September 6, 2010
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Colin Quinn performs tonight at Whiplash
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:
7:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): The perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours at the Luca Lounge (222 Avenue B off 14th Street)—at John Morrison’s Motel Luca
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Genius Death by Roo Roo improvisors Neil Casey & Anthony Atamanuik create an epic film on the spot; plus real-life siblings Will & Kevin Hines perform vibrant improv, in the double-bill The Two-Man Movie and The Brothers Hines
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5 online or $8 at the door): TV & movie star Kristen Schaal (one of the funniest women alive; shining star correspondent on The Daily Show; co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords; Comedy Central Presents half-hour special; co-creator & co-star of UK TV seriesPenelope: Princess of Pets; co-author of new bestselling book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex) and master sketch comic Kurt Braunohler (Comedy Central Presents; co-creator & co-star of UK TV series Penelope: Princess of Pets) host their legendary weekly sketch & stand-up comedy show, with tonight’s guests Reggie Watts (musical improv comedy genius; Comedy Central special;Jimmy Fallon; Electric Company; Conan O’Brien’s Legally Prohibited tour; for video samples, please click here), Jamie Lee (Last Comic Standing, College Humor), and Mike Amato performing at Brooklyn’s Littlefield (622 Degraw Street): Hot Tub Variety
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Myq Kaplan (finalist on this summer’s Last Comic Standing; Jay Leno, Comedy Central Presents half-hour special), Hari Kondabolu (Comedy Central), Andy Haynes (Last Comic Standing), Sean O’Connor (This American Life), and Scott Boxenbaum (LA Improv), and more performing at Aces & Eights (34 Avenue A, off 3rd Street) for John Szeluga’s Not Friday
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Jessi Klein (fresh, unique, deliciously organic comic who’s one of the best stand-ups in the country; staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim), Jena Friedman (wry dark comedy stand-up; host of Entertaining the Bartender), and Gary Vider (performing at a free weekly LES show at Pianos produced by Adam Lowitt and Matt Goldich: It Is It
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Some of the finest improvisors in the country—Tara Copeland, Becky Drysdale, Jeff Hiller, Thomas Middleditch, Eliza Skinner, Mike Still, and tonight’s guest Birch Harms—making up a musical on the spot along with virtuoso improv pianist Frank Spitznagel: Diamond Lion
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest stand-up comics in the country—tonight including Colin Quinn (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central’s much-missed Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Eugene Mirman (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, VH1, Adult Swim; pioneer of NYC downtown comedy), 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 Andy Haynes (Last Comic Standing)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash
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May 12, 2010
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Colin Quinn headlines at the debut of Liam McEneaney's Rent Party
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:
[FREE] 7:00 pm to midnight: Five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Star stand-up Colin Quinn and Morgan Murphy (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon) performing at the debut of a new monthly comedy show at The Bowery Poetry Club hosted by Liam McEneaney: Rent Party
8:00 pm ($5): A large cast of talented comics performing very silly stage acts at Eliot & Ilana Glazer’s High School Talent Show
[FREE] 8:30: NYC stand-ups Jena Friedman, Keith Alberstadt, Nick Zimmerman, Brian Longwell, Emmy Rivera, and Kat Herskovic performing at this free weekly show hosted by Sharon Spell:Shrink
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm: Mike O’Connell (hilarious YouTube star, Jimmy Kimmel), Jon Glaser (Conan O’Brien, 30 Rock, star of Adult Swim’s Delocated), Hari Kondabolu (Comedy Central), and Rory Scovel performing at this free weekly comedy show at Brooklyn’s Cameo (behind Lovin’ Cup) hosted by Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Theatrical scenes made up on the spot with breathtaking skill by brilliant and passionate improvisors who have become one of the best comedy duos in the biz—Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Moral Orel) and Christina Gausas (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report), a.k.a. Adsit & Gausas
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Host Justin Purnell (The Colbert Report) providing as many as a dozen guests packed into 75 minutes performing stand-up, improv, sketch, and occasionally acts that defy categorization. The level of talent can vary wildly, but for some (like me), that’s part of the laid-back fun; and this is often one of the most amazing comedy shows in town. Come support the experimentation, and periodic magical surprises, that this uniquely organic rollercoaster of a show makes possible—and don’t forget to toss $1 in the bucket on your way out: School Night
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December 21, 2009
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Colin Quinn headlines a star stand-up lineup tonight at Whiplash
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:
6:30 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): 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 Ochi’s Motel
[FREE] 7:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Jamie Lee, Mike Recine, TJ Del Reno, Danny Rouhier, and Simeon Goodson performing at a free weekly show in the Manchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson: Case of the Mondays Comedy
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Tony Woods (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents), Hannibal Buress (staff writer for SNL), Bobby Miyamoto (Comedy Central), Amanda Melson (Comedy Central), and guitar comic Rob Paravonian (recently opened for Lily Tomlin in Vegas) performing in the Lolita Bar with guest hosts Team Submarine and producer Liam McEneaney at Tell Your Friends
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Musical improv beatbox genius Reggie Watts, and conceptual comics Gabe Liedman and Rob Lathan, performing at Brooklyn’s Union Pool for a new weekly comedy show hosted by Kurt Braunohler: The Inevitable
8:00 pm ($5): The talented young writer/performers of UCBT scripted comedy house troupes High Treason and Slow Burn trying out their newest sketch material at Maude Night
[TOP PICK] [DISCOUNTED] 8:30 pm ($5 cover if you mention HyReviews.com [otherwise $10], plus $7 drink minimum; call 212.989.9319 to reserve seats): Superb stand-ups Hannibal Buress, Kumail Nanjiani, Moody McCarthy, Maureen Langan, Jared Logan, Dan St. Germain, Liam McEneaney, and Larry MacPhee performing at the Cornelia Street Cafe for the 6th year anniversary of John Morrison’s Morrison Motel
9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): A celebration of a razor-sharp stand-up’s comedy album at Ochi’s Lounge: Joe DeRosa’s CD Release Party
9:30 pm ($5): Michael O’Brien (Saturday Night Live) and Peter Grosz (The Colbert Report) performing the latest version of their acclaimed 2-man sketch show: Misled
[FREE] 9:30 pm: NYC stand-ups Hilary Schwartz, Sheng Wang, Kate Riffey, Jason Verlaine, Dan Rouhier, and Kate Berlant performing at Pat O’Shea’s free weekly Brooklyn showcase at Freddy’s Backroom: Ed Sullivan on Acid
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: A blowout gathering of some of the finest comics in the country—tonight including star Colin Quinn, star Christian Finnegan, and acclaimed stand-up and Jimmy Fallon staff writer Morgan Murphy—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash
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November 16, 2009
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Comedy giants John Oliver, Colin Quinn, Rich Vos, Robert Klein, and more perform tonight at the charity event Laugh for Sight
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:
6:30 pm & 9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): 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 Ochi’s Motel
[FREE] 7:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Sean Donnelly, Josh Homer, Adam Luicidi, Steve Bossus, and Harry Tuman performