Best New York Comedy

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Mike Birbiglia and Daniel Kitson are among the more mature comedy stars at tonight's Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival...

...while Chris Gethard hosts one of the events of the year at UCBT's Second Annual Paintball Punishment Comedy Challenge

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] 5:30 pm & 7:30 pm & 8:30 pm ($10): Both NYC and international comedy stars performing at this third night of the spectacular Brooklyn extravaganza The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm & 10:00 on ($26.95 online with discount code PLAYBILL, plus 2-item minimum): An Irish comedy star who’s performed on David Letterman, and has two platinum-selling comedy DVDs (Cracked: Live at Vicar Street and Loose) headlining tonight at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Tommy Tiernan

[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously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

8:00 pm ($10): John Flynn (superb comedic storyteller) and other delightful comics paying homage in this one-night-only event to rock band Guns N’ Roses at The Downtown Superstar Ten Minute Hour

[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

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 pm ($10): Fun sketch duo Chris O’Neill and Paul Valenti describe themselves as “vaudeville gold for a 2010 crowd.” Whatever. They’re funny. Especially the bit with the nose. Come catch their latest material tonight at The Chris and Paul Show

[MEGA-TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): One of my most cherished comedy memories ever (which at the debut last year ended with producer/host Chris Gethard cheerily asking a battered Anthony King “See you next year, right?” and Anthony silently shaking his head…) springs back tonight for Round 2 at a very funny and somewhat scary event—top improvisors, including once again brilliant UCBT Artistic Director Anthony King, being challenged to tell jokes made up the spot and, if they fail to entertain, being savagely pummeled with paintballs: The Second Annual Paintball Punishment Comedy Challenge

[$] 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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