March 11, 2010
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Jason Mantzoukas and Ed Herbstman demonstrate they're one of the finest improv duos alive in a rare performance as The Mantzoukas Brothers
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 ($15): Top comics and comedic storytellers—who tonight are master sketch comic Kurt Braunohler (Comedy Central; co-creator & co-star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets), brilliant stand-up Claudia Cogan (MTV, Logo, Sirius Radio, Time Out New York’s “Best Joke of the Year”), Sara Barron (acclaimed storyteller; one-woman show People are Unappealing), and Hedda Lettuce (acclaimed drag queen comic)—joining brilliant sketch comic and storyteller Kevin Allison (The State) to share tales on tonight’s theme “Unique: I’m Not Like Most People” at one of the finest storytelling shows in the country…and which just won the 2010 ECNY Aware for Best Variety Show: Risk!
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm ($19.33 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): One of my all-time favorite stand-up comics, the lightning-fast & thoroughly hilarious Pete Holmes (Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker, host of hit shows Punch Up Your Life and Gutbucket) and superb stand-up Joe DeRosa (HBO, Comedy Central Presents, Carson Daly) headlining at the elegant Comix Club for one night only: Pete Holmes and Joe DeRosa
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Comedy giant Dave Hill (one of the most original and hilariously sharp alternative comics in the country; HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, star of The King of Miami, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Salon, The Dave Hill Explosion) performs an hour-long charming and hilarious series of tales about a musical tour overseas—including an unforgettable bit about Japanese toilets—in Dave Hill: Big in Japan
8:00 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces,” and veteran improvisors play with “elements of monoscene, deconstruction, and La Ronde,” in the double-bill The Deconstruction and Sleepover
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:00 pm ($12): Brilliant rising star comedic singer/songwriter Adira Amram, plus stand-up comics Rob Cantrell, Sheng Wang, Craig Baldo, Lisa DeLarios, and “a surprise guest” performing at Comedy Below Canal
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 9:30 pm (only $2 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): A blowout show at a super-bargain price, featuring four of the sharpest and funniest stand-ups in the country performing for a podcast at the elegant Comix Club for one night only: Ted Alexandro, Sean Patton, Kumail Nanjiani, and Joe DeRosa
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Three top-notch NYC sketch troupes—BoF (the lovely Mamrie Hart and Stephen Soroka), Murderfist (winner of the 2010 ECNY Awards for Best Sketch Troupe), and Andrea Rosen (ace stand-up comic who apparently is going to offer some surprises tonight)—each performing one of their most popular bits and one of their personal favorites in what’s likely to be a way fun sketch revue, hosted by James Eason & Aaron Kheifets: A-Side/B-Side
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5; reservations recommended by calling 212.244.8824): Genius improvisors Jason Mantzoukas (We Used to Go Out, Mother; feature films Baby Mama, Splinterheads, I Hate Valentine’s Day) and Ed Herbstman (HBO; co-founder of the Magnet Theater) demonstrating they’re one of the finest improv duos ever with their extraordinary quick wit, artful grace, and breathtaking skill.Take advantage of this one-night-only opportunity to see these comedy stars shine in an intimate setting as The Mantzoukas Brothers
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Vibrant improv troupes The Brothers Hines (on a glorious streak with five wins in a row) and MADCAR compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
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Posted by hybender
March 10, 2010
For the best of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show, please click here.
