wonderful comics, and Saturday Night Live staff writers, John Mulaney and Jessi Klein; plus Brent Sullivan, and more performing at this free weekly comedy show at Brooklyn’s Cameo (behind Lovin’ Cup) hosted by Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman: Big Terrific
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Sheng Wang, Colin Kane, Noah Garfinkel, and Erik Bergstrom performing at Ochi’s Lounge with adorably sly host Calise Hawkins: Laugh in Limbo with Calise Hawkins
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Theatrical scenes made up on the spot with breathtaking skill by brilliant and passionate improvisors who are becoming one of the best comedy duos in the biz—Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Moral Orel) and Christina Gausas (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report), a.ka. Adsit & Gausas
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Host Justin Purnell (The Colbert Report) providing as many as a dozen guests packed into 75 minutes performing stand-up, improv, sketch, and occasionally acts that defy categorization. The level of talent can vary wildly, but for some (like me), that’s part of the laid-back fun; and this is often one of the most amazing comedy shows in town. Come support the experimentation, and periodic magical surprises, that this uniquely organic rollercoaster of a show makes possible—and don’t forget to toss $1 in the bucket on your way out: School Night
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Posted by hybender
March 16, 2010
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Comedy giant Horatio Sanz is Seth Herzog's guest DJ tonight at Sweet
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:
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): J.K. Woodward (IDW’s Fallen Angel, Star Trek) and Jesse Blaze Snider (Hulk: Let the Battle Begin, Toy Story) joining super-hosts Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler, and Pete LePage in a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club
[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Susannah Perlman (Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, Obama Girls of Comedy), Rick Younger (Last Comic Standing, BET’s Comic View), Shane Webb, and Lance Weiss performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome
8:00 pm to midnight ($5): Four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Scootch, Bastian, Ragnaröck, The Law Firm, and powerhouse troupe Reuben Williams, followed at 11:00 pm by a show revolving around improvised scenes taking place in the same location—all at Harold Night
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm: Wonderful stand-ups John Mulaney (staff writer for SNL; Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents; winner of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Stand-Up), Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; winner of the 2010 ECNY Award for Best Stand-Up), Ilana Glazer (High School Talent Show), Ryan Hamilton (Last Comic Standing, Rolling Stone’s Five Comics to Watch), Sean Crespo (Drink at Work), and Barry Rothbart performing at the Housingworks Bookstor Cafe for a free weekly show hosted by brilliant stand-up Pete Holmes (Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker): Punch Up Your Life
8:30 pm ($5): Dru Johnston, Noah Forman, and Alex Demers deliver sketches that are silly and energy-charged; especially keep an eye on Demers, who has a wild Sean Penn quality that makes you think he might explode into violence or insanity at any moment, adding to the edgy quality of The New Deal
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): Wonderful comedy stars Horatio Sanz, John Mulaney, Tom Shillue, Sam Bisbee, and Liam McEneaney performing at The Slipper Room for the LES weekly show hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog (Jimmy Fallon, VH1): Sweet
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Delightful stand-ups Leah Dubie and Amy Beckerman performing and hosting other sharp comics in Ochi’s Lounge at Dykes on Mics
[FREE] 11:00 pm: Free open-mic stand-up show that’s seldom much fun for audience members but is a nice opportunity if you want 4-5 minutes to test out your comedy material on stage: Bring It
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Posted by hybender
March 15, 2010
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Irresistible rising stars Ophira Eisenberg and Hannibal Buress headline at tonight's gala Morrison Motel
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
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($5): A unique mixing of storytelling and burlesque, with superb yarn-spinners Adam Wade, John Flynn, Sara Peters, Ed Gavagan, and Becky Sterling—and in between the tales, clothes-shedding dancers—all performing at UNDER St. Marks for guest host Peter Aguero’s Told: Bare
[FREE] 7:30 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups Dan St. Germain, Louis Katz, Tracy Marhal, Gabe Pacheco, and Nore Davis performing at a free weekly show in the Manchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson: Case of the Mondays Comedy
