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World-class stand-ups: John Mulaney performs at Comedy Night, and Mike Birbiglia at “Working It Out”…
…plus there’ll be mind-blowing musical dark comedy in Brooklyn from The Cowmen
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] 4:00 pm: An unusually early walk-in open-mic stand-up show at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens’ Long Island City: Face-Plant Comedy Showcase
6:00 pm ($5): Open-mic stand-up that includes professional feedback on each comic’s 5-minute set at Queens LIC’s Laughing Devil Comedy Club (4738 Vernon Blvd.): Mic-Shop: Open Mic Workshop
[FREE] 6:00 pm: “Short-form improv teams battle it out for the most points and a prize. C’mon, admit it! You miss the quick-witted fun and audience involvement of short-form improv. A different short-form team joins Mishmash! each month and struts their stuff for a panel of judges (including one judge chosen from the audience) until a winner emerges. There will be a series of completely improvised scenes, stories and musicals all based on your suggestions. Come ready to shout out suggestions, and even shout at the judges,” at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens’ Long Island City: The Scrimmage
[TOP PICK] [$] 7:30 pm ($38.25 & 2-drink min.) A comedy star who’s snared just about every major credit a comic can—and is a long-time cast member of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm—headlining one last night at the Carolines Comedy Club: Richard Lewis
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($5): A sampling of UCBT’s wonderful talents, both established and on the rise—including Sasheer Zamata, Fran Gillespie, Brandon Scott Jones, D’Arcy Carden, Riley Soloner, Connor Ratliff, and many more—performing at UCB East with host Adam Conover: UCBT 2012 Year End Showcase
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCB Chelsea’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
[FREE] 7:30 pm: Sketch, improv, and more at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens’ Long Island City from comedy troupe Froduce
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Claudia Cogan (Last Comic Standing, MTV, Logo, here! TV), Seaton Smith (Opie & Anthony Virus Tour), and “special guests” performing stand-up at Brooklyn’s Union Hall hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman: Pretty Good Friends
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Daughter Christine DeNoon brings her deceased father’s songs to life in a musical that debuts tonight at The PIT upstairs theatre: Someone To Belong To
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Eric Drysdale (brilliant comedy mind; writer for The Colbert Report), Seaton Smith (Opie & Anthony Virus Tour), Jacqueline Novak, Rob Shapiro, and more performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups lounge (83 First Avenue at 5th Street): Sunday Night Stand-Up
8:00 pm ($5): Magnet sketch comedy groups Risky Bottom and Jacktown try out new material at this show with the on-the-nose title Magnet Sketch Teams
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: John Mulaney (one of the finest stand-ups in the country; writer/performer for Saturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central Presents, one hour special & CD/DVD New in Town, VH1’s Best Week Ever; for John’s great bit on Weekend Update, please click here), Hadiyah Robinson, John Moses, Oni Perez, and Charlotte MacDonald performing stand-up, plus musical guests Iron Curtain and DJ Tara, 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, The Eric Andre Show; one-hour Comedy Central special Animal Furnace): Comedy Night
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Mike Lawrence (nerd persona but razor-sharp mind has made this stand-up a rapidly rising star; Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central’s John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up), Ashley Brooke Robert (co-host of The Dream Show), Michelle Wolf (IFC’s Bunk), Chip Dwyer, and Ryan Connor performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar for this free weekly show hosted by Adam Sokol, Brad Austin, and/or Nate Fridson: Comedy at the Beauty Bar
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): From Dan Hodapp & Micah Sherman (producers of The Scene), improvisors make up one-act plays on the spot at The PIT upstairs theatre, with tonight’s groups including Double Date, Day Camp Kids, Deer Babies, and The Lottery: Act One
9:30 pm ($5): Magnet sketch comedy groups try out new material at this weekly show. Tonight it’s the double-bill Dispacho and Breakfast for Dinner
9:30 pm ($5): Making great use of UCB East’s previous incarnation as an indie movie theatre, tonight features screenings of the most memorable Channel 101 films running five minutes or less—most of them funny—crafted in the style of TV pilots: The 2012 New York Channy Awards
[FREE] 9:30 pm: Open-mic stand-up, with four minutes per comic, at The PIT downstairs lounge hosted by Molly Austin & Mike Brown: Vicious Cycle
[TOP PICK] [$] 10:30 pm ($15 at the door or $18.88 online): One of the finest stand-ups and comedic storytellers alive tries out new material, along with some friends: Mike Birbiglia: Working It Out
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: A jaw-dropping dark comedy musical group—which includes members of sketch troupe Murderfist—performs a full set at Brooklyn’s Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway, near the J subway’s Kosciusko Street stop): The Cowmen
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