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Genius comics Scott Adsit (above) and Christina Gausas perform breathtaking & hilarious relationship improv tonight at Adsit & Gausas
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): What’s likely to be a world-class sketch show from critically acclaimed Chicago-based veteran comics Jordan Klepper and Steve Waltien in a rare NYC performance: Steve and Jordan Are Standing In It
[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.): Top writers and comedians joining world-class storyteller Adam Wade (two-time Moth GrandSlam Storytelling Champion (2006 & 2009) and record-breaking 15-time StorySlam Champion; The New York Times Magazine; host of hilarious monthly storytelling extravaganza The Adam Wade Show; for Adam’s award-winning tale of being an NBC page on Conan O’Brien, please click here) in Ochi’s Lounge to share their favorite real-life campus anecdotes at True Tales of College
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): An all-white musical about fast food that claims to “give new life to the most popular songs of Tupac Shakur. Join us for a romp through all the themes held most dear to Tupac’s heart: economic oppression, dreams deferred, and mall food courts;” and superb sketch troupe Pangea 3000 performs material better than its show’s title indicates, in the double-bill 2Pac: The Musical and Pangea 3000 Sucks
[FREE] 8:00: NYC stand-ups Eric Kirchberger, Kristeen Von Hagen, Mike Lawrence, Jay Sullivan, Hanna Cohen, and Joe Pontillo performing at this free weekly show hosted by Sharon Spell: Shrink
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm: Superb comics Sean Patton, John Mulaney, Myq Kaplan, Micah Sherman, Jack Kudoka, and Gabe Delahaye 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] 9:30 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 9, 2010
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Star stand-up Eugene Mirman performs 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:
7:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Hilary Schwartz and Rachael Parenta hosting an intriguing show at Ochi’s Lounge described as “emotionally inappropriate comedy:” Please, Someone Kill Me
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Zane Grant (IDW’s We Will Bury You) and Grace Randolph (Marvel’s HER-oes, Nation X) 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 Catie Lazarus, Brendan Fitzgibbons, Kwame Robertson, Ryan Hamilton, and Danny Lobell 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 DeCoster, Ragnaröck, Badman, The Law Firm, and powerhouse troupe The Stepfathers 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: Superb stand-ups Kumail Nanjiani, Amy Schumer, Dan St. Germain, Nick Thune, and Gabe Liedman performing at the Housingworks Bookstore Cafe for a free weekly show guest-hosted tonight by Roger Hailes: 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): Comedy stars Eugene Mirman, Nick Thune, Johnny Roberts, and Joe Mande 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
9:30 pm ($5): The debut of a one-man autobiographical show about an addiction to phone sex and thrills: No Phone Sex
[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 8, 2010
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NYC comedy's biggest awards show of the year happens tonight: The 2010 ECNY Awards
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 ($5): Adam Wade (two-time Moth GrandSlam Storytelling Champion (2006 & 2009) and record-breaking 15-time StorySlam Champion; The New York Times Magazine; host of Real Tales of College; for Adam’s award-winning tale of being an NBC page on Conan O’Brien, please click here) his monthly show at Under St. Marks that’s likely to be a treat, with guest storyteller Andy Chrisie (The New York Times; host of The Liar Show): The Adam Wade from New Hampshire Show: Tales of Life, Love, and Little League
[FREE] 7:30 pm: NYC stand-ups Adrienne Iapalucci, Christian Polanco, Dan Soder, Yamaneika Sanders, and Chaunte Wayans performing at a free weekly show in the Manchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson: Case of the Mondays Comedy
[MEGA-TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm ($7.44 online using code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item min.): One of the finest comedy events of the year, when virtually the entire downtown NYC comedy community comes together in one room—at the elegant Comix Comedy Club—to celebrate each other, New York, and the best comedy in the world: The 2010 ECNY Awards
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): A blowout lineup, with TV & movie star Kristen Schaal (lovely, brilliant, breathtakingly talented writer/actress/comic; shining star correspondent on The Daily Show; co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords; Comedy Central Presents half-hour special; AMC’s Mad Men; feature film Cirque du Freak (with Salma Hayek); Todd Barry (one of the finest stand-up in the biz; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Adult Swim, The Wrestler), Joe DeRosa (Comedy Central Presents, Carson Daly), Joe Mande (Comedy Central, VH1; co-host of Totally J/K; author of Look at This F*cking Hipster), and Nick Thune (Comedy Central Presents, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon) performing in the Lolita Bar at Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends
