NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 3/4/10

March 4, 2010

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Star Australian stand-up Jim Jefferies headlines tonight through Sunday 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 ($29 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: Jim Jefferies

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): An entirely improvised hour from the staff of one of the best-crafted comedy shows on TV: The Colbert Report Writers

8:00 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] [$] 9:00 pm ($12): Star stand-ups Kristen Schaal (one of the funniest women alive, and amazingly still getting better and better), Hannibal Buress (red-hot rising star; staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Scott Moran, Wayne Federman, and Hari Kondabolu performing at Comedy Below Canal

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Razor-sharp, adorable, irresistible comedic storyteller Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, host of Sideshow Goshko) spins yarns about her childhood in her one-woman show Vodka Shoes

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 9:30 pm ($12.89 online if you use code VIPMARCH, plus 2-item minimum): Kumail Nanjiani (red-hot hilarious stand-up and writer; David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, writer/performer for Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues) and Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central, NBC) headlining along with host Jared Logan at the elegant Comix Club for one night only: Kumail Nanjiani and Kyle Kinane

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Wonderful comics Todd Barry and Kurt Braunohler, plus musical guests Supercute, join the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of Variety SHAC

[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Two vibrant improv troupes—The Brothers Hines and Scootch—compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Sunday 9/13/09

September 13, 2009

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Very special Aussie stand-up Jim Jefferies concludes his NYC headlining run tonight at Carolines

Very special Aussie stand-up Jim Jefferies concludes his NYC 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:

[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 ($29 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who recently performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, completing his NYC run tonight headlining at Carolines: Jim Jefferies

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: A blowout gathering of wonderful comedy stars, including Ted Alexandro (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials), Timmy Williams (co-star of sketch troupe & IFC TV series Whitest Kids ‘U Know), Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central, NBC, Adult Swim, The Awkward Kings of Comedy), Luke Cunningham, and Danny Solomon performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up

[FREE] 9:00 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups Jamie Lee, Mark Normand, Brian Longwell, and Matt Baetz performing at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly East Village stand-up show Beauty Bar Comedy

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Watching and making fun of tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards, directly followed by sharp comics Jackie Monahan, Allison Castillo, Adam Lehman, and William Mullin performing stand-up at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 9/10/09

September 10, 2009

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Stellar Aussie stand-up Jim Jefferies headlines tonight through Sunday at Carolines

Stellar Aussie stand-up Jim Jefferies headlines tonight through Sunday 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): Jamie Cummings & Elizabeth Blue improvise a tale about the King and his love Priscilla Presley based on the memorable TV movie Elvis & Me

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm ($20 using code TODDB online & 2-item min.): Wryly brilliant stand-up who’s one of the very best in the biz, with performances on David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Adult Swim, and feature film The Wrestler, headlining tonight through Saturday (get additional $5 off tickets by buying before day of show) at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Todd Barry

7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): “Alternative and mainstream comedians who don’t quite fit in” performing in Ochi’s Lounge at a monhly show hosted by Grant Gordon and the delightful Helen Hong: Odd Baggage

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($29 & 2-drink min.): Stellar Australian comic who’s been a regular on Opie & Anthony and who recently performed his own HBO special, I Swear To God, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: Jim Jefferies

8:00 pm ($8): “Pat Shepherd thought he was getting married. He was wrong. Follow his story in the premier of this hilariously heartbreaking one man show:” The Breakup

8:00 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces” in The Deconstruction

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): World-class storyteller Adam Wade (two-time Moth GrandSlam Storytelling Champion and record-breaking 10-time StorySlam Champion; host of True Tales of College; for Adam’s award-winning tale of being an NBC page on Conan O’Brien, please click here), Jenna Brister (The Moth), and sensual hosts Margot Leitman and Giulia Rozzi tell sexual tales revolving around tonight’s theme “My Place or Yours?”, accompanied by world-class raunchy comedic singer/songwriter Jessica Delfino, at the best sexy storytelling comedy show in NYC: Stripped Stories

9:30 pm ($8): “A magical and sometimes drunken hazy vision of a wonderful fairy tale adventure,” created on the spot by improvisors: The Princess Tea Party

[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Genius improv troupe Death by Roo Roo—taking over this season with an all-time record-breaking 20 wins in a row—tonight facing improv challenger The Stamp & Coin Club in a battle for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match

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For FringeNYC 2009 Encore Series coverage, please click here.

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