Best New York Comedy

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Star stand-up Jake Johannsen concludes his NYC headlining run tonight at the Gotham 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] [FREE] 2:00 pm: Ophira Eisenberg (sharp stand-up and brilliant storyteller; Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime), Carolyn Castiglia (Last Comic Standing, VH1’s white rapper MIss CKC), Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien), Esther Ku, Rob O’Reilly, and Marianne Schaberg performing for a free outdoor show at Tompkins Square Park: Laughter in the Park

[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 ($26.75 & 2-drink min.): A 10-year veteran cast member of Mad TV, and performer on numerous other top TV shows, headlining at Carolines: Michael McDonald

[FREE] 8:00 pm: James Adomian (Last Comic Standing finalist), Ali Wong (comedy dynamo; MTV, VH1), Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien), Jason Good, Damien Lemon, and Julia Segal performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm ($20 & 2-drink min.) A comedy icon who’s performed on David Lettermanover 40 times and The Tonight Show over 10 times, and did the acclaimed HBO comedy specialThis’ll Take About An Hour and current Showtime special I Love You, headlining at the Gotham Comedy Club: Jake Johannsen

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: Stand-up star Ted Alexandro, plus Mike Lawrence, Jessimae Peluso, TuRae, and Jeffrey Joseph performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) hosted by the wonderful Hannibal Buress: Comedy Night

[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Jared Logan, Greg Johnson, and Dan Soder, and sketch troupe The Jerk Practice, 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: Ali Wong (comedy dynamo; MTV, VH1), Brian Barry (Broadway revival of Pal Joey), Shawn Hollenbach (Here TV’s Hot Gay Comics), and Lexi Cullen Baker performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy guest-hosted tonight by Adam Sank: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour

For videos of Last Comic Standing star Natasha Leggero, click here.

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.