March 11, 2011
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Superstar Sarah Silverman is scheduled to be interviewed on the UCBT stage tonight at Citizen Radio Live
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:
[MEGA-TOP PICK] 6:00 pm ($5): Comedy supestar Sarah Silverman is scheduled to appear on this live-on-stage radio interview show, along with “a special guest” (who’s so more special than Sarah Silverman that they can’t even be named? Is Sarah being followed by the Pope?), plus musical guest Only Son, at Jamie Kilstein’s and Allison Kilkenny’s Citizen Radio Live
[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($8): Genius improvisor Thomas Middleditch (Improvised Shakespeare Company, Baby Wants Candy, The Law Firm) and Matt Oberg (Big Black Car) teaming up as improv duo Bergditch; plus Lucas Kavner and Bradford Jordan following up winning the recent SketchProv Tournament with this PIT run as improv duo Swords
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): The unsinkable Mamrie Hart and her comedy partner Stephen Soroka are Best of Friends, and their new sketch show educates you about how to effectively promote it when you tell all your friends to see it: BoF: It’s Pronounced ‘Boaf’!;
…and for the other half of this A-List double-bill, a delightful tale of heartbreak by Leslie Meisel—who manages the impressive feat of being adorable, sexy, and hilarious all at the same time, and is a sharp comedic talent very much worth keeping an eye on—quite ably abetted by co-writer Megan Neuringer in one of the smartest theatrical shows to grace UCBT: Love Can Suck a Dick…and So Can I
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($32.75 & 2-drink min.) A star stand-up who’s done half-hour comedy specials for HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime; was a regular on Comedy Central’sTough Crowd with Colin Quinn and cast member on FOX’s The Jury; appeared repeatedly on Late Night with Conan O’Brien; and guest starred on such TV shows as NBC’s The Office and FOX’sArrested Development, headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: Patrice Oneal
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A sketch troupe that creates superb comedy videos (for a sample, please clickhere) performing their stuff live on stage: Serious Lunch
8:00 pm ($7): “In March of 2009 a gaggle of performers were born. Some died, some wandered off into the woods, others went to work in the private sector. Those that remained grew strong by feeding on the nectar of specific choices and the gruel of strong character work. The 2-year-old terror that exists today is akin to watching a Tsunami of hair and teeth attack a baby Blue Whale and destroy it with the will of a thousand hungry Burnese Mountain Dogs. What does it all mean? We don’t know.” In other words, improv from Chet Watkins
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups Brent Sullivan, Anthony Devito, Neal Stastny, and Morgan Venticinqueperforming at O’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue): Hot Soup
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A stand-up who’s performed on Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, and his own hour-long Comedy Central special The Byrne identity headlining tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club: Steve Byrne
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
9:00 pm ($7): Duo improv set in the roarin’ 1920s from David Levin & Alex Marino in The Cousins Zell
[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
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): Some of The Magnet’s finest comics—including the brilliant and delightful Lauren Olson (powerhouse one-woman show Our Condolences at last year’s FringeNYC)—team up with Magnet co-owner Armando Diaz to deliver sketch comedy in Good Morning, Ladies!
