Best New York Comedy

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Amy Schumer headlines for one final night 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] 7:00 pm ($8): Comics and actors bring never-before-seen video clips from their past performances that are so embarrassing, they’re hilarious—especially after everyone on stage gets through making fun of them. Hosted by Joe Matarese, it’s Rip my Clip

[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball

[$] 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm ($35 & 2-drink min.)  A TV & film star whose credits include Beauty Shopwith Queen Latifah and Bulworth; hosting BET’s Hollah! and Comic View; and appearing on ABC’sThe View, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and Politically Incorrect, and Showtime’s Laffapalooza, headlining through Sunday at Carolines: Sheryl Underwood

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm & 11:45 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A stand-up who co-hosts FUSE’s A Different Spin; has performed on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, NBC’s 30 Rock, Jimmy Fallen, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show; and has interviewed such celebs as Sarah Silverman (to watch, please clickhere), headlining one final night at the Gotham Comedy Club: Amy Schumer

[FREE] 8:00 pm: Calise Hawkins (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), Tom Sibley, and Jonathan Powley performing stand-up and then getting interviewed about their personal lives at Matt Ruby’s and Mark Normand’s “comedy chat show with boundary issues” at The Creek in Queens’ Long Island City: We’re All Friends Here

[$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm pm ($24.78 online if you use code PLAYBILL, plus 2-item minimum): Host of the Discover Channel’s Proof, co-host of The Radio Chick, and a comedic commentator on such shows as VH1’s Best Week Ever headlining for one night only at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Chuck Nice

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): One of the gutsiest and most hilarious troupes in comedy history—and the Cage Match Champion for two years in a row!—genius improvisors Death by Roo Roo

9:00 pm ($7): Organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track!

[TOP PICK] [$] 10:00 pm ($15): Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, fast-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience interaction and audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer

[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): An all-star improv troupe led by brilliant UCBT artistic director Anthony King: Reuben Williams

[$] [DISCOUNTED] 10:30 pm ($12.89 online if you use code PLAYBILL, plus 2-item minimum): A stand-up hailed for rapidfire wit, insults, and dirty material who’s a frequent guest on Opie & Anthony, Howard Stern, etc., performing tonight with like-minded friends at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Colin Kane

10:30 pm ($5): Vibrant improv from Nick Kanellis & Peter McNerney (Statues of Liberty) and Leslie Korein as comedy trio Trike

[TOP PICK] 11:00 ($8): NYC’s heavy metal version of a sketch troupe, which doesn’t always ht the mark but provides odd, unsettling, and fearless dark comedy—and won this year’s ECNY Award for Best Sketch Group: Murderfist: Late and Dirty

[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Comedy giant & talented musician Dave Hill, plus other cool musical guests, joining “opinionated audiophile John Frusciante hosting a revolving panel of music-loving comedians, writers, and musicians for a live monthly discussion about the state of music past and present, what you should and shouldn’t be listening to, and why KISS sucks so much. It is a guarantee that your favorite band will at some point be brought up, dissected, and either praised to the rafters or dismissed with the wave of a hand that knows how to properly handle vinyl:” Break Up Your Band

[TOP PICK] [$] Midnight ($22.50 & 2-drink min.) Some of the raunchiest shock comics in the biz—Adrienne Iapalucci, Kurt Metzger, Mike Vecchione, and headliner Jay Oakerson—performing stand-up through Sunday at Carolines: Jay Oakerson’s Dirty Minds

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