September 10, 2010
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Marina Squerciati delivers one of the best performances of the year in the FringeNYC Encore comedy "Just In Time: The Judy Holliday Story"...
...and rising star Amy Schumer headlines tonight and Saturday 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:
[FREE] 7:00 pm: Razor-sharp comedic singing duo Stuckey & Murray, stand-ups Emily Epstein, Elon James White, and Dave Lester, band The Summer Replacements, and more performing atOtto’s Shrunken Head (538 East 14th Street, between Avenues A and B) hosted by Eric Vetter: No Name and A Bag O’ Chips
7:00 pm ($8): Award-winning improv duo Lucas Kavner and Bradford Jordan make stuff up with “a celebrity guest improvisor’ at Swords
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): A delightful tale of heartbreak by Leslie Meisel —who manages the impressive feat of being adorable, sexy, and hilarious all at the same time, and is a sharp comedic talent very much worth keeping an eye on—quite ably abetted by co-writer Megan Neuringer in one of the smartest theatrical shows to grace UCBT this year: Love Can Suck a Dick…and So Can I …
…plus, as the second half of this double-bill, “pop culture obsessed Billy Eichner takes you on a fun-filled 30 minute journey through his twisted and topical celebrity-fueled world:” Billy Eichner Goes Pop!
[$] 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm ($35 & 2-drink min.) A TV & film star whose credits include Beauty Shopwith Queen Latifah and Bulworth; hosting BET’s Hollah! and Comic View; and appearing on ABC’sThe View, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and Politically Incorrect, and Showtime’s Laffapalooza, headlining through Sunday at Carolines: Sheryl Underwood
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 on ($19.33 online with discount code WONG, plus 2-item minimum): A petite comedy dynamo, this razor-sharp rising star will shock you and make you roar with laughter with a fearlessness that’s won her acclaim in San Francisco and, over the past year, a devoted following in NYC; don’t miss her headlining for one night only—along with performances from Hannibal Buress, Sheng Wang, and Kevin Camia—at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Ali Wong
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now
[FREE] 8:00: NYC stand-ups (who haven’t been announced) performing at O’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue), possibly hosted by Matt Ruby: Hot Soup
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A stand-up who co-hosts FUSE’s A Different Spin; has performed on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, NBC’s 30 Rock, Jimmy Fallen, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show; and has interviewed such celebs as Sarah Silverman (to watch, please clickhere), headlining tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club: Amy Schumer
[MEGA-TOP PICK] [$] 9:30 pm ($18): My pick for #1 show (out of 197) at this year’s spectacularFringeNYC 2010 was an award-winning comedy about comedy legend Judy Holliday featuring one of the best performances you’re likely to see anywhere this year. Please read my review by clickinghere; and don’t miss this second chance provided by the FringeNYC Encore Series to experience the delightful Just in Time: The Judy Holliday Story
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Always fresh and imaginative world-class sketch troupe that uses song, movement, and clever scenarios to turn familiar rituals on their head (for a video about awkward goodbyes at the end of a party, please click here) delivering a brand new collection of sketches titled Ms. Larsen’s Class: The Harvard Sailing Team
10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): Jonathan Gabrus, Sue Galloway, and other superb improvisors make up scenes about an audience member’s legal dispute at The Law Firm: Law & Disorder
11:15 ($5):Roman Rimer performs a one-man show about “inspirational and comedic true stories intertwining spirituality, sex, laws, identity, drug busts, discomfort, fear and discovery from a spontaneous road trip down South” in Evolution
[TOP PICK] [$] 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
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Stand-up comic Tom McCaffrey switches to a career as “a hip-hop superstar,” performing as TMC his “hip-hop/comedy rapsterpiece” Get Rich or Move Back in With my Dad, aided by such comedy greats as Carolyn Castiglia, Mara Herron, Joe Derosa, Rob Cantrell, Dan Curry, and Boris Khaykin: Joke Life
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Posted by hybender
September 9, 2010
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Big Jay Oakerson performs tonight both at Comix in "Funny in Philly" and at Carolines in "Dirty Minds"...