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): “The most fabulous show on Earth,” hosted by Tim Gunn (John Flynn) and Tim Gunn (Michael Hartney), featuring a variety of comedic performers (both straight and gay), plus two audience members who’ll be selected to compete in a design challenge, at The Same Sex-Tacular
[$] 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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March 10, 2011
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Patrick Cassels & Jeff Rubin reveal the worst game-based films of all time at "Bad Videogame Movies: The Definitive History"
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $12 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] 6:00 pm ($5): Some of the finest comedic actresses in NYC, including Amy Heidt (NBC’s The Office, The Other Guys, Grease 3: Threase, Dominate Yourself) and the unsinkable Mamrie Hart (rising star; half of sketch duo Best of Friends; creator/host of Celebrity Funeral) debut a one-act comedy written by superb UCBT sketch faculty member Leila Cohan-Miccio: The Cleanse
[MEGA-TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Patrick Cassels and Jeff Rubin, who write for College Humor and co-host the online video game talk show Bleep Bloop, explore the worst game-based movies of all time, with clips from Super Mario Bros, Mortal Kombat, and many more, for an unforgettably hilarious journey into the deliciously awful that’s non-stop laughs—and one of my favorite comedy shows of all time: Bad Videogame Movies: The Definitive History
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($31.25 & 2-drink min.) A star stand-up who’s done half-hour comedy specials for HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime; was a regular on Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and cast member on FOX’s The Jury; appeared repeatedly on Late Night with Conan O’Brien; and guest starred on such TV shows as NBC’s The Office and FOX’s Arrested Development, headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: Patrice Oneal
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Veteran improvisors Jesse Falcon (Mother) and Rachel Hamilton (30 Rock, Second City) perform as duo Hamilton & Falcon
9:00 pm ($12): NYC stand-ups Hedda Lettuce (Project Runway), Adam Cozens (The Moth), Pat Candaras (Jimmy Fallon), and Adam Lowitt (The Daily Show, co-host of It Is It) performing at Comedy Below Canal
[FREE] 9:00ish pm: Typically terrific NYC stand-ups performing on this weekly show at the Kabin Bar and Lounge hosted by Chesley Calloway and a guest-host (while Sean Patton shares his gifts with other cities): Comedy as a Second Language
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($12): Top comics and comedic storytellers joining brilliant sketch comic and storyteller Kevin Allison (The State) to share tales on tonight’s theme “Imposters” at one of thefinest storytelling shows in the country: Risk!
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Joe Mande (Comedy Central, VH1; co-host of Totally J/K; author of new book Look at This F*cking Hipster), Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central, AMC, Verizon FIOS guy, Front Page Films, The Other Guys, comedy CD Come Clean), and Nimesh Patel performing stand-up for delightful hosts Andrea Rosen (ace stand-up/storyteller) and Shonali Bhowmik (rockin’ singer/songwriter) for Variety SHAC
[$] 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): All-star improv troupe The Stepfathers (Michael Delaney, Chris Gethard, Will Hines, Bobby Moynihan, Shannon O’Neill, Silvija Ozols, Andy Secunda, and Zach Woods) compete with improv troupe Sunday Morning for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
11:00 pm ($5): Short films from the NYC comedy community screened at The Magnet: Flick
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March 9, 2011
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Hilariously honest & fearless stand-up/storyteller Andrea Rosen tonight debuts her one-woman show "Ding Dong Meow"
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 at The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday
7:00 pm, 8:30 pm, and 10:00 pm ($5): Magnet house troupes performing improv, followed by a free show at 11:30 pm: The Magnet’s Megawatt
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): One of the finest stand-ups & storytellers in NYC, Andrea Rosen (HBO,Variety SHAC, The Nights of Our LIves), debuting a one-woman show that’ll probably be hilarious in a deliciously dark and memorable way: Ding Dong Meow; and in the other half of this double-bill, very smart and somewhat nerdy comics Dan St. Germain (quick-witted rising star; Jimmy Fallon, MTV) and Jared Logan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central) doing a show about history’s most infamous rivalries in They Hated Each Other