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): A wonderful pre-St. Patty’s Day lineup, with stars Colin Quinn, Morgan Murphy, Fiona Walsh, and musical guests Andy Fitzpatrick and A Brief View of the Hudson, all performing in the Lolita Bar at Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends
8:00 pm ($5): Two of UCBT’s fine house sketch comedy troupes, Thunder Gulch and Gramps’, 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 Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; winner of the 2010 ECNY Award for Best Stand-Up), Ophira Eisenberg (world-class storyteller who’ll be doing a 30-minute set tonight), Lee Camp, Rob Paravonian, Susie Felber Charlie Kasov, and Katherine Williams performing at the Cornelia Street Cafe for John Morrison’s Morrison Motel
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Jon Friedman (Emmy-winning blogger for Jimmy Fallon; The Rejection Show) debuting a one-man show that traces Jon’s career as a comic from home movies to early prank calls to current YouTube videos, with direction from the lovely Carol Hartsell (and by coincidence, they both won a 2010 ECNY Award last week); and Kate McKinnon, Sarah Claspell, Nicole Drespel, Jocelyn Guest, Veronica Osorio, and Aaron Glaser perform a sketch show written by Leila Cohan and Caitlin Tegart about Smith, our nation’s largest women’s college, in the double-bill Bear With Me and This is About Smith
[FREE] 9:30 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups John Flynn, Ray Devito, Phoebe Robinson, Chris Lamberth, Leah Bonnema, Zach Brousard, Greg Manuel, Irene Bremis, and Seth Joseph performing 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 the spectacular Adira Amram, John Mulaney (Conan O’Brien; staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Joe Mande (Comedy Central; author of upcoming book on hipsters), and Billy Wayne Davis—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash
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Posted by hybender
March 14, 2010
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One of the finest stand-ups ever: Louis C.K. headlines tonight at Carolines
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:
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] [$] 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm ($38.25 or $43.75, and 2-drink min.): He’s one of the most hilarious stand-ups and storytellers alive; creator of HBO’s first family sitcom, Lucky Louie; regular on David Letterman and Conan O’Brien (in fact, he was one of Conan’s original staff writers); performed three stand-up comedy specials for HBO (the most recent being Shameless) and a Comedy Central Presents half-hour special; he won an Emmy Award for his work on HBO’s The Chris Rock Show, and he co-wrote the Chris Rock feature film I Think I Love My Wife; he both wrote and directed the cult feature film Pootie Tang; and he’s headlining tonight at Carolines: Louis C.K.
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:00 pm ($19.33 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): Hot female stand-ups including Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Elvira Kurt telling jokes topless to raise funds for combating breast cancer at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Generosi-titties!
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Brilliant singer/songwriter/stand-up Jessica Delfino, Roger Hailes, Sheng Wang, Louie Katz, Neal Stasny, and Jeff Wesselschmidt performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: Wonderful stand-up John Mulaney (Conan O’Brien, staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Wil Sylvince, Mark Normand, Neil Charles, Dan Curry, and Fariaz Rabbani performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan), hosted by red-hot rising star Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; winner of the 2010 ECNY Award for Best Stand-Up): Comedy Night
[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Becky Yamamoto, Brent Sullivan, Billy Wayne Davis, and Jay Bois performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[FREE] 10:00 pm: Karith Foster, M. Dickson, and Scott Ryan performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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March 13, 2010
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Chris Hardwick headlines tonight 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:
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Superb stand-ups Leo Allen (SNL, Conan O’Brien, HBO, host of Whiplash), Chelsea White (wowed the entire comedy community with her wonderful videos at Monday’s ECNY Awards), Abbi Crutchfield, Lee Camp, Louis Katz, Scott Moran, and Barry Rothbart performing in Ochi’s Lounge at host Sean Donnelly’s Lil’ Seany Boy
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($10): Charming comedy duo Christina Casa and Kassi Dougherty performing as a country music group from the 70s (for sample videos, please click here) along with comedy guests at The ‘Drelles: Prime Time Variety Hour
