Best New York Comedy

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Phenomenal actresses & cold readers Kate McKinnon & Meredith Zinner (above) join fellow superb actors Kaipo Schwab and Andy Danish in performing a free unrehearsed event: The First Annual New School Screenplay Reading Series

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] 6:00 pm ($5): Performers with upcoming UCBT shows provide sneak previews of the laughs they’ll be providing in this talent-packed show with Steve & Jordan, John Roberts, Political Subversities, John Phillips, and New Exc!tement: The UCBT Summer Showcase

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 7:00 pm: Four of the finest actors & cold readers in New York—Kate McKinnon (Big Gay Sketch Show, UCBT & Web star), Meredith Zinner (Conan O’Brien, Law & Order, Erin Brockovich), Kaipo Schwab (Law & Order, Rescue Me, The Royal Tenenbaums, Fair Game), and Andy Danish (voiceover artist for Disney, MSNBC, GoDaddy.com)—performing nine screenplay scenes (from such works as Dead Andy and Fuck Up of the Year) with no rehearsal tonight at The New School’s Wollman Hall (65 West 11th Street, 5th floor) in a show hosted by screenwriting guru William Pace that’s free and open to all: First Annual New School Screenplay Reading Series

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm ($12.44 online if you use code VIPMAY, plus 2-item minimum): Wonderful comics Kevin Allison, Margot Leitman, Liz Winstead, and Arden Myrin join host Tom Shillue for a show that brings together stand-ups, improvisors, and storytellers for an evening of world-class yarn-spinning at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Tom Shillue’s TELL

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

[MEGA-TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): One of the finest stand-ups ever performing his comedy CD at UCBT at a not-to-be-missed event: Anthony Jeselnik: CD Recording

[$] 8:00 pm ($46.50 & 2-drink min.) A TV and movie star who first earned fame on Chappelle’s Showheadlining through Sunday at Carolines: Charlie Murphy

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Movie & TV comedy star Michael Showalter, beloved comedy veteran Bobby Tisdale (Invite Them Up), and musical group Strega joining the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of comedy group Variety SHAC

[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Vibrant improv troupes Reuben Williams and Thank You Robot compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match

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