...and one of the very finest comedies of FringeNYC 2010 tonight begins a limited encore run: Faye Lane's Beauty Shop Stories
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, plus 2-item minimum): Stand-ups who got their start in Philly—comedy giant Jay Oakerson, Joe DeRosa (Chelsea Lately, Comedy Central), Mike Pomranz (writer for Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 and Atom.com), Keith Robinson (David Letterman, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Richie Redding, and host Helen Hong—performing for one night only at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: It’s Always Funny in Philadelphia
7:30 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces,” and veteran improvisors play with “elements of monoscene, deconstruction, and La Ronde,” in the double-bill The Deconstruction and Sleepover
[$] 7:30 pm ($32.75 & 2-drink min.) A TV & film star whose credits include Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah and Bulworth; hosting BET’s Hollah! and Comic View; and appearing on ABC’s The View, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and Politically Incorrect, and Showtime’s Laffapalooza, headlining through Sunday at Carolines: Sheryl Underwood
8:00 pm ($5): “Seemingly unrelated or meaningless episodes of multiple personalities, bizarre delusion, and general perversion, suggesting a deranged mind,” co-written and performed by Paul W. Downs; and young talents do a sketch show about cops, in the double-bill The Paul Downs Syndrome and The Sit Down and Shut Up NYPD Variety Hour
[MEGA-TOP PICK] [$] 9:30 pm ($18): One of the very best shows at FringeNYC 2010 was an award-winning comedy from NYC’s own Faye Lane, a luminous storyteller and singer who will charm your socks off—and possibly give you a moon pie to boot. Please read my review by clicking here; and don’t miss this second chance provided by the FringeNYC Encore Series to experience the hilarious and unforgettable Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Christian Finnegan (co-star of TBS’ Are We There Yet?; three Comedy Central specials; commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever; Chappelle’s Show, The Today Show) and Eliot Glazer (author of upcoming Web site & bookWhen My Parents Were Awesome) joining sensual hosts Margot Leitman (VH1, Spike TV) and Giulia Rozzi (MTV, VH1.com) in telling tales on tonight’s theme “Love Triangles”—plus comedic songs from Jen Kwok (NBC’s Stand-Up For Diversity)—at the best sexy storytelling comedy show in NYC: Stripped Stories
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:30 pm ($20 & 2-item minimum): Superb stand-ups Wyatt Cenac (correspondent forThe Daily Show), Joe DeRosa, Julian McCullough, Dean Edwards, Jamie Kilstein, and host Carmen Lynch performing at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Still Standing Up
[TOP PICK] [$] 10:00 pm ($20 & 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
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Brilliant improv troupe Rogue Elephant, which has crushed three opponents in a row (last week, by 104 to 24), tonight competes with improv troupe Sheldrake Boothroy for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
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Posted by hybender
September 8, 2010
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Seth Herzog headlines tonight at the Comix Comedy Club for a "Night of Fun"
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 to midnight: Six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday
7:00 pm (no cover, 2-drink min.): Stand-up dynamo Ali Wong, plus NYC stand-ups Chris Clarke, Scott Moran, and Larry Bailley, performing at the Laugh Lounge (151 Essex Street) with host Damien Lemon: Comedy on the Hump
[TOP PICK] 7:30ish pm ($10 at the door or $12.75 online): A monthly comedy show in which top storytellers tell a personal tale that in some way incorporates a lesson learned at college (for a write-up of last month’s amazing debut, please click here)—with tonight’s lineup consisting of host Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime, The Liar Show), Leslie Goshko (Sideshow Goshko, Manhattan Monologue Slam Champion), David Ellis Dickerson (This American Life, The Moth), Ryan Britt (Nerve.com), and Nisse Greenberg—performing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall for producer Adam Magazine’s You Went to College For That?