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5—which includes a free drink!): Dave Hill (one of the most original and hilariously sharp alternative comics in the country; HBO, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, NPR, star ofThe King of Miami, band Diamondsnake, champion rapper; The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Dave Hill Explosion), Rob Cantrell (CBS, Marijuana-logues), Andy Haynes (Jimmy Fallon), Ryan Hamilton (Comedy Central), and Neal Stasny performing stand-up at The Creek in Queens’ Long Island City: Monsters
[$] 8:00 pm ($16.50 & 2-drink min.): A comic who used to work for Sears and jokes about the middle class headlining for one night only at the Carolines Comedy Club: Eric Lyden
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm ($5): Ted Alexandro (one of the very finest stand-ups in the country;David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials; frequently opens for Louis C.K.), Brooke Van Poppelen (brilliant stand-up, writer, and storyteller; TLC, blogger for trutV; for stand-up videos about overindulging at 30 and impersonating Morrisey, please click here and here), Joe Mande (Comedy Central, VH1; co-host of Totally J/K; author ofLook at This F*cking Hipster), and Pat O’Shea (host of Ed Sullivan on Acid) performing stand-up for a new show at Brooklyn’s Lincoln Park Tavern (49 Brooklyn Road) hosted by Charles Star (host ofAdult Education): Pant-Hoot Comedy
[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Dan Curry (Last Comic Standing, Onion News Network), Sue Funke, Joel Stice, Matt Rohr, Meghan O’Keefe, and Elihu Dietz performing at this free weekly show at the Luca Bar (119 St. Marks Place) hosted by Sharon Spell: Shrink
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Scott Adsit (cast member of 30 Rock, and co-writer/director/producer & cast member of Adult Swim’s awesome & Emmy-winning Moral Orel) teaming up with fellow 30 Rock actor John Lutz (who previously spent six years as a staff writer for Saturday Night Live) to form a super-smart and hilarious new improv duo who should not be missed: John & Scott
[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
March 8, 2011
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Aziz Ansari (above) and staffers of The Onion are among the stand-ups peforming tonight at Tell Your Friends
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): Six improvisors play themselves on stage (similar to Naked in a Fishbowl) in Self Image; and in the second half of this double-bill, 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, in The Cascade
[TOP PICK] 7:30ish pm ($5): 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; star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets; co-host of Hot Tub Variety; co-author of bestselling book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex), Ted Alexandro (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials), Ted Alexandro (one of the very finest stand-ups in the country; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials; delivered perfect set recently at Carnegie Hall), Chesley Calloway (co-host of Comedy as a Second Language), Neal Stasny, and Josh Carter performing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall with hosts Tyler Fischer & Sharron Paul: Cheap Date Comedy Show
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): TV & movie star Aziz Ansari (one of the finest stand-ups in the country; co-star of NBC’s Parks & Recreation and MTV’s Human Giant), Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien), Brody Stevens (HBO, Comedy Central, The Hangover), The Onion staffers Joe Garden, Lane Moore, and John Harris, and more performing at the Lolita Bar at Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Superb veteran improvisors—including Tara Copeland, Matt Higgins, and Matt Oberg—performing as new troupe HugeTown
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm ($5): Comics industry pros joining 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 Dybbuk, Grandma’s Ashes, Ragnaröck, Sandino, and Standard Oil; and at 11:00 pm improv from advanced UCBT students—all at Harold Night
[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Molly Knefel, Jen Perney, Subhah Agarwal, Scout Derwood, and Mark Anthony Ramirez performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) hosted by the delightful Abbi Crutchfield and guest-host Maggie Nuttall: Positively Awesome
8:30 pm ($5): In this double-bill, each of two of The Magnet’s singing improv troupes will make up a musical on the spot based on an audience suggestion: The Sound & The Fury and Rebound
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:00 pm ($16.50, plus 2-item minimum): Unforgettably hilarious co-star of NBC’s Ed, member of legendary sketch troupe & seminal MTV series The State, co-star of Comedy Central’sMichael & Michael Have Issues, and much more headlining for one night only at the Carolines Comedy Club: Michael Ian Black
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): 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), Jeff Ross (veteran Roastmaster on Comedy Central), Neal Brennan (co-creator & director of Chappelle’s Show), and more performing at Ella (9 Avenue A) hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog (Jimmy Fallon, VH1): Sweet
