August 8, 2009
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Donnell Rawlings 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] 7:30 pm ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza—which tonight may well include celebrities in town to enjoy next weekend’s gala Del Close Marathon—at ASSSCAT 3000
7:30 pm ($5): typically superb stand-ups at a weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians
[FREE] 8:00 pm: sharp NYC comics at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[$] 8:00 pm ($26.75 & 2-drink min.): A cast member of the much-missed Chappelle’s Show headlining at Carolines Comedy Club: Donnell Rawlings
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups DJ Hazard, Greg Johnson, Kenny Zimlinghaus, and Tom McCaffrey celebrating the 3-year Anniversary of Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly East Village stand-up show Beauty Bar Comedy
[FREE] 10:00 pm: Brilliant comedic storyteller Ophira Eisenberg, and stand-ups Hilary Schwartz and Danny Siegel, at an all-Jews edition of the free gay-themed show hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
[$] 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
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August 7, 2009
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Sara Benincasa reveals her fear of public places in one-woman show AGORAFABULOUS
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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 (no cover, 1-item min.): Sharp NYC stand-up comics—Kumail Nanjiani (writer & performer on Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues; Colbert Report, SNL, Jimmy Kimmel), Barry Rothbart, Claudia Cogan, Kara Klenk, Pat Stango, Steve Bossous, Cory Jarvis, Ben Kissel, and David Lee Nelson—in Ochi’s Lounge performing at Lil’ Seany Boy
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report,and The Daily Show joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($37 & 2-item min.): A TV star who’s made a career out of confessional comedy headlining at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Christopher Titus
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($31.25 & 2-drink min.): A cast member of the much-missed Chappelle’s Show headlining at Carolines Comedy Club: Donnell Rawlings
8:00 pm ($10): Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell relating their YouTube-documented romantic adventures live on stage—possibly accompanied by visits from some of the gals—on Double Date Us
[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): The gutsiest improv troupe in NYC, Death by Roo Roo
[$] 9:00 pm ($15): Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer
9:00 pm ($10): Delightfully multi-talented gal comics Leslie Goshko, Jen Kwok, and Leigh Ann Cobb performing at Brooklyn’s Jalopy (F/G subway to Carroll Street) in the stand-up, sketch, and music show Dirty Girls in Brooklyn
9:30 pm ($10): Sara Benincasa performing her one-woman show AGORAFABULOUS
[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): All-star improv troupe Reuben Williams
12:00 am ($5): Andy Rocco’s sketch comedy, music, dancing, special guests, and free t-shirts extravaganza: The Hipster Show
[$] 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
August 7, 2009
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Brilliant character actress Kate McKinnon tonight performs her one-woman show about the movie biz
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): Christina Casa, who memorably played Angelina Jolie at UCBT’s Jen & Angie (a production which will be reprised this month at FringeNYC) demonstrates she’s got other hilarious characters in her in this debut of a one-woman show: Don’t Cry Out Loud
7:00 pm ($5): Razor-sharp improvisors Laura Krafft (former staff writer for The Colbert Report), Abby Sher, Rachel Hamilton, and “special guests” make up scenes based on audience suggestions at Moon Crackers
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Brilliant character performer Kate McKinnon (co-star of Logo’s Big Gay Sketch Show) plays five very different actresses waiting to hear which of them won an Oscar (keep an eye out for the old lady, who’s one of the funniest characters you’ll see this year, anywhere); and foreign-born Greg Tuculescu (member of stellar sketch troupes Quiet Library and Stone Cold Fox, and superb improv troupe The Law Firm) debuts a one-man show, in the double-bill Best Actress and F@#&ing Foreigners!
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Genius character comic Nick Kroll, brilliant stand-up Kumail Nanjiani (catch him headlining at Comix on 8/11), and razor-sharp stand-ups Jared Logan, Roger Hailes, Vince Averill, Liz Miele, and Chuck Watkins at a free weekly comedy show at Brooklyn’s Coco 66 hosted by Nick Turner: Too Cool for School
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($37 & 2-drink min.): A TV star who’s made a career out of confessional comedy headlining at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Chris Titus
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers
10:00 pm ($5): singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical
[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Andy Christie (host of The Liar Show) and Zach Dressler (Sirius Radio) tell tales on tonight’s theme “After Hours” at the best sexy storytelling comedy show in NYC, hosted by the sensual Margot Leitman (VH1, Spike TV) and Giulia Rozzi (MTV, VH1.com): Stripped Stories
[FREE] 12:20ish am: A free opportunity for you to perform sketch on the UCBT stage at Liquid Courage
[$] 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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August 6, 2009
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"Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Susie Essman 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 ($5): Two of the sharpest & most respected comics in NYC, Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler, honing a show they’ll be performing next week at the Edinburgh Festival: Double Down Hearts
[$] 8:00 pm ($38.25 & 2-drink min.) A Curb Your Enthusiasm star and superb stand-up headlining at Carolines: Susie Essman
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
8:00 pm ($8): Clever wordplay, conceptual comedy, and relentless silliness—applied to a parody of the already-goofy film Con Air—from sketch troupe Elephant Larry (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Stand-up Jodi Wasserman (Comedy Central), sketch comic Matt Higgins (Centralia), John Gemberling (world-class improv troupe Death By Roo Roo), and Will Hines (ace improv troupe The Stepfathers) joining the four hard-to-resist members of a hilarious comedy group—musical host Shonali Bhowmik, and superbly quirky stand-ups Heather Lawless, Chelsea Peretti, and Andrea Rosen—in Variety SHAC
[$] 9:30 pm ($20 & 2-item min.) The Raspberry Brothers—Jerm Pollet, Shane Breaux, and Scott Rogowsky—making funny remarks about a teen martial arts classic at the Comix Comedy Club: The Karate Kid
[$] 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): Two vibrant improv troupes, Death by Roo Roo and Iron Ruckus, in a battle to win audience laughs & votes at the raucous Cage Match
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August 1, 2009
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- Louis C.K. continues his smash hit show tonight at Carolines
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[$] 6:00 pm: Terrific storytellers Martin Dockery, Ryan Britt, Juliet Wayne, and Andy Christie try to fool the audience at Andy’s The Liar Show
7:00 pm: Top female comics—Shayna Ferm, Sara Benincasa, Ali Wong, Jamie Lee, Abbi Crutchfield, Jiwon Lee, Chelsea White, and Meg Cupernall—performing at Lil’ Seany Boy
7:30 pm: Improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report,and The Daily Show joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball
[$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm: One of the funniest storytellers alive, with an emphasis on tales of marriage and family, headlining tonight and Sunday at Carolines: Louis C.K.
8:00 pm: Gay white Jewish hip-hop comic Andrew Singer, a.k.a. soce the elemental wizard, throwing a release party at the Bowery Poetry Club for his first CD: Master of Fine Arts
9:00 pm: The gutsiest improv troupe in NYC, Death by Roo Roo
[$] 9:00 pm: Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer
9:30 pm: Sara Benincasa performing her one-woman show AGORAFABULOUS!
10:30 pm: All-star improv troupe Reuben Williams
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July 31, 2009
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- Louis C.K. shows he’s one of the funniest storytellers alive 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 $) include:
five women performing an improvised, and possibly tipsy, parody of The View at Focus (7:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] superb storytellers Margot Leitman, Jon Friedman, Leah Dubie, and host Anne Altman tell dating horror stories at the fun new show Misery Date (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] one of the funniest storytellers alive, with an emphasis on tales of marriage and family, headlining tonight through Sunday at Carolines: Louis C.K. (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers (9:30 pm),
singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical (10:00 pm),
NYC’s heavy metal version of a sketch troupe, providing odd, unsettling, and fearless dark comedy: Murderfist: Late and Dirty (11:00 pm),
sketch troupes Bleak! Comedy and The Straightmen competing for audience laughs & votes at Backyard Brawl (11:00 pm),
[FREE] and a free opportunity for you to perform improv with UCBT veterans at Jammin’ with Ralph (12:20ish am).
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Posted by hybender
March 11, 2009
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Todd Barry
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] [$] one of the funniest men in the world performing a deliciously long, wry headlining set at Carolines: Todd Barry (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] two of NYC’s best rising comedy stars, Baron Vaughn (Comedy Central, MTV, Cloverfield, Shoot the Messenger) and Joe Mande (Totally J/K, Workdays with Maury), performing long stand-up sets at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Baron Vaughn & Joe Mande (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] one of the most razor-sharp and uproariously funny storytellers in the country performing a one-man show that should not be missed: Chris Gethard’s Magic Box of Stories (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] superb comics Kurt Braunohler (sketch comedy master, frequently in partnership with Kristen Schaal), Andres du Bouchet (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, FOX’s Talkshow with Spike Feresten), Andrea Rosen (Comedy Central, VH1, Variety SHAC), and Roger Hailes (Chappelle’s Show, Comedy Central, VH1, MTV, Bravo) at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),
[TOP PICK] superb NYC stand-ups & sketch performers Jason Trachtenberg, The Bitter Poet, Dan Allen, Katina Corrao, E.J. Murphy, and Seth Madej at the free Shrink (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] three popular NYC sketch troupes—Elephant Larry, BriTANick, and Rue Brutalia—each performing one of their most popular bits and one of their personal favorites in the very fun sketch revue A-Side/B-Side (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).
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Posted by hybender
March 4, 2009
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Scott Adsit
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] one of the most razor-sharp and uproariously funny storytellers in the country performing a one-man show that should not be missed: Chris Gethard’s Magic Box of Stories (8:00 pm),
[$] unintentionally hilarious amateur videos via the Found Footage Festival (8:00 pm),
NYC stand-ups John Morrison, Sean Crespo, Raquel D’Apice, Mara Herron, Adrianne Iapalucci, and Jason Saenz at the free Shrink (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] an hour-long play made up on the spot by razor-sharp, passionate improvisors Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Moral Oral) and Christina Gausas (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report) at Adsit & Gausas (9:30 pm),
[$] a former regular on Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd and on Howard Stern, Nick DiPaolo at Carolines (10:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).
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