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5; includes copious homemade treats): The kickoff of a new monthly comedy show hosted by the delightful Chelsea White (MTV, College Humor) and Aalap Patel—for a video promo, please click here—with tonight’s wonderful debut lineup consisting of Christian Finnegan (co-star of TBS’ Are We There Yet?; three Comedy Central specials; commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever; Chappelle’s Show, The Today Show), Hannibal Buress (staff writer for 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live, ; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; host of Comedy Night; comedy CD My Name is Hannibal), Carmen Lynch (Last Comic Standing), and Jordan Carlos (Comedy Central) performing at Karma Lounge (51 First Avenue, off 3rd Street)—and sharing the spotlight with “baked goods galore” by Chelsea’s mom Deb White—all at It’s Not That Serious
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): An Irish stand-up comic & book author—who’s won two awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival—performing a solo show at UCBT for one night only: David O’Doherty
[FREE] 8:00 pm: The invaluable Jane Borden (Comedy Editor of Time Out New York), The Bitter Poet, and stand-ups Michael Birch, Justin Gray, and Beth McGregor performing at this free weekly show hosted by Sharon Spell: Shrink
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Genius comedic storytellers and, more importantly, rabid sports fans David Martin and Adam Wade, plus a bunch of guests including John Flynn, “break down the upcoming NFL season with their patented in-your-face and you-are-stupid brand of sports talk. Nowhere else will you hear discussions ranging from Tom Brady’s hair plugs to the need for lowering the age of consent to poetry inspired by Joe Pisarcik’s fumble. It’s like the old Mike & The Mad Dog show, but less informed and more obnoxious. Be kind please. Sports are all these two men have in their barren, pitiable lives:” The NFL Preview Spectacular
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:30 pm ($10, plus 2-item minimum): Seth Herzog (staff warm-up comic & sketch performer for Jimmy Fallon; Comedy Central, CBS, VH1; host of beloved NYC comedy show Sweet) performing an extended stand-up set of both his favorite and new material—plus sets from some of Seth’s incredibly talented friends (possibly including stars)—for this evening only at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Seth Herzog’s Night of Fun
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Host Justin Purnell (The Colbert Report) providing as many as a dozen guests packed into 75 minutes performing stand-up, improv, sketch, and occasionally acts that defy categorization. The level of talent can vary wildly, but for some (like me), that’s part of the laid-back fun; and this is often one of the most amazing comedy shows in town. Come support the experimentation, and periodic magical surprises, that this uniquely organic rollercoaster of a show makes possible—and don’t forget to toss $1 in the bucket on your way out: School Night
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Posted by hybender
September 7, 2010
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A radio host, a Time Magazine editor, and more present the darkly comedic aspects of war—including a survery of Disney's WWII cartoons—at Charles Star's "Adult Education"...
...while Brooke Van Poppelen does stand-up at "The Moon Show" and Morgan Murphy does the same at "Punch Up Your Life"
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:
7:00 pm ($5): “From the invocation of a name pulled from the obituary pages, the recently deceased gets a final chance to have his or her story told on stage through a series of improvised scenes.” Come celebrate the life and death of a complete stranger—good taste optional—at Dearly Beloved Presents The Wake
[MEGA-TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Witty writers offering delightfully wry lectures about this month’s topic “War”—e.g., WFMU’s Ken Freedman recounts America’s war propaganda highlights; Time.com Managing Editor (and a Time Magazine Executive Editor) Jim Frederick tells how toxic leadership, murder, and rape led to the catastrophic breakdown and fall of the 1st Platoon; and Constantine Von Hoffman shows excerpts of Walt Disney’s memorably racist WWII propaganda cartoons (ranging from Donald Gets Drafted to Der Fuehrer’s Face)—at Brooklyn’s Union Hall for Charles Star’s comedic show Adult Education