8:00 pm ($5): Two of UCBT’s finest house sketch comedy troupes, Stone Cold Fox and Gorilla Gorilla, trying out new bits at Maude Night
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Comedy dynamo Shannon O’Neill performing her extravaganza about an annual talent show in “Charlie Sheen Prison, the only talent show starring the criminally retarded and insane,” directed by the wonderful Will Hines; 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 Prison Freaks: A Talent Show and This is About Smith
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest comics in the country—tonight including LA stand-ups Kyle Kinane and Nick Thune—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 7, 2010
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Today at 1:00 pm is the last chance to catch the delightful Leslie Goshko perform her one-woman show Vodka Shoes
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] 1:00 pm ($10): Razor-sharp, adorable, irresistible comedic storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko) spinning yarns about her childhood in this final performance of her one-woman show that Backstage says demonstrates “a wicked wit and endearing grace:” Vodka Shoes
[TOP PICK] 2:30 pm ($16): Superb storyteller Martin Dockery (The Moth, The Liar Show; acclaimed as “fantastic” by The New York Times) concluding his one-man show about LSD—or, as Martin describes it, “A comic monologue about peddling chemical truths:” The Bike Trip
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 6:30 pm doors, 8:00 pm Oscars: Watch the 2010 Academy Awards for free at the elegant Comix Comedy Club. Hosted by the luminous Kambri Crews, the evening will feature big flat screen TVs showing the Oscars; ballots for sale with chances to win lots of prize packages given out during commercial breaks; discounted food and drinks; and probably some lively comedic commentary. Please RSVP kcrews@comixny.com with your name and number of people in your party to attend the 2010 Oscars at Comix
[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 ($29 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, headlining at Carolines: Jim Jefferies
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Leo Allen (brilliant stand-up and writer; SNL, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central, host of top comedy show Whiplash), Carolyn Castiglia (hilarious stand-up and white rapper; VH1, ECNY nominee), Dan St. Germain (razor-sharp and enormously likeable stand-up worth keeping an eye on), Nick Cobb, Ryan McKee, and Nick Vatterott 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: A weekly comedy show at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) hosted by red-hot rising stand-up star Hannibal Buress (who should get in the habit of announcing lineups, but otherwise is wonderful): Comedy Night
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Posted by hybender
March 6, 2010
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Tonight Wyatt Cenac headlines at Comix, and Cyndi Freeman tells amazing tales at The Liar Show
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] 6:00 pm ($15 including one drink; reservations via calling Cornelia Street Cafe at 212.989.9319 highly recommended): Four world-class writer/performers tell personal stories. Three of them are true…but one is a pack of lies. Then the audience asks questions to try to figure out who’s fibbing. Tonight’s yarn-spinners are stellar storyteller & burlesque star Cyndi Freeman (HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, The Moth, award-winning one-woman show Greetings From Hollywood), Brad Lawrence (FringeNYC 2008 one-man show Monsters in the Wood…and Cyndi’s fella), Daniella Schiller (Moth GrandSlam finalist), and Carter Edwards joining wonderful host Andy Christie (The New York Times, Moth GrandSlam Champion) at The Liar Show
7:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Sharp NY stand-ups Ritch Duncan (author of The Werewolves’ Guide to Life), Erik Bergstrom (author of Grimmer Tales), Pat Stango & Blaine Perry, Phoebe Robinson, Michael Terry, Phil Murphy, Andy Haynes, and “a very special headliner” performing in Ochi’s Lounge at Sean Donnelly’s Lil’ Seany Boy
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($31.25 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: Jim Jefferies
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.78 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): A charismatic correspondent for The Daily Show on his way to stardom headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Wyatt Cenac
8:00 pm ($10): In this unique monthly show, stand-up comics perform in the buff. A reviewer from The Boston Globe observed, “The dynamic of nude comedian and clothed audience added an extra dimension to self-deprecating material.” For a New York Magazine review, please click here; or simply come see for yourself The Naked Comedy Showcase
[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