9:30 pm ($5): One-person scripted mini-shows by students of the wonderful Jen Nails, who’s stellar at teaching how to Do It Yourself
[TOP PICK] 10:00ish pm ($5): A UK comedy star performing a one-man show for one night only at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Tom Allen
[FREE] 10:15 pm: In this free show, audience members can join in with veteran musical improv talents to make up stories in song on the spot: Musical Magnet Mixer
[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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Posted by hybender
March 7, 2011
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Ambrose Martos of Cirque de Soleil will be clowning around tonight at Hot Tub Variety
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: Kevin Allison (legendary MTV sketch series The State, HBO, Comedy Central, VH1, host of award-winning storytelling show Risk!) hosts this free open-mic show for storytellers, in which you can put your name in a hat for the chance to tell a five-minute true story…and if it’s a good one, possibly be included in Kevin’s popular podcasts on the Web: Risk! Storyslam
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 entirely different shows back to back, performing at the Luca Bar (119 St. Marks Place) for John Morrison’s Motel Luca
[FREE] 7:30 pm: Calise Hawkins (Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing), Dan Goodman, Michael Che, Jude Destin, and Yamaneika Saunders performing stand-up at a free weekly show in theManchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson: Case of the Mondays Comedy
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($6.50 online or $8 at the door): Clown Ambrose Martos (Cirque de Soleil, Slava’s Snow Show), stand-up Rachel Feinstein (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Presents, TBS’s Just For Laughs), and musical guest Morgan O’Kane (“We fell in love with our musical guest after seeing him play the banjo and thump a suitcase on the subway platform”) performing at Brooklyn’s Littlefield (622 Degraw Street) with sketches and more from NYC comedy royalty Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler: Hot Tub Variety
8:00 pm ($5): Two of UCBT’s fine house sketch comedy troupes, Thunder Gulch and Dweeb, trying out new bits at Maude Night
8:00 pm ($5): Improv based on headlines from the amazing New York Post: Headless Body in Topless Bar
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): A double-bill of vibrant improv troupes: Neil Casey & Anthony Atamanuik make up an entire feature film as The Two-Man Movie; and Nicole Byer, Sasheer Zamata, and Keisha Zollar form a surprise breakout hit as all-gal troupe Doppelganger
9:30 pm ($5): One-person scripted mini-shows by students of the wonderful Jen Nails, who’s stellar at teaching how to Do It Yourself
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest comics in the world—who tonight include 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), Hannibal Buress (staff writer for 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live; David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Louie, Comedy Central; host of Sunday’s Comedy Night), Phil Hanley, and Ben Roy—hosted by the wonderful Chris Gethard (star of Comedy Central sitcom Big Lake; Magic Box of Stories, The Stepfathers, The Nights of Our Lives, author of book Weird New York) at Whiplash
[FREE] 11:00 pm: If you’re an audience member who loves stand-up, Monday at 11 should beWhiplash! night (see listing above). If you’re a comic who couldn’t get booked on UCBT’s all-star show, though, you can opt to instead practice your skills at this stand-up open-mic hosted by Michelle Wolf and the hilarious Erin Lennox (for a sample of Erin’s dynamite Seriously Sports show, please click here): Fresh
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Posted by hybender
March 6, 2011
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Al Madrigal concludes his headlining run 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): “A horrible sketch show morphs into a puppet and foam driven romp that borrows prisoners but gives them back.” Time Out Chicago called it “an exuberant and exciting piece of experimental theater…it sounds strange and it was:” The Pyramid Shew
[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
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Dan St. Germain (quick-witted rising star; Jimmy Fallon, MTV; for reenactment of Dan’s breakup, please click here), Tom Allen (UK comedy star), and more performing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman: Pretty Good Friends
[$] 8:00 pm ($24.50 & 2-drink min.) An award-winning stand-up who’s performed on Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, and his own Comedy Central Presents half-hour special headlining one last evening at the Carolines Comedy Club: Al Madrigal
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Keith Alberstadt (David Letterman), Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien), Adrienne Iapalucci (Last Comic Standing), Ryan Conner (freelance writer for Saturday Night Live), and Michael Che performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
