August 10, 2010
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For Hy’s take on Last Comic Standing, please click here.
For Hy’s pre-festival coverage of FringeNYC 2010, please click here.
Adira Amram (above) performs tonight with Ted Alexandro, Christian Finnegan, and more 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:
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Andrea Rosen (Comedy Central, Variety SHAC, The Nights of Our LIves), Julian McCullough (Comedy Central Presents), Sean O’Connor, Jamie Lee, and James Harris performing at Brooklyn’s Bell House Front Lounge guest-hosted by the gorgeous Brooke Van Poppelen: Get Off Your Knees
[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 Monstro, Badman, DeCoster, Bastian, and Robber Baron; and at 11:00 pm advanced UCBT students improving scenes taking place simultaneously—all at Harold Night
[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Rob Cantrell, Becky Yamamoto, Ben Kissel, Dan Hirshon, Todd Montesi, and Jc Coccoli 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): Adira Amram (fresh, sexy, hilarious rising star singer/songwriter; CD Hot Jams for Teens), Ted Alexandro (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials), 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 Mike Drucker (writer for SNL) performing at the Housingworks Bookstore Cafe for an almost-free weekly show hosted by Joe DeRosa (new comedy CD The Depression Auction) and Jared Logan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central): Punch Up Your Life
9:30 pm ($5): Stellar storyteller Leslie Goshko, plus Darcy Burke, Amy Dixon, Joel Jones, and Jay Dixit, spin yarns at Campfire Stories
[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
For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.
For Hy’s take on Last Comic Standing, please click here.
For Hy’s pre-festival coverage of FringeNYC 2010, please click here.
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Posted by hybender
July 6, 2010
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Adira Amram (above left) and Adam Wade are among the stars at Brooklyn's The Moon Show; and Matt McCarthy (above right) 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:
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm [FREE] 8:00 pm: Wonderful comics Adira Amram (fresh, sexy, hilarious rising star singer/songwriter), Adam Wade (two-time Moth GrandSlam Storytelling Champion (2006 & 2009) and record-breaking 15-time StorySlam Champion; The New York Times Magazine; host ofReal Tales of College; for Adam’s award-winning tale of being an NBC page on Conan O’Brien, please click here), and Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, VH1,The Onion), plus non-comedic musical guest Camille Harris, performing at Brooklyn’s The Royal Oak with host Jordan Clifford: The Moon Show
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm [FREE] 8:00 pm: Superb stand-ups Ali Wong (hilarious comedy dynamo), Andrea Rosen (Comedy Central’s Michael and Michael Have Issues, Stella, Variety SHAC), and Jena Friedman (Entertaining the Bartender; check out Jena’s latest video here) performing at Brooklyn’s Bell House Front Lounge guest-hosted by the gorgeous Brooke Van Poppelen (TLC’sAmerican Chopper, Maxim and Cosmo Radio, So-Low Show; popular blogs NYisretarded.blogspot.com and RockBottom; for stand-up videos about overindulging at 30 and impersonating Morrisey, please click here and here): Get Off Your Knees
[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 DeCoster, Bastian, Ragnaröck, Sandino, and Monstro; and at 11:00 pm UCBT students at all improv levels getting a chance to perform on stage with improv veterans—all at Harold Night
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Red-hot stand-up Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson, George Lopez, concert film The Awkward Comedy Show; 2010 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up), Rob O’Reilly (Jay Leno, Comedy Central), Crede And Kane (Phaea Crede And Alex Kane), Damien Lemon (host of Comedy On the Hump), and Ramtin Taheri performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm ($3): Sean Patton (red-hot rising star; killer set on Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central, VH1), Leo Allen (former writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central Presents, Conan O’Brien, HBO’s Funny or Die, host of top NYC comedy show Whiplash), Jamie Kilstein, Karith Foster, and Monrok performing at the Housingworks Bookstore Cafe for an almost-free weekly show hosted by Joe DeRosa (new comedy CD The Depression Auction): Punch Up Your Life
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:30 pm ($16.50 & 2-drink min.): A beloved stand-up & comedic actor who’s best known as the Verizon FIOS guy, but has also performed on Comedy Central and AMC, co-stars in hilarious Front Page Films videos, and recently released his first comedy CD Come Clean, headlining tonight only at Carolines: Matt McCarthy
[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
June 17, 2010
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For the best of genius comedic actress Kate McKinnon, click here.