12:00 am ($5): Andy Rocco’s extravaganza of sketch comedy, music, dancing, free t-shirts, and special guests—who tonight include MC Chris, Jake Fogelnest, and Ed Larson: The Hipster Show
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Posted by hybender
March 5, 2010
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Jim Jefferies continues his headlining run through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club
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
7:00 pm ($5): Disarmingly charming comedy duo Mamrie Hart and Stephen Soroka performing silly skits and—most memorably—tackling the news on the fly based on audience requests: BoF in This Old Thing
7:30 pm ($10): Superb musical duo Stuckey & Murray and stellar storyteller Margot Leitman join raunchy comedic singer/songwriter Cock Lorge and his band performing at his monthly show at Pianos: Thank Cock It’s Friday
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Razor-sharp, adorable, irresistible comedic storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko) spins yarns about her childhood in her one-woman show Vodka Shoes
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($31.25 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: Jim Jefferies
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.78 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): A charismatic correspondent for The Daily Show on his way to stardom headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Wyatt Cenac
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): 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; and Deborah Gross recreates absurd and amusing conversations she’s experienced through her sharp storyteller’s perspective, in the double-bill Mace Bacon: The Worst Guy Ever and Conversations with Deb
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Ace sketch comic & storyteller Kevin Allison (MTV’s The State, host of top storytelling show Risk!), and superb stand-ups Brooke Van Poppelen (ECNY nominee for Best Stand-Up; Carolines, Comix; Maxim Radio, Cosmo Radio, Chicago Public Radio; popular blogs NYisretarded.blogspot.com and RockBottom; for stand-up videos about overindulging at 30 and impersonating Morrisey, please click here and here), Nate Bargatze (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central), Rob O’Reilly (Jay Leno, Comedy Central), and Rob Gorden (host of SpikeTV’s Geek Ray Vision) performing at Brooklyn’s Coco 66 for hosts Nick Turner’s & Jason Saenz’s Too Cool for School
8:00 pm ($10): “A cabaret of darkly funny songs and topical sketch comedy about culture and politics,” following sold out shows at Joe’s Pub: Political Subversities
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):A comedic freestyle rap contest featuring some of the funniest & sharpest comics in NYC—Ray Devito, Margot Leitman, Jessie Richardson, Jason Saenz, and Jim Santangeli—plus a volunteer from the audience!, hosted by genius comedic musical performers Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan (Freestyle Love Supreme), and red-hot rising star and stellar BEATdown substitute host Baron Vaughn (while Eliza Skinner is in LA), all at The BEATdown
11:00 ($5): Improvised one-act plays by four experienced improvisors relatively new to NYC: superb Austin comedic actress Lee Eddy, Ben Sterling (Start Trekkin’), Caitlin Sweet (Topanga), and Jeremy Lamb (Out of Bounds Comedy Festival): The Hypotheticals
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!
[FREE] 12:20ish am: A free opportunity for you to perform sketch on the UCBT stage at Liquid Courage
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Posted by hybender
March 4, 2010
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Star Australian stand-up Jim Jefferies headlines tonight through Sunday 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 $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($29 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: Jim Jefferies
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): An entirely improvised hour from the staff of one of the best-crafted comedy shows on TV: The Colbert Report Writers
8:00 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces,” and veteran improvisors play with “elements of monoscene, deconstruction, and La Ronde,” in the double-bill The Deconstruction and Sleepover
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:00 pm ($12): Star stand-ups Kristen Schaal (one of the funniest women alive, and amazingly still getting better and better), Hannibal Buress (red-hot rising star; staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Scott Moran, Wayne Federman, and Hari Kondabolu performing at Comedy Below Canal
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Razor-sharp, adorable, irresistible comedic storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko) spins yarns about her childhood in her one-woman show Vodka Shoes
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 9:30 pm ($12.89 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): Kumail Nanjiani (red-hot hilarious stand-up and writer; David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, writer/performer for Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues) and Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central, NBC) headlining along with host Jared Logan at the elegant Comix Club for one night only: Kumail Nanjiani and Kyle Kinane
