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Brian Posehn headlies tonight and Saturday at Comix
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
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($10): Marc Bonnée, member of acclaimed sketch troupe Drop Six, goes solo with this show consisting of character bits and one-man sketches loosely tied to the theme of excess: Too…
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Award-winning UK comic and co-star of HBO’s Extras performing her one-woman show for one night only at UCBT: Francesca Martinez
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm ($29 at the door, or $29.13 online if you use code PLAYBILL, plus 2-item minimum): A unique organic talent who co-stars in the Comedians of Comedy tour and Comedy Central’s The Sarah Silverman Program, and was a regular on Conan O’Brien, headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Brian Posehn
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Anthony Jeselnik (one of my all-time favorite stand-ups; writer/performer for Jimmy Fallon; Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central Presents; debut comedy CD Shakespeare), UK stand-up star Glenn Wool, award-winning sketch troupe Murderfist, Dan Soder, Neal Stasny, Bobby Miyamoto, Matt Champagne, and many more performing at Brooklyn’s Red Star (37 Greenpoint Avenue) to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of hosts Nick Turner’s & Neal Stasny’s Too Cool for School
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($38.25 & 2-drink min.): “Pops” on the WB’s The Wayans Bros. headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: John Witherspoon
[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups not yet announced performing at O’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue), hosted by someone not yet announced either (Sachi, where’s that weekly email notice…?): Hot Soup
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
8:00 pm ($8): Improvised scenes based on the “Missed Connections” section of Craigslist atMissed Connections Two-Prov
10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
10:30 pm ($10): Jonathan Gabrus, Sue Galloway, and other fine improvisors make up scenes about an audience member’s legal dispute at The Law Firm: Law & Disorder
[TOP PICK] 11:30 pm ($5): Dru Johnston, Noah Forman, and Alex Demers springboard off an audience suggestion to improvise an entire silly and energy-charged play in 40 minutes; especially keep an eye on Demers, who has a wild Sean Penn quality that makes you think he might explode into violence or insanity at any moment, adding to the edgy quality of The New Deal
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Wonderful actress/author Ashley Wren Collins, Bill Santiago, Calise Hawkins, Inside Joke Films, and more performing at host Keisha Zollar’s comedy variety show featuring stand-up, sketch, improv, video, dance, and music: The Soul Glo Project
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