The spectacular Adira Amram (above) joins Kevin Allison, Katina Corrao, and more at Tim Ellis' & Matthew Park's Of the Moment
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm ($28.04 online if you use code VIPJUNE, plus 2-item minimum): A stand-up who’s performed three Comedy Central specials, is a commentator on MNBC’s Countdown with Keith Oberman and VH1’s Best Week Ever, and has appeared onChappelle’s Show and The Today Show, headlining through Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Christian Finnegan
7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): H. Alan Scott, Greg Leitman, and Dr. Michelle-Leona Godin join thoroughly charming and razor-sharp host Leslie Goshko for her delightfully quirky monthly storytelling show in which comics and comedic yarn-spinners are asked to reveal aspects of themselves that are odd and unusual—and that includes such carnival elements as an accordion player, and a challenging trivia contest for someone in the audience to win a bottle of wine:Sideshow Goshko
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): Superb comics Peter Grosz (writer for The Colbert Report, star of over 100 Sonic fast-food commercials) and John Lutz (writer & occasional actor on SNL since 2004;recurring character on 30 Rock) perform acclaimed two-man improv in 2 Square
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($8): Leslie Collins performing a one-woman show based on her memories of growing up in Texas: Poteet Girls
[$] 8:00 pm ($51.25 & 2-drink min.): Marlon and Shawn Wayans headlining tonight through Saturday at the Carolines Comedy Club: The Wayans Brothers
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 9:30 pm ($12.89 online if you use code VIPJUNE, plus 2-item minimum): All-star stand-ups & storytellers Ted Alexando, Jessi Klein, and Kurt Braunohler joining an irresistable stand-up and comedic actor—and the Verizon FIOS guy—at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: The Matt McCarthy Stand-Up Comedy Show
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($8): Delightful sketch comedy & musical duo Tim Ellis and Matthew Park closing out this season’s run with thoroughly wonderful guests Adira Amram (fresh, sexy, hilarious rising star singer/songwriter), Kevin Allison (legendary MTV sketch show The State, host of top storytelling show Risk!), Katina Corrao, and musical guest Phil Yanos (of the band Dangaru): Of the Moment
9:30 pm ($5): If you’re a fan of CollegeHumor.com, you can see the folks behind it on stage—along with comics Jeff Rubin, Jon Gabrus, Hardly Working Live, BriTANick, Matt Little, and more—atCollegeHumor Live
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Two vibrant troupe troupes, Death by Roo Roo and Badman, competing for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.
For the best of genius comedic actress Kate McKinnon, click here.
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Posted by hybender
May 28, 2010
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Spectacular singer/songwriter Adira Amram (above) and unique ventriloquist Carla Rhodes team up at Brooklyn's Galapagos Art Space for One Night Only
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 ($10): “After leaving what she thought was the perfect marriage, Mandy Schmieder now finds herself stuck in limbo. Is it really over? This is her quest to find the answer. Told through the eyes of a band of characters who guide her on this journey through an expressionistic purgatory of…” Separation Anxiety
7:00 pm ($10): An NYC improv troupe, headed by Duncan Murdoch, making up scenes following not only an audience suggestion but the riffs of an instrumental jazz quartet: FACE
[TOP PICK] [$] 7:30 pm ($15 & $15 drink min.): Brilliant, fresh, sexy rising star Adira Amram and “rock ‘n roll ventriloquist” Carla Rhodes team up to perform at Brooklyn’s Galapagos Art Space (16 Main Street at DUMBO) for One Night Only
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): A rising star who’s one of the very finest stand-ups in the country performing a deliciously long one-hour set at Karma Lounge that should really cost $50—but somehow is a mere $5, and should not be missed: Sean Patton
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10):Two of the funniest and most loveable sketch comics alive, Katherine Bryant and Chris O’Connor (half of sketch troupe Fearsome) team up with also hilarious sketch comics Mike Still (sketch troupe A Week of Kindness) and John Phillips (sketch troupe Trophy Dad) to perform a comedic play about a college buddy returning after 10 years to ruin his friend’s life; and sketch troupe Thunder Gulch has fun with American icons ranging from Lucy to Lost, in the double-bill Mace Bacon: The Worst Guy Ever and Pop Culture Apocalypse
[$] 7:30 pm & 10:00 ($35 & 2-drink min.): A cast member of the much-missed Chappelle’s Showheadlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines Comedy Club: Donnell Rawlings
[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] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): NYC stand-ups performing in Ochi’s Lounge at a gay-themed show hosted by Paul Case: The Back Room
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Brilliant improvisor Thomas Middleditch (Improvised Shakespeare Company, Baby Wants Candy, The Law Firm) and Matt Oberg (Big Black Car) team up for one night only as improv duo Bergditch 2010
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): In this new show, 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
[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Sketch comedy troupes Inside Joke Films vs. Camp Wayne compete for audience laughs and votes in Backyard Brawl
[$] 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
April 15, 2010
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Spectacular comedic talents Adira Amram (above), Lennon Parham, Kate McKinnon, and more join coauthors Rob Lathan and Will Hines to help you Get Psyched!