8:00 pm ($5): “Germany’s greatest improv duo unveiling a form combining rapid scene painting, patient emotional connections and leagues of ribaldry:” Snazzle Dazzle; and in the other half of this double-bill, members of puppeteer David Fino’s Puppetry for Improv Performers class make stuff up as SkrappBox
8:00 pm ($5): Ben Kissel (way funny 6’7″ stand-up), Josh Guarino, and David Cope performing stand-up at The PIT’s downstairs lounge for a free weekly show hosted by Sean Donnelly and Chris Grace: Cold Soda Comedy
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Calise Hawkins (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), Mike Lawrence (shrewdly funny curmudgeon), Giulia Rozzi (Jimmy Kimmel, MTV, VH1, Playgirl Magazine, co-host of Dive comedy and Stripped Stories), Michael Che, and Neal Brennan performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue) hosted by the wonderful Hannibal Buress (staff writer for 30 Rock, Saturday Night Live; David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Louie, Comedy Central): Comedy Night
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Typically fine NYC stands-ups (not yet announced) performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
9:30 pm ($5): Two improv groups competing for audience laughs and votes—yes, like UCBT’s Cage Match, but with less well-known troupes and an escalating challenge component—at Magnet Inferno
[FREE] 10:00 pm: All-gal stand-up lineup of Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime,The Liar Show), Rachel Parenta (Last Comic Standing), and Lori Sommer performing at this free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle (TruTV): Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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Posted by hybender
March 5, 2011
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World-class stand-ups Todd Barry and Ted Alexandro perform tonight at the Eastville Comedy Club
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $12 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] 6:00 pm ($15, which includes 1 drink; reservations highly recommended by calling 212.989.9319): Four funny people tell amazing stories. Three of the tales are absolutely true…but one of them is a pack of lies. The audience then asks questions to try and identify the fibber—and everyone who does gets a free t-shirt! This evening’s yarn-spinners are Joanne Solomon (De La Guarda), Peter Aguero (Chicago City Limits), Flash Rosenberg (NYC Public Library Artist In Residence), and Andy Christie (The New York Times, NPR, Moth GrandSlam Champion). Come to the West Village’s Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street) and let host Andy Christie attempt to mislead you at The Liar Show
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Genius improvisors Anthony King, Christina Gausas, Ed Herbstman, Becky Drysdale, and more—plus a rotating cast of stellar visitors who’ve included writers & performers from 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show—all joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
7:30 pm ($7): Improv veterans Mark Grenier, Louis Kornfeld, and Charlie Whitcroft making up a play on the spot in Theory of Everything
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm & 11:45 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A stand-up who’s written for ABC, TruTV, feature films, and performed his own hour-long Comedy Central special You’ve Changed headlining tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club: Michael Loftus
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($29 & 2-drink min.) An award-winning stand-up who’s performed onConan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, and his own Comedy Central Presents half-hour special headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: Al Madrigal
[FREE] 8:30 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups Joe Devito (Last Comic Standing), Vince Averill (Comedy Central, co-host of Beauty Bar Comedy), Pat Stango (co-host of Don’t Touch Me There), Sarah Tollemache, and more performing at The PIT’s new basement lounge with host Sean Donnelly forLil’ Seany Boy
[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
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm & 11:00 pm (FREE TICKETS if you reserve in advance by calling (212) 260-2445 and mention HyReviews.com, but there’s still a 2-drink min. per person): An all-star lineup tonight of Todd Barry (one of the very finest stand-ups in the country; HBO, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, The Sarah Silverman Program, Adult Swim, feature filmsThe Wrestler and Pete Smalls is Dead), Ted Alexandro (one of the very finest stand-ups in the country; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials; delivered perfect set recently at Carnegie Hall), Julian McCullough (razor-sharp rising star; Comedy Central Presents, MTV, VH1), and more performing at the only comedy club in the East Village: Eastville Comedy Club’s A-List
9:00 pm ($7): Organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track!
