NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 3/12/09

March 12, 2009

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Story Pirates After Dark

Story Pirates After Dark

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] [$] a highly acclaimed theatrical comedy troupe that stages tales written by NYC schoolchildren after enhancing the details with adult content: Story Pirates After Dark (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] fearless and hilarious sketch comedy performer Alicia Levy performing her new one-woman show Red Carpet Ride (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] superb comics Seth Herzog and Baron Vaughn joining the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of Variety Shac (9:30 pm),

[$] The Chosen Chicks declaring “Faster, Pussycat! Kvetch! Kvetch!” at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and two superb improv troupes, The Stepfathers and Secret Promise Circle, competing for audience laughs & votes at the raucous Cage Match (11:00 pm).

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Wednesday 3/11/09

March 11, 2009

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Todd Barry

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).

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Tuesday 3/10/09

March 10, 2009

For last night’s ECNY Award winners, please click here.

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

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),

superb NYC storytellers, singers, sketch comics, and stand-ups—who tonight include Margot Leitman (Conan O’Brien, Stripped Stories), Robin Gelfenbein (Sirius Radio, Wienermobile), Brandy & Sara, soce the elemental wizard (MTV), and Danny Leary (MTV)—at a show pretending to be from the Pennsylvania heartland: Skip & Sparkle Variety (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] Koren Shadmi (In The Flesh) and Brendan McGinley (Heist), joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),

three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Bangs, The Law Firm, The Scam, Bastian, and Whorenado—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] TV & movie star Janeane Garofalo (comedy genius who’s currently an FBI agent on FOX’s 24), and other stellar comics performing at this wonderful 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] brilliant star stand-up Ted Alexandro (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central), rising star Hannibal Burress (Comedy Central, Awkward Kings of Comedy), and more at John Morrison’s Morrison Motel (8:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] Eugene Mirman (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, VH1, Adult Swim), Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien), Ahna Tessler (sketch comic & screenwriter), and Ali Wong (San Francisco-based stand-up) at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm),

and fine NYC stand-ups joining delightful hosts Jackie Monahan, Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Gloria Bigelow at Dykes on Mics (9:00 pm).

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

For last night’s ECNY Award winners, please click here.

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