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 ($12): A blowout gathering of some of the most talented and beloved comics in New York—Lennon Parham, Kate McKinnon, Adira Amram, and Zach Woods—joining co-authors Rob Lathan and Will Hines perform a live version of their book Get Psyched!
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm ($12.89 online if you use code VIPAPRIL, plus 2-item minimum): An irresistible comedic actor and stand-up—best known as the anti-FIOS guy in Verizon commercials—celebrates his first comedy album at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Matt McCarthy CD Release Party
7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Lisa Levy psychoanalyzing comics in Ochi’s Lounge at Stand Up, Lie Down
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 ($5): The delightful Andrée Vermeulen performing a one-woman show in which she applies for “The Greatest French Person in the World Award” only to discover a terrible family secret involving waffles—and while performance trumps material here, Andrée is a fresh young talent worth discovering (for a memorable show highlight, shot with Andrée’s real-life boyfriend Thomas Middleditch, please click here); plus real-life married couple James Eason & Jessica Allen, who are both superb veteran improvisors, stretching themselves with a scripted sketch show directed by Rachel Hamilton, in the double-bill French Toast and D-Bags, A-Holes & Lovers
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($38.25 plus 2-drink minimum): A former Saturday Night Live star headlining tonight through Saturday at Carolines: Kevin Nealon
8:00 pm ($8): Elizabeth Blue performing a new one-woman show: Am I Blue
[TOP PICK] [$] 9:00 pm ($15): A comic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, lyrics, home movies, stories, and more) are shared by their original authors before total strangers at Mortified
[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 9:30 pm ($19.33 online if you use code VIPAPRIL, plus 2-item minimum):Rory Albanese (Executive Producer of The Daily Show; recently aired fine Comedy Central Presents half-hour special) and Rachel Feinstein (hilarious stand-up; Comedy Central; opens for Sarah Silverman on tour) share the headlining spotlight at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: An Evening with Rachel Feinstein and Rory Albanese
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Two talented sketch comedy troupes and a sketch master—Sidecar, Two Fun Men, and Kurt Braunohler—each performing one of their most popular sketches and one of their personal favorites in a fun revue hosted by James Eason & Aaron Kheifets: A-Side/B-Side
[$] 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): Vibrant improv troupes Reuben Williams and Decoster compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match
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Posted by hybender
November 3, 2009
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Hilarious & sexy rising star Adira Amram sings tonight at Comic Book 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:
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Comic book creators Michael Kaluta & Elaine Lee (Starstruck), and brilliant rising star sex goddess & musical guest Adira Amram joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Witty writers offering delightfully silly lectures about “The Proper Prank” (e.g., The Day I Gave My Brother Appendicitis) at Charles Star’s Brooklyn comedic show Adult Education
8:00 pm to midnight ($5): Four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Scootch, Ragnaröck, Badman, Robber Baron, and DeCoster, followed by UCBT advanced students improvising a movie—all at Harold Night
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): Comedy giants Rob Riggle, the Sklar Brothers, and Julian McCullough, plus acclaimed actor Josh Charles, and more performing at The Slipper Room for the LES weekly show hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog (Jimmy Fallon, VH1): Sweet
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): Sharp NYC stand-ups Jamie Lee, Charlie Kasov, Paul Oddo, Jay Welch, Jason Saenz, Michael Lawrence, James J. Oakes, and Jay Hoskins telling tales about their first time—with anything they choose—performing in Ochi’s Lounge at SNC: The Virgin Chronicles
[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
Please note: Due to scheduling conflicts, Pete & Jessi are taking this week off from Punch Up Your Life. This hit Tuesday show will return on November 10th.
