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Star comic Michael Ian Black headlines tonight and Saturday at the elegant 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:
7:00 pm ($10): An NYC improv troupe, headed by Duncan Murdoch, making up scenes following not only an audience suggestion but the riffs of an instrumental jazz quartet: FACE
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($10): Brilliant improvisor Thomas Middleditch (Improvised Shakespeare Company, Baby Wants Candy, The Law Firm) and Matt Oberg (Big Black Car) team up for one night only as improv duo Bergditch 2010
[MEGA-TOP PICK] 7:30 pm-10:30 pm ($12): Five top improv troupes—Code Duello (Boston), The Stepfathers (UCBT-NY), Cook County Social Club (Chicago), Badman (UCBT-NY), and The Jon & Eddie Show (LA)—try hard to make you laugh for a prize of $10,000 (!) in this first annual contest sponsored by the Friars Club: The Friars Club Improv Competition
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($33.48 online if you use code VIPJUNE, plus 2-item minimum): Unforgettably hilarious co-star of NBC’s Ed, member of legendary sketch troupe & seminal MTV series The State, co-star of Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues, and much more headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Michael Ian Black
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now
[FREE] 8:00: Streeter Seidell, James Adomian, Team Submarine, and Lisa Delarios performing stand-up at O’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue), hosted by Matt Ruby: Hot Soup
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm ($25 plus 2-drink minimum): An exceptionally organic and personable stand-up who’s peformed on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, The View, and two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials headlining tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club: Ted Alexandro
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Terrific NYC stand-ups Carolyn Castiglia, Katina Corrao, Jenny Rubin, Leah Dubie, Adrienne Iappalucci, Danny Leary, and Naomi Eckperigen celebrating a special event in Ochi’s Lounge at a gay-themed show hosted by Paul Case: The Back Room: Happy 30th Birthday, Paul Case
[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
10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): Thomas Middleditch, Jonathan Gabrus, Sue Galloway, and other superb improvisors make up scenes about an audience member’s legal dispute at The Law Firm: Law & Disorder
11:30 pm ($5): Five women performing an improvised, and possibly tipsy, parody of The View atFocus
Midnight ($5): Sketch comedy troupes Inside Joke Films and Mike Duffy compete for audience laughs and votes in Backyard Brawl
[$] 12:30 am ($31.25 & 2-drink min.) A provocative comedy star who’s written for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Saturday Night Live, and performed on Chappelle’s Show and David Letterman, headlining through Sunday at Carolines: Paul Mooney
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