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Wonderful comics Todd Barry and Kurt Braunohler, plus musical guests Supercute, join the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of Variety SHAC
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Two vibrant improv troupes—The Brothers Hines and Scootch—compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
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March 3, 2010
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Todd Barry experiments with telling dirty jokes while Rich Vos goes wholesome at Comix's The Squeaky Dirty, Filthy Clean Show
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
7:00 pm ($5): Brent Sullivan performing his one-man show about extreme homophobia in Fag Life: A Conversation with Fred Phelps
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): The delightful Andrée Vermeulen performing a one-woman show in which she applies for “The Greatest French Person in the World Award” only to discover a terrible family secret involving waffles—and while performance trumps material here, Andrée is a fresh young talent worth discovering (for a memorable show highlight, shot with Andrée’s real-life boyfriend Thomas Middleditch, please click here); plus real-life married couple James Eason & Jessica Allen, who are both superb veteran improvisors, stretching themselves with this new scripted sketch show directed by Rachel Hamilton, in the double-bill French Toast and D-Bags, A-Holes & Lovers
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7; or save a buck and avoid a sell-out by buying in advance online): Lightning-fast & thoroughly hilarious Pete Holmes (one of the very best stand-ups in the country; Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker, host of hit shows Punch Up Your Life and Gutbucket), plus superb stand-ups Rachel Feinstein, Jon Friedman, Seth Herzog, and Baratunde Thurston, at Dan Allen’s & Ray Devito’s popular showcase ¡Sacapuntas!
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm ($12.89 online using code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item min.): A mix of clean and blue stand-ups—who might opt to switch places—tonight including stellar comics Todd Barry, Rich Vos, Bonnie Franklin, Myq Kaplan, and host Bryan Kennedy: The Squeaky Dirty, Filthy Clean Show
[FREE] 8:00: NYC stand-ups Rachael Parenta, Jay Bois, Dave Konig, Dan Hirshon, Garry Hannon, and Carrie Gravenson performing at this free weekly show hosted by Sharon Spell: Shrink
[FREE] 8:30 pm: Hannibal Buress (red-hot rising star; staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Joe Mande (Comedy Central, Look At This F**king Hipster), Frank Lesser (writer for The Colbert Report), Jared Logan (Comedy Central), and “a special guest” 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] 9:30 pm ($5): Comedy geniuses Gavin Speiller (Death by Roo Roo, Rogue Elephant), Ben Rodgers (Reuben Williams, co-host of Cage Match), and Jon Gabrus (Conan O’Brien, Best Week Ever, The Nights of Our Lives) comprise one of the most hilarious improv trios in NYC, and they’ll demonstrate that tonight as troupe Outlook of the Poet; plus genius Death by Roo Roo improvisors Neil Casey & Anthony Atamanuik will create an epic film on the spot at The Two-Man Movie
[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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March 2, 2010
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Lectures on such topics as "Why You Want a Monkey" for tonight's theme "Animal Minds, Animal Bodies" at Adult Education
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): Witty writers offering delightfully silly lectures about “Animal Minds, Animal Bodies” (e.g., Why You Want a Monkey: The Psychology of Primates Owning Primates) at Charles Star’s Brooklyn comedic show Adult Education
[FREE] 8:00 pm ($5): World-class stand-up star Ted Alexandro, superb sketch troupes Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting and Murderfist, and stand-up Mark Normand performing at the debut of this hot new comedy show at Pianos hosted by host Ben Kissel: Piñata
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Stand-up Mike Drucker (SNL, The Onion) and comics creator Bob Fingerman (From the Ashes) 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: DJ Hazard (American Misfits), Lee Camp (Comedy Central, The Onion), Matt Ruby (Hot Soup, We’re All Friends Here), and Del (Jamie Foxx’s Laffapalooza) 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, Badman, Bastian, The Law Firm, and Robber Baron, followed at 11:00 pm by a show revolving around improvised scenes taking place in the same location, all at Harold Night
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): Streeter Seidel, Craig Baldo, Sean O’Connor, and DJ Mr. Blue performing at The Slipper Room for the LES weekly show hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog (Jimmy Fallon, VH1): Sweet
[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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