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Posted by hybender
July 5, 2009
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- The incomparable Lennon Parham
This blog is on vacation—aside from sporadic updates—until July 13 so I can focus on book and film projects. (And by the way, if you need help with a book or screenplay, please visit my sites HyOnYourBook.com and HyOnYourScript.com.)
Daily listings will resume on July 13th.
That said, here are quick recommendations of notable shows happening this week:
Sunday 7/5 at 6:00 pm: One-woman show I Wanna Be Famous at 308 Broadway from Jessica Delfino
Sunday 7/5 at 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza ASSSCAT 3000
Sunday 7/5 at 7:30 pm: Pete Holmes headlining at Comix
Monday 7/6 at 8:00 pm: Janeane Garofalo, Pete Holmes, Tom Shillue, Vanessa Hollingshead, and Jamie Kilstein at an all-star edition of stand-up comedy show Tell Your Friends
Monday 7/6 at 8:00 pm: A superb Boston stand-up comic headlining at Comix: Doug Saulnier
Monday 7/6 at 11:00 pm: Leo Allen’s star-studded, and entirely free, stand-up comedy showcase Whiplash
Tuesday 7/7 at 8:30 pm: A not-to-be-missed killer stand-up lineup—Janeane Garofalo, John Mulaney, Joe Mande, humor author Bob Powers, and brilliant hosts Jessi Klein & Pete Holmes—at Punch Up Your Life
Wednesday 7/8 at 7:00 pm: Lennon Parham demonstrating her comedy genius in her acclaimed one-woman show She Tried to be Normal
Wednesday 7/8 at 7:30 pm: Adam Wade gathering top storytellers to tell their Real Tales of College
Wednesday 7/8 at 9:30 pm: Todd Barry headlining at Carolines
Thursday 7/9 at 8:00 pm: NYC comedy royalty Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler hosting Hot Tub Variety
Thursday 7/9 at 9:30 pm: Ace performers Shockwave, God’s Pottery, and Ben Lerman performing both their best and oddest material at A-Side/B-Side
Thursday 7/9 at 11:00 pm: Death by Roo Roo battling all comers at improv competition Cage Match
Friday 7/10 at 8:00 pm: Jenny Slate performing her delightful & hilarious one-woman show Dead Millionaire
Friday 7/10 at 9:30 pm: Artful & hilarious improv troupe The Stepfathers
Friday 7/10 at 11:00 pm: Brilliant storyteller Chris Gethard telling amazing true tales via his Magic Box of Stories
Friday 7/10 at midnight: Pete Holmes hosting the best free open-mic stand-up in NYC, Gutbucket
Saturday 7/11 at 9:00 pm: The gutsiest improv troupe in NYC, Death by Roo Roo
Saturday 7/11 at 10:30 pm: All-star improv troupe Reuben Williams
Sunday 7/12 at 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza ASSSCAT 3000
Sunday 7/12 at 8:00 pm: Marc Maron performing a condensed version of his superb one-man show—for free!—at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Scorching the Earth
Also, more broadly, to keep up with what’s happening in NYC comedy please visit the Web sites of these stellar & inexpensive venues:
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Peoples Improv Theater
Ochi’s Lounge at Comix
The Magnet
The Creek and the Cave (Queens LIC)
Union Hall (Brooklyn)
And for comedy clubs, please visit:
Comix
Carolines
HyReviews.com Comedy Club Discounts
Finally, please buy lots of copies of Adira Amram’s just-released album Hot Jams for Teens:
For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.
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Posted by hybender
June 30, 2009
For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.