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Stand-up stars Hannibal Buress (staff writer for 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live, ; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; 2010 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up; host of Comedy Night; comedy CD My Name is Hannibal), Brooke Van Poppelen (TLC’sAmerican Chopper, Maxim and Cosmo Radio, So-Low Show; popular blogsNYisretarded.blogspot.com and RockBottom; for stand-up videos about overindulging at 30 and impersonating Morrisey, please click here and here), and Dan St. Germain (quick-witted, hilarious stand-up; for reenactment of Dan’s breakup, please click here), plus music from Camille Harris (creator of FringeNYC 2009’s Muffin Man) and tap dancer Hank Smith, performing at Brooklyn’sThe Royal Oak (594 Union Avenue) along with sketches from Moon regulars such as co-producer Jordan Clifford and hosts Nat Towsen & Bob Walles: The Moon Show
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Comics industry pros join super-hosts Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler, and Pete LePage in a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club
8:00 pm to midnight ($5): Four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Bastian, DeCoster, Badman, Ragnaröck, and Robber Baron; and at 11:00 pm UCBT students make up a story taking place in a single location in real time (i.e., Death by Roo Roo’snear-unbeatable technique at Cage Match)—all at Harold Night
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Blaine Kneece (Andy Kaufman Award, Second City), Boris Khaykin, Subhah Agarwal, Nimesh Patel, and Kibibi Dillon performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome
[TOP PICK] 8:30 pm ($3): Morgan Murphy (The Comedians of Comedy; staff writer for Jimmy Fallon, former staff writer for Jimmy Kimmel and Crank Yankers), Dan St. Germain (quick-witted, hilarious stand-up; for reenactment of Dan’s breakup, please click here), Murderfist (NYC’s fearless heavy metal version of a sketch troupe; winner of the 2010 ECNY Award), and more performing at theHousingworks Bookstore Cafe for an almost-free weekly show hosted by Joe Derosa (Comedy Central) and Jared Logan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central): Punch Up Your Life
[FREE] 11:00 pm: Free open-mic stand-up show that’s seldom much fun for audience members but is a nice opportunity if you want 4-5 minutes to test out your comedy material on stage: Bring It
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Posted by hybender
September 6, 2010
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To read Christian Finnegan’s eulogy for Ochi’s, pleases click here.
Colin Quinn performs tonight at Whiplash
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:
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] 8:00 pm ($5): Genius Death by Roo Roo improvisors Neil Casey & Anthony Atamanuik create an epic film on the spot; plus real-life siblings Will & Kevin Hines perform vibrant improv, in the double-bill The Two-Man Movie and The Brothers Hines
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5 online or $8 at the door): TV & movie star Kristen Schaal (one of the funniest women alive; shining star correspondent on The Daily Show; co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords; Comedy Central Presents half-hour special; co-creator & co-star of UK TV seriesPenelope: Princess of Pets; co-author of new bestselling book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex) and master sketch comic Kurt Braunohler (Comedy Central Presents; co-creator & co-star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets) host their legendary weekly sketch & stand-up comedy show, with tonight’s guests Reggie Watts (musical improv comedy genius; Comedy Central special;Jimmy Fallon; Electric Company; Conan O’Brien’s Legally Prohibited tour; for video samples, please click here), Jamie Lee (Last Comic Standing, College Humor), and Mike Amato performing at Brooklyn’s Littlefield (622 Degraw Street): Hot Tub Variety
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Myq Kaplan (finalist on this summer’s Last Comic Standing; Jay Leno, Comedy Central Presents half-hour special), Hari Kondabolu (Comedy Central), Andy Haynes (Last Comic Standing), Sean O’Connor (This American Life), and Scott Boxenbaum (LA Improv), and more performing at Aces & Eights (34 Avenue A, off 3rd Street) for John Szeluga’s Not Friday
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Jessi Klein (fresh, unique, deliciously organic comic who’s one of the best stand-ups in the country; staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim), Jena Friedman (wry dark comedy stand-up; host of Entertaining the Bartender), and Gary Vider (performing at a free weekly LES show at Pianos produced by Adam Lowitt and Matt Goldich: It Is It
