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Star stand-ups Ted Alexandro (headlining at Gotham Comedy Club) and Michael Ian Black (headlining 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 $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] 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 Leslie Goshko (razor-sharp, adorable, irresistible comedic storyteller; Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko; one-woman show Vodka Shoes), Steve Zimmer (Moth GrandSlam Champion), Tracy Rowland (Emmy Award winning editor/producer), and J. Keith Van Straaten (What’s My Line? Live) performing with host Andy Christie (The New York Times) at The Liar Show
7:30 pm-10:30 pm ($12): Five sketch troupes—including the world-class Harvard Sailing Team—try hard to make you laugh for a prize of $10,000 (!) in this first annual contest sponsored by the Friars Club…and while last night’s improv competition featured the worst stand-up I’ve ever witnessed host an event at UCBT, tonight’s host is the wonderful Jon Friedman: The Friars Club Sketch Comedy Competition
7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): NYC stand-ups Jared Logan, Streeter Seidell, Andy Haynes, and Matt Maragno performing in Ochi’s Lounge at Lil’ Seany Boy
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm & 11:45 pm ($25 plus 2-drink minimum): An exceptionally organic and personable stand-up who’s performed on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, The View, and two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials headlining tonight at the Gotham Comedy Club: Ted Alexandro
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($33.48 online if you use code VIPJUNE, plus 2-item minimum): Unforgettably hilarious co-star of NBC’s Ed, member of legendary sketch troupe & seminal MTV series The State, co-star of Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues, and much more headlining tonight at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Michael Ian Black
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 11:00 pm ($37.50 online or at the box office using discount code ALIEN): Sharp comics and 80 Henson puppets collaborating on a show that’s partly scripted and partly improvised: Stuffed and Unstrung
9:30 pm ($10): “A cabaret of darkly funny songs and topical sketch comedy about culture and politics,” following sold out shows at Joe’s Pub: Political Subversities
[TOP PICK] [$] 10:00 pm ($15): Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 10:00 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] 10:30 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
Midnight ($5): A comedic recreation of one of the seminal events of the last 1970s, performed by such UCBT stars as John Gemberling and Gil Ozeri: The Last Night at Studio 54
[$] 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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