This blog is going on vacation—aside from sporadic updates—for two weeks so I can focus on book and film projects. (And by the way, if you need help with a book or screenplay, please visit my sites HyOnYourBook.com and HyOnYourScript.com.)
Daily listings will resume on July 13th.
That said, here are some quick recommendations of notable shows happening this week:
Tuesday 6/30 at 8:30 pm: Michael Showalter and Dave Hill at Jessi Klein’s & Pete Holmes’ Punch Up Your Life
Tuesday 6/30 at 9:00 pm: Pete Holmes and Victor Varnado at Seth Herzog’s Sweet
Wednesday 7/1 at 8:00 pm: Charlie Sanders in Minnesota Muslim
Wednesday 7/1 at 8:00 pm: The one-year anniversary of Sharon “Mama” Spell’s Shrink
Wednesday 7/1 at 9:30 pm: Todd Barry headlining at Carolines
Thursday 7/2 at 8:00 pm: NYC comedy royalty Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler hosting Hot Tub
Thursday 7/2 at 9:30 pm: Janeane Garofalo, Pete Holmes, and Jamie Kilstein making the news funny by riffing on topical animated political cartoons by host Scott Bateman
Friday 7/3 at 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm: Pete Holmes headlining at Comix
Sunday 7/5 at 6:00 pm: One-woman show I Wanna Be Famous at 308 Broadway from Jessica Delfino
Recommendations for next week will be posted by July 5th.
Also, more broadly, to keep up with what’s happening in NYC comedy please visit the Web sites of these stellar & inexpensive venues:
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
The Peoples Improv Theater
Ochi’s Lounge at Comix
The Magnet
The Creek and the Cave (Queens LIC)
Union Hall (Brooklyn)
And for comedy clubs, please visit:
Comix
Carolines
HyReviews.com Comedy Club Discounts
Finally, please buy lots of copies of Adira Amram’s just-released album Hot Jams for Teens:
For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.
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Posted by hybender
June 29, 2009
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- Adira Amram—with a small mob of other brilliant comedic singer/songwriters—tonight celebrates the release of her sharp new album Hot Jams for Teens
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] [FREE] brilliant, sexy, and red-hot rising star Adira Amram celebrating the release of her new album Hot Jams for Teens joined by most of the finest comedic musicians in NYC in a not-to-be-missed free extravaganza: Adira’s Hot Jams for Teens Album Release Show & Party (7:00 pm),
the perfect show for short attention spans, open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—tonight including Emily Epstein, Chelsea White, Lisa Kaplan, Luke Cunningham, Mark Normand, Matt Ruby, Sean Donnelly, Blaine Perry, Aalap Patel, Matteson Perry, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] luminous Broadway & TV actors Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Jonathan Kaplan, Julie Sharbutt, and Kate Tellers mixing it up with some of the best improvisors in the world—Michael Delaney, Becky Drysdale, Peter Grosz, Anthony King, and Tami Sagher—as they crash improv into classic theatre scenes at Gravid Water (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] terrific stand-ups 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), Giulia Rozzi (VH1, co-host of Stripped Stories), Jay Larson (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson, host of ComedyJuice), Allison Castillo, Mike Birch, and more at Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
tuneful comedic theatre from 2Pac: The Musical (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] and a free weekly show featuring some of the best stand-up comics in the country—who tonight include John Oliver (star correspondent of The Daily Show)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).
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April 28, 2009
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Adira Amram
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:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] Jeff Rubin & Patrick Cassels (Bleep Bloop) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Badman, Penthouse Riot, The Law Firm, The Scam, and Bastian—plus a small mob of sharp female improvisors at 11:00 pm for a show titled Suck My Dick, all at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), Adam Lowitt (producer for The Daily Show, host of This Is It!), James Bewley, and more performing at this free show hosted by brilliant stand-ups Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim) and Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker): Punch Up Your Life (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker), Adira Amram (brilliantly fresh, funny, sexy singer/songwriter), Bobby Tisdale (legendary co-host of the seminal and much-beloved former NYC comedy show Invite Them Up), and more at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).
and NYC stand-ups Tom Ragu, Paul Case, and Adam Lehman joining delightful hosts Jackie Monahan, Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Gloria Bigelow at Dykes on Mics (9:00 pm).
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