Best New York Comedy

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Jennifer Coolidge, an improvisor & film star best known as Stifler's mom, performs stand-up tonight and Monday 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] 7:30 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] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm ($24.78 online if you use code VIPJULY, plus 2-item minimum): An improvisor/actress best known as Stifler’s mom in the American Pie movies and a variety of oddball characters in Christopher Guest’s mockumentary films—and who once candidly observed “I like going back and doing a sequel; it’s the only chance to really ask for some money”—will now be demonstrating her stand-up chops headlining tonight and Monday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Jennifer Coolidge

[FREE] 8:00 pm: Comedic singer/songwriter Ben Lerman (debut album Size Matters), plus Hari Kondabolu (Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel), Nate Bargatze (Conan O’Brien), Charlie Kasov, John Szeluga, and Morgan Venticinque performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of CupsEast Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up

[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Mike Drucker, Nore Davis, Louis Katz, James Smith, and Seaton Smith performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) hosted by the wonderfulHannibal Buress: Comedy Night

[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups (not yet announced) performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 10:00 pm ($15 online using discount code IMPROV): Chicago-based TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi are widely considered among the finest long-form improvisors alive. Just by feeling their way through moment by moment, they create one-hour tales that most authors couldn’t match with months of labored writing. Tonight is the second of their four-evening run—through this Monday—at The Barrow Street Theatre: TJ & Dave

[FREE] 10:00 pm: Yamaneika (BET, TruTV), Chris Doucette (Here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics), and M. Dickson performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour

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