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Amy Schumer (above) performs tonight with Sean Patton, P.J. Miller, and more at It Is It!
Please note: UCBT is closed today so it can recover from this weekend’s magical non-stop 12th Annual Del Close Improv Marathon. For my coverage of DCM 12, please click here.
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[FREE] 6:00 pm: Kevin Allison (legendary MTV sketch series The State, HBO, Comedy Central, VH1, host of award-winning storytelling show Risk!) hosts this free open-mic show for storytellers, in which you can put your name in a hat for the chance to tell a five-minute true story…and if it’s a good one, possibly be included in Kevin’s popular podcasts on the Web: Risk! Storyslam
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:00 pm ($17.50 online with discount code NIFF): My #1 pick for the2007 FringeNYC Festival, this wonderful group of actresses/improvisors portray characters as if they were in a play, but improvise everything they say and do. The luminous performers include Katharine Heller, Brenna Palughi, Lynne Rosenberg, and Lauren Seikaly, each of whom is immensely appealing and quick-witted. Further, they have an intimate, lovely chemistry with each other; and they’ve all committed to baring their personal lives, thinly disguised via their characters (hence the title’s Naked). As a result, this is one of the most honest and nuanced improvised shows you’ll ever see. Check out some videos of previous episodes here; and then nab tickets for tonight’s ninth installment at the Soho Playhouse of what’s been extended to a 12-week Monday night run: Naked in a Fishbowl
[FREE] 7:30 pm: Ace storyteller John Flynn (UCBT’s The Nights of Our Lives), plus NYC stand-ups Mike Drucker (writer for SNL, Nintendo), Sabrina Jalees, Lance Weiss, and Vlad Caamano performing at a free weekly show in the Manchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson (Last Comic Standing): Case of the Mondays Comedy
7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): The perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours at the Luca Lounge (222 Avenue B off 14th Street)—at John Morrison’s Motel Luca
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Sean Patton (red-hot rising star; killer set on Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central, VH1), TV & movie star T.J. Miller (Cloverfield, Get Him to the Greek), Amy Schumer (Comedy Central Presents, Last Comic Standing, Jimmy Fallon), and Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central, AMC, Verizon FIOS guy, Front Page Films, comedy CD Come Clean) performing stand-up at a free weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Adam Lowitt (producer of The Daily Show) and Matt Goldich (Comedy Central, VH1): It Is It
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Christian Finnegan, Kurt Braunohler, Victor Varnado, Myka Fox, and more performing in the Lolita Bar—and celebrating host Liam McEneaney’s birthday!—at Tell Your Friends
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