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Liz Miele headlines tonight at Carolines
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 ($5): Jenny Dunne and Rick Andrews improvise a single moment in two characters’ lives again and again, exploring three parallel realities, and the difference that a look or tone can make; and a group of improvisors make up scenes focused on one location, in the double-bill The Cascade and Mono-Piece Theatre
[TOP PICK] [$] 7:30 pm ($16.50 & 2-drink min.): A stand-up who’s performed on Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show, Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, and the WE Network, and who writes the blog Cats, Comedy, and Candy (for sample cat video, please click here), headlining for one night only at the Carolines Comedy Club: Liz Miele
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Glenn Wool (star UK comic), Andrea Rosen (fresh, hilarious stand-up and brilliant storyteller; Variety SHAC, The Nights of Our Lives), Allison Castillo (Comedy Central), and Andy Haynes performing stand-up at Brooklyn’s Southpaw Downstairs Lounge DownSouth (125 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope), hosted by the breathtaking Sara Schaefer (Emmy-nominated staff writer for Jimmy Fallon): Get Off Your Knees
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: An all-gal lineup of NYC stand-ups Leah Dubie (co-host of Dykes on Mics), Phoebe Robinson (host of Case of the Mondays Comedy), Sassy, and Amy Albert, plus sketch troupe The Parodivas, performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Comics creators Bill Plympton (Idiots & Angels), Gabriel Rodriguez (Locke & Key), and Declan Shalvey (Thunderbolts, 28 Days Later) 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 The Opera, Bastian, Badman, Ragnaröck, and Robber Baron; and at 11:00 pm UCBT students studying under improv genius Neil Casey using an audience suggestion to make up an entire move (a la Neil’s and Anthony Atamanuik’s hilarious Two Man Movie)—all at Harold Night
9:30 pm ($5): Improvisors make up scenes as the characters in HBO’s classic cop show The Wirein WireProv
[FREE] 11:00 pm: A breathtaking 40 comics are given 2 minutes each in this rapid-fire open-mic stand-up show hosted with wit and energy by Jay Welch: Bring It
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