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Some of the finest improvisors in the country—Tara Copeland, Becky Drysdale, Jeff Hiller, Thomas Middleditch, Eliza Skinner, Mike Still, and tonight’s guest Birch Harms—making up a musical on the spot along with virtuoso improv pianist Frank Spitznagel: Diamond Lion
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest stand-up comics in the country—tonight including Colin Quinn (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central’s much-missed Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Eugene Mirman (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, VH1, Adult Swim; pioneer of NYC downtown comedy), Christian Finnegan (three Comedy Central specials, commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever; Chappelle’s Show, The Today Show), and Andy Haynes (Last Comic Standing)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash
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Posted by hybender
September 5, 2010
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Loveable hosts RG Daniels (Sunday Night Stand-Up) and Myq Kaplan (The Labor Day Comedy Show)
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 ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[$] 7:30 pm ($26.75 & 2-drink min.) Myq Kaplan (co-star of this summer’s Last Comic Standing) hosts Mike Vecchione, Harrison Greenbaum, Joe Larson, and Vince August performing stand-up at Carolines: The Labor Day Comedy Show
[$] 8:00 pm ($20 & 2-item minimum): Superb stand-ups who may include Judah Friedlander, Christian Finnegan, Julian McCullough, Mike Lawrence, Jesse Joyce, Kurt Metzger, and Veronica Mosey performing at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Still Standing Up
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Sketch troupe The Cowmen, plus NYC stand-ups Luis J. Gomez, Bill Chambers, Jessica Watkins, and Josh Guarino, performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Team Submarine, Ryan Conner, Dan Carroll, and Chesley Calloway performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly extravaganza Beauty Bar Comedy
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: NYC stand-ups performing at this free weekly gay-themed show atTherapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
[$] 10:00 pm ($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 at Carolines: Paul Mooney
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Posted by hybender
September 4, 2010
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Judah Friedlander appears tonight at Comix for "Still Standing Up," while Anthony Atamanuik performs at the UCBT midnight show "Andy Rocco's Underground Americana"
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 ($10): Genius improvisor Christina Gausas and friends she originally made in Chicago—which include writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors, all joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
[$] 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm ($20 plus 2-item minimum): Superb stand-ups who may include Judah Friedlander, Christian Finnegan, Julian McCullough, Myq Kaplan, Mike Lawrence, Jesse Joyce, Kurt Metzger, and Veronica Mosey performing at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Still Standing Up
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm; Last 2010 NYC Show!! ($19.50 online using discount code8PUPPET): This is a show for which I have enormous affection; although my joy came from watching not only what occurred on stage, but the faces of the women in the audience turning stonier and stonier as they visibly projected the thought, “Dick tricks? This entire show really consists of dick tricks? All my suspicions about men have just been confirmed…” If you cherish bravery in performers, go forth to the 45 Bleecker Theatre (right next to the #6 subway’s Bleecker Street stop) and experience Puppetry of the Penis
8:00 pm ($8): Improvised scenes based on the “Missed Connections” section of Craigslist atMissed Connections Two-Prov
[$] 8:00 pm ($53 & 2-drink min.) A TV & film star whose credits include Undercover Brother, Deuce Bigalow, and Scary Movie 3 headlining through Saturday at Carolines: Eddie Griffin
[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, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with 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] Midnight ($5): Brilliant storyteller/writer/improvisor Anthony Atamanuik (30 Rock, Huffington Post, Death by Roo Roo), superb stand-up Dan St. Germain, razor-sharp sketch comics Greg & Lou, Stephanie Streisand (Fangoria TV, Cage Match), and musical guest Danger Pin “celebrate the seedy and urbane life in America; think of us as The Prairie Home Companion, just a little more fucked up” at Andy Rocco’s Underground Americana
[$] 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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Posted by hybender
September 3, 2010
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Genius human beatbox Chris "Shockwave" Sullivan (above) co-hosts with genius musical improvisor Eliza Skinner at midnight's The BEATdown
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 ($5): In this fun show, 16 musical performers turn an audience member’s suggestion into two musical fairy tales that tell what happened from the viewpoint of first the hero and then the villain, with “all the music and magic of a Disney flick…plus the darkness of the Brothers Grimm:” Once Upon a Time
7:00 pm ($8): “Where there is a stage and a piano, she will be there. Where there are strangers with embarrassing stories, she will be there. Where there is a group of people willing to sit and watch someone make up songs, she will be there. A one-woman musical improv journey through the lives of the audience. You tell the story, Rebecca Vigil sings the soundtrack:” The Vigilante
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Kurt Braunohler practices a stand-up set designed for a TV special; and Peter Blomquist and Jeff Wiens performing a multimedia sketch show, in the double-bill Kurt Braunohler’s Special Stand-Up and Franco & Billy: Diamonds of Fire
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm; Next to Last Show! ($19.50 online using discount code8PUPPET): This is a show for which I have enormous affection; although my joy came from watching not only what occurred on stage, but the faces of the women in the audience turning stonier and stonier as they visibly projected the thought, “Dick tricks? This entire show really consists of dick tricks? All my suspicions about men have just been confirmed…” If you cherish bravery in performers, go forth to the 45 Bleecker Theatre (right next to the #6 subway’s Bleecker Street stop) and experience Puppetry of the Penis
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Ace storyteller Kevin Allison (The State, Risk!), and stand-ups Rory Scovel (Comedy Central), Kevin McCaffrey (David Letterman), Ryan Hamilton (Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing), Ron Babcock (visiting from LA), and Sam Morrill performing at Brooklyn’s Red Star (37 Greenpoint Avenue) for hosts Nick Turner’s & Jason Saenz’s Too Cool for School
[FREE] 8:00: NYC stand-ups Rory Scovel (Comedy Central), Colin Jost (writer for SNL), Louis Katz (Comedy Central), Dan Wilbur (College Humor), and Alex Grubard (Sirius Radio) performing atO’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue), hosted by Matt Ruby: Hot Soup
[$] 8:00 pm ($53 & 2-drink min.) A TV & film star whose credits include Undercover Brother, Deuce Bigalow, and Scary Movie 3 headlining through Saturday at Carolines: Eddie Griffin
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
9:30 pm ($8): Pat Shepherd thought he was getting married. He was wrong. Learn the details in his one-man show Disengaged
10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): Thomas Middleditch, Jonathan Gabrus, Sue Galloway, and other superb improvisors make up scenes about an audience member’s legal dispute at The Law Firm: Law & Disorder
11:15 ($5):Roman Rimer performs a one-man show about “inspirational and comedic true stories intertwining spirituality, sex, laws, identity, drug busts, discomfort, fear and discovery from a spontaneous road trip down South” in Evolution
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): A comedic freestyle rap contest featuring some of the sharpest comics in NYC—Rachel Bloom, Jermaine Fowler, Michael Kayne, Nat Towsen, and Alan Starzinski—plus a volunteer from the audience!, hosted by genius comedic musical performers Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan (Freestyle Love Supreme) and Eliza Skinner (I Eat Pandas), all at The BEATdown
[$] 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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Posted by hybender
September 2, 2010
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TV star Lennon Parham performs tonight at UCBT's "Oh My God, I Heard You're Dying!"
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:
7:30 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces,” and veteran improvisors play with “elements of monoscene, deconstruction, and La Ronde,” in the double-bill The Deconstruction and Sleepover
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): “Seven family members, friends, coworkers and a neighbor of seven weeks accidentally ruin their final goodbyes,” performed by such stellar talents as Lennon Parham and Leslie Meisel; and a one-man show about being a gay comic book reader, in the double-bill Oh My God, I Heard You’re Dying! and So I Like Superman
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm Tuesday-Saturday ($19.50 online using discount code8PUPPET): This is a show for which I have enormous affection; although my joy came from watching not only what occurred on stage, but the faces of the women in the audience turning stonier and stonier as they visibly projected the thought, “Dick tricks? This entire show really consists of dick tricks? All my suspicions about men have just been confirmed…” If you cherish bravery in performers, go forth to the 45 Bleecker Theatre (right next to the #6 subway’s Bleecker Street stop) and experience Puppetry of the Penis
[$] 8:00 pm ($53 & 2-drink min.) A TV & film star whose credits include Undercover Brother, Deuce Bigalow, and Scary Movie 3 headlining through Saturday at Carolines: Eddie Griffin
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Reggie Watts (musical improv comedy genius; 2009 ECNY Award for Best Musical Comedy Act and 2007 Andy Kaufman Award; cast member of the new Electric Company; Jimmy Fallon; for video samples, please click here), and NYC stand-ups Jay Welch, Julianna Forlano, Ron Babcock, and Benari Poulten performing at the Luca Lounge (222 Avenue B off 14th Street) for a show produced by Carol Hartsell and hosted by Dan Wilbur & Sean Crespo: Lasers in the Jungle
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): John Mulaney (writer/performer for Saturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, VH1’s Best Week Ever; for John’s great bit on Weekend Update, please click here) and Hannibal Buress (staff writer for 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live, ; Comedy Central,Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson; 2010 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up; host of Comedy Night; comedy CD My Name is Hannibal) joining the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of Variety SHAC
[$] 10:00 pm ($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
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Two vibrant troupe troupes, Rogue Elephant and Kickable Dog, competing for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
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Posted by hybender
September 1, 2010
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For a guide to the FringeNYC 2010 Encore Series, please click here.
Tonight's choices include "Puppetry of the Penis"...
...and Leslie Meisel's & Megan Neuringer's "Love Can Suck a Dick...and So Can I"
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 to midnight: Six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday
6:30 pm & 9:00 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—with two installments running back to back every Wednesday at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel
[FREE] 7:00 pm (no cover, 2-drink min.): Delightful stand-up Phoebe Robinson, plus Willie Sweets, Trev Houston, and John Moses performing at the Laugh Lounge with host Damien Lemon: Comedy on the Hump
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): A delightful tale of heartbreak by Leslie Meisel—who manages the impressive feat of being adorable, sexy, and hilarious all at the same time, and is a sharp comedic talent very much worth keeping an eye on—quite ably abetted by co-writer Megan Neuringer in one of the smartest theatrical shows to grace UCBT this year: Love Can Suck a Dick…and So Can I
Plus brilliant improvisors Charlie Todd, Chuck Dauble, and Eric Scott (and the spirit of much-missed Charlie Sanders, who’s nabbing TV roles in LA) performing as C, C, & E Improv Factory
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm Tuesday-Saturday ($19.50 online using discount code8PUPPET): This is a show for which I have enormous affection; although my joy came from watching not only what occurred on stage, but the faces of the women in the audience turning stonier and stonier as they visibly projected the thought, “Dick tricks? This entire show really consists of dick tricks? All my suspicions about men have just been confirmed…” If you cherish bravery in performers, go forth to the 45 Bleecker Theatre (right next to the #6 subway’s Bleecker Street stop) and experience Puppetry of the Penis
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($8): Storyteller Andy Christie (The New York Times; host of The Liar Show), and stand-ups Colin Jost (writer for SNL), Jesse Popp (co-host of Beauty Bar Comedy), Chuck Nice (VH1’s Best Week Ever), and “a secret guest” at Dan Allen’s & Ray Devito’s monthly comedy event¡Sacapuntas!
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Kendra Cunningham, Matt Little, Nick Zimmerman, Beth Hoyt, Andrew Singer, and Subhah Agarwal performing at this free weekly show hosted by Sharon Spell: Shrink
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm: Adira Amram (fresh, sexy, hilarious rising star singer/songwriter), Seth Herzog (staff performer at Jimmy Fallon, VH1, host of Sweet), Calise Hawkins (host of S’Weird, Man), Lauren Bishop, Nick Vatterott, and Jamiee Lee performing at the East Village’s Angels and Kings with delightful dark humor host Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:30 pm: A free screening of a comedy film co-produced by Will Ferrell about “four guys, one camera, and their experience chronicling the exhilarating and terrifying rite of passage of losing your virginity:” The Virginity Hit
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For a guide to the FringeNYC 2010 Encore Series, please click here.
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