9:30 pm ($10): “A cabaret of darkly funny songs and topical sketch comedy about culture and politics,” following sold out shows at Joe’s Pub: Political Subversities
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 10:00 pm ($15 both online and at the door using discount codeSBWC, otherwise $20): This top musical improv troupe has wowed audiences around the world with its skill at making up an hour-long musical moment by moment. The plot and characters, the musical accompaniment, even the song lyrics and the “choreography” are invented on the spot, with no pre-planned structure. Come see why BWC won a FringeNYC Award last year for Outstanding Unique Theatrical Event by catching tonight’s edition of Baby Wants Candy
[TOP PICK] [$] 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 interviews an audience member about where he or she grew up and then creates an entire show based on the mini-bio: The Curfew: Not From Around Here
10:30 pm ($7): Vibrant improv from Nick Kanellis & Peter McNerney (Statues of Liberty) and Leslie Korein as comedy trio Trike
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Sara Schaefer (inventive, luminous comic; Emmy-nominated staff writer for Jimmy Fallon; VH1’s Best Week Ever), Andrea Rosen (HBO, Variety SHAC), Anthony Atamanuik (30 Rock, Death by Roo Roo, The Nights of Our Lives), Dan St. Germain (Jimmy Fallon, MTV, VH1), Streeter Seidell (College Humor), Justin Shanes (Jimmy Fallon), Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing, High Times), Matt Koff (The Onion), Rob Stern (Your 80’s Prom), Luke Younger, and more celebrating Andy Rocco’s birthday at Andy Rocco’s Underground Americana
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March 4, 2011
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Hysterical force of nature Jawnee Conroy will be stirring things up tonight at "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 ($7): Some of The Magnet’s finest comics—including the brilliant and delightful Lauren Olson (powerhouse one-woman show Our Condolences at last year’s FringeNYC)—team up with Magnet co-owner Armando Diaz to deliver sketch comedy in Good Morning, Ladies!
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Pamela Murphy’s autobiographical show is the best-scripted one-act to grace UCBT in the past year, performed with wit, grace, and pitch-perfect comedic timing (for video samples of Pam’s work, please click here). Don’t miss Jane Borden of Time Out New York‘s pick forBest Solo Show of 2010: Pamela Murphy: The C Word
…and for the other half of this double-bill, sketch troupe Bleak! performs a show about internal strife: Stomachtown
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($26.75 & 2-drink min.) An award-winning stand-up who’s performed onConan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, and his own Comedy Central Presents half-hour special headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: Al Madrigal
8:00 pm ($5; includes copious homemade treats): Joe Mande (Comedy Central, VH1; co-host ofTotally J/K; author of new book Look at This F*cking Hipster), Adrienne Iapalucci (Last Comic Standing), Erik Bergstrom (cartoonist of terrific book Grimmer Tales), and Michael Terry (Onion News Network, Party Central USA) performing stand-up at Karma Lounge (51 First Avenue, off 3rd Street) with hosts Aalap Patel and the delightful Chelsea White (MTV, College Humor): It’s Not That Serious
[$] 8:00 pm ($20): A benefit for cancer research with Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central), Pat Dixon (Comedy Central Presents), Rob Cantrell (CBS, Marijuana-logues), Andy Haynes (Jimmy Fallon), and Seaton Smith (Opie and Anthony) performing at Brooklyn’s Coco 66 for hosts Nick Turner’s & Jason Saenz’s Too Cool for School
8:00 pm ($10): Improvised scenes based on the “Missed Connections” section of Craigslist at Missed Connections Two-Prov
8:00 pm ($7): “In March of 2009 a gaggle of performers were born. Some died, some wandered off into the woods, others went to work in the private sector. Those that remained grew strong by feeding on the nectar of specific choices and the gruel of strong character work. The not quite 2-year-old terror that exists today is akin to watching a Tsunami of hair and teeth attack a baby Blue Whale and destroy it with the will of a thousand hungry Burnese Mountain Dogs. What does it all mean? We don’t know.” Tonight is the Second Anniversary of these sharp improvisors making stuff up as troupe Chet Watkins
[FREE—plus trivia game chances to win free drinks] 8:00 pm: Pat O’Shea (VH1, host of Ed Sullivan on Acid), Justy Dodge, Todd Montesi, Carolina Hidalgo, Robyn Candyce-Schlau, and “a surprise guest” performing at Brooklyn’s The Royal Oak (594 Union Avenue) with host Calvin S. Cato: The Pregame Comedy Show
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups (not announced) performing at O’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue): Hot Soup
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A stand-up who’s written for ABC, TruTV, feature films, and performed his own hour-long Comedy Central special You’ve Changedheadlining tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club: Michael Loftus
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
9:00 pm ($7): Comedy friends who, by a wild coincidence, have the same name, debuting a sketch show about pioneers: We’re Matt Weir: Trailblazers
[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
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] 11:00 pm ($10): 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; star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets; co-host of Hot Tub Variety; co-author of bestselling book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex), and TV & movie star Todd Barry (HBO, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, The Sarah Silverman Program, Adult Swim, feature films The Wrestler and Pete Smalls is Dead), plus wonderful musical guest Ted Leo, performing at this monthly comedy talk show hosted by the Kurt Braunohler (Comedy Central, Hot Tub Variety): Night of the Living with Kurt Braunohler
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): A comedic freestyle rap contest featuring some of the funniest & sharpest comics in NYC—who tonight include Jawnee Conroy (a force of nature who was a hilarious agent of chaos on his last appearance), Josh Ruben (College Humor), Alan Fessenden (member of improv troupe 4Track), and stand-ups Joyelle Johnson and Remy Benice —plus a volunteer from the audience!, hosted by genius human beatbox Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan (The Daily Show, The Electric Company, Freestyle Love Supreme) and Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien,Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central) at one of my favorite monthly shows: The BEATdown
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March 3, 2011
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Al Madrigal (headlining at Carolines) and Gilbert Gottfried (also headlining at Carolines)
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $12 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] 7:30 pm ($24.50 & 2-drink min.) A one-of-a-kind comedy star headlining at the Carolines Comedy Club: Gilbert Gottfried
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Veteran improvisors Jesse Falcon (Mother) and Rachel Hamilton (30 Rock, Second City) perform as duo Hamilton & Falcon
8:00 pm ($5): Abbi Jacobson performing a one-woman show in which she plays everyone you’ve ever met at summer camp at Welcome to Camp!; and young talents doing a loud and mildly amusing sketch show as cops in The Sit Down and Shut Up NYPD Variety Hour
9:00 pm ($12): NYC stand-ups Wyatt Cenac (star correspondent of The Daily Show), Katina Corrao (HBO, Comedy Central), Costaki Economopoulos (The Economonologue), and Dean Obeidallah (NY Arab-American Comedy Festival), plus musical guest Mark Douglas (BarelyPolitical.com), performing at Comedy Below Canal
[FREE] 9:00ish pm: Typically terrific NYC stand-ups performing on this weekly show at the Kabin Bar and Lounge hosted by Chesley Calloway and a guest-host (while Sean Patton shares his gifts with other cities): Comedy as a Second Language
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Joe DeRosa (HBO’s Down and Dirty, Comedy Central Presents, co-host of Righteous Kill) and Paul Case (The Backroom) joining sensual hosts Margot Leitman (VH1, Spike TV) and Giulia Rozzi (MTV, VH1.com) in telling true tales on tonight’s theme “Weddings”—plus music from the BTK Band—at the best sexy storytelling comedy show in NYC: Stripped Stories
9:30 pm ($5): “Where there is a stage and a piano, she will be there. Where there are strangers with embarrassing stories, she will be there. Where there is a group of people willing to sit and watch someone make up songs, she will be there. A one-woman musical improv journey through the lives of the audience. You tell the story, Rebecca Vigil sings the soundtrack:” The Vigilante
[$] 9:30 pm ($24 & 2-drink min.) An award-winning stand-up who’s performed on Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, and his own Comedy Central Presents half-hour special headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: Al Madrigal
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): All-star improv troupe The Stepfathers (Michael Delaney, Chris Gethard, Will Hines, Bobby Moynihan, Shannon O’Neill, Silvija Ozols, Andy Secunda, and Zach Woods) compete with improv troupe Sandino for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
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March 2, 2011
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Kristen Schaal performs tonight at Totally J/K...
...and Erin Lennox hosts a new show with an unusual sensibility
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 at The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday
7:00 pm ($5): Alan Starzinski performing a musical all by himself in the one-man show One Mansical
7:00 pm, 8:30 pm, and 10:00 pm ($5): Assorted improv troupes performing at The Magnet, followed by a free show at 11:30 pm: The Magnet’s Megawatt
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($8 at the door, $6.84 online with discount code Supermango): 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), Mike Destefano (Last Comic Standing finalist this past summer, Comedy Central Presents), Wayne Federman (head monologue writer for Jimmy Fallon), Dan Curry (Onion News Network), and “a mystery guest” performing at the Bowery Poetry Club with host Dan Allen: ¡Sacapuntas!
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Some of UCBT’s funniest sketch comedy & stand-up performers at an all-you-can-watch revue: UCBT’s I’m Cool Showcase
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Kurt Braunohler (Comedy Central; co-creator & co-star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets; co-host of Hot Tub Variety), Lady Rizo (reportedly unforgettable), Mike Recine, Annie Lederman, and Adam Conover performing at the 11th Street Bar(510 East 11th Street, off Avenue A) for this new once-in-a-while extravaganza hosted by the razor-sharp & delightful Erin Lennox (co-host of Fresh; for a sample of Erin’s dynamite Seriously Sportsshow, please click here) who notes “AND FREE DRINKS! If you are very pretty and make someone think you’re going to sleep with them. Otherwise there are reasonably priced drinks that you can buy yourself:” Erin Lennox’s I Like You Too Show
[$] 8:00 pm & 9:30 pm ($18 & 2-drink min.): A comic who describes himself as “growing up in a family with anxiety disorders and addiction” but having a “unique ability to embody abstract personas, along with child-like playfulness” headlining for one night only at the Carolines Comedy Club: Bob Dibuono
8:00 pm ($5): NYC stand-ups Eli Olsberg, Katina Corrao, James Harris, Jason Saenz, and David Cope performing at Brooklyn’s Hank’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Saloon (46 Third Avenue at Atlantic) for this free weekly show hosted by Brooke Van Poppelen (brilliant stand-up, writer, and storyteller; TLC, blogger for trutV; for stand-up videos about overindulging at 30 and impersonating Morrisey, please click here and here) and Giulia Rozzi (Jimmy Kimmel, MTV, VH1, Playgirl Magazine, co-host of Stripped Stories): Dive Comedy
[FREE] 8:30 pm: Usually terrific NYC stand-ups (not yet announced) performing at the East Village’s Angels and Kings for this free biweekly show hosted by delightful dark humor comic Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender
[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Will Hines (The Stepfathers, The Chris Gethard Show), Kristeen von Hagen (Comedy Central), Jenn Dodd, Nate Min, Raquel D’Apice, and Jarret Berenstein performing at this free weekly show at Luca Bar (119 St. Marks Place) hosted by Sharon Spell:Shrink
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): 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; star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets; co-host of Hot Tub Variety; co-author of bestselling book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex), Louis Katz (HBO, Comedy Central), Gabe Delahaye (Videogum.com), and more join best bud hosts Noah Garfinkel & Joe Mande (author of Look At This F*cking Hipster) at Totally J/K
[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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