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.78 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): The host of G4’s Web Soup, and a star duo pretending to be an acoustic Christian folk rock group, headlining tonight at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Chris Hardwick and God’s Pottery
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A “heart-stopping, pants-dropping, house-rocking, earth-shaking, booty-quaking, love-making show,” with sketches inspired by The Boss from Murderfist, The Upset Triangle, Free Love Forum, and The Fool Hardy Manor:” The Bruce Springsteen Show: Boss-Inspired Sketch Comedy
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): One of the gutsiest and most hilarious troupes in comedy history—and which recently won the Cage Match Championship for two years in a row!—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 as comedy trio Trike
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($10): Hilarious sketch duo Chris O’Neill and Paul Valenti describe themselves as “vaudeville gold for a 2009 crowd.” Whatever. They’re funny. Especially the bit with the nose. Come catch their latest material tonight at The Chris and Paul Show Presents: Vaudevillian
[TOP PICK] 12:00 am ($5): One of the most fascinating performers in comedy finally hosting his own extravaganza—which goes beyond a stage show to have the makings of a hit MTV series—with guests including Shannon O’Neill, Bethany Hall, Vincent Milosevich, Michael Kayne, Don Fanelli, the Kung Fu Monkeys…and maybe Sean “Diddy” Combs: The Chris Gethard Show
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March 12, 2010
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Hilarious Boston-based improvisors Neil Reynolds and Matt Tucker portray "two of America's angriest founders: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr" in Code Duello
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 ($5): “Jon Bander has always believed himself great at something. These are the moments where he found out what that something wasn’t. A one-show about being comfortable in your own skin by a guy who, despite glaring flaws, has always loved himself:” Delusions of Bander
[TOP PICK] [DISCOUNTED] 7:00 pm ($6.50 online with code ENCORE): Razor-sharp, adorable, irresistible comedic storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko) spins yarns about her childhood in her one-woman show that’s earned this final encore performance: Vodka Shoes
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Wearing wigs and waistcoats, extraordinarily quick-witted improvisors Neil Reynolds and Matt Tucker portray “two of America’s angriest founders: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr” and the events leading up to their historic duel—while crafting deliciously silly scenes. For example, when the duo performed during the magical Del Close Improv Marathon in 2007, Burr proposed a law declaring US land as “international waters” so he’d have more freedom to sleep with married women. When Hamilton thwarted him, the villain seceded and declared his body his own country, “the United State of Burr.” These Boston-based improvisors are among the sharpest in the country, and it’s thrilling that they’re gracing NYC for this one night only with their unique themed improv. Expect something quite special at Code Duello: Hamilton & Burr
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.78 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): The host of G4’s Web Soup, and a star duo pretending to be an acoustic Christian folk rock group, headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Chris Hardwick and God’s Pottery
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): NYC stand-ups performing in Ochi’s Lounge at a gay-themed show hosted by the lovely Jenny Rubin: The Back Room
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
9:30 pm ($10): Improv duo Lucas Kavner and Bradford Jordan following up winning the recent SketchProv Tournament with this PIT run, and veteran improv duo formerly known as Project:Projekt, in the double-bill Swords and The Nathan & Joe Show
10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Top UCBT talents—tonight featuring Nate Lang, Kate McKinnon, Ben Rodgers, Nick Ross, Mike Still, and Andrée Vermeulen as the performers, and Adam Conover, John Frusciante, Kevin Hines, Anthony King, Craig Rowin, Jim Santangeli, Nate Smith, Gavin Speiller, Erik Tanouye, Caitlin Tegart, and Greg Tuculescu as the writers—creating a one-night-only sketch comedy show directed by comedy genius Gavin Speiller, with musical guest Thin Skin Jonny: Beneath Gristedes
11:00 pm ($5): A fun improv show that makes up scenes based on the contents of an audience member’s wallet: Gimme the Loot!
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 12:20ish am: My favorite open-mic stand-up show, where odd things involving drunk audience members tend to happen at it heads towards 2:00 am, hosted by brilliant & lightning-quick Pete Holmes (one of the very best stand-ups in the country; Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker, host of Punch Up Your Life): Gutbucket
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