Best New York Comedy

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YouTube & Mad TV star Anjelah Johnson headlines tonight at the Comix 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 ($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[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously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

7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): NYC stand-ups Jared Logan, Charles Star, Julia Segal, Mike Ennis, Neal Stastny, and Dave McDonough performing in Ochi’s Lounge at Lil’ Seany Boy

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($24.78 online with code VIPMAY, plus 2-drink min.) A YouTube star & Mad TV star headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Anjelah Johnson

8:00 pm ($5): Will Nunziata and Jerry Miller performing a two-man sketch show designed as a love letter to the dystopian films of the 70s, 80s, and 90s:” Dystopia Gardens

[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 ($49 & 2-drink min.) A TV and movie star who first earned fame on Chappelle’s Show headlining through Sunday at Carolines: Charlie Murphy

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): One of the gutsiest and most hilarious troupes in comedy history—and the Cage Match Champion 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): A “heart-stopping, pants-dropping, house-rocking, earth-shaking, booty-quaking, love-making show,” with sketches inspired by The Boss from Leo Allen, Seth Herzog, Dan St. Germain, BOF, The Upset Triangle, Rue Brutalia, and Escape Pod Films:” The Bruce Springsteen Show: Boss-Inspired Sketch Comedy

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 10:30 pm ($15 both online and at the door using discount codePISANO, otherwise $20): A Chicago-based troupe that’s wowed audiences around the world with their skill at creating a completely improvised hour-long musical. The plot and characters, the musical accompaniment; even the song lyrics and the “choreography” are made up on the spot, with no pre-planned structure. Come see why BWC won a FringeNYC Award last August for Outstanding Unique Theatrical Event at the magical Baby Wants Candy

[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 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

Midnight ($5): Young comics exploring religion at the debut of World F.I.R.E Teen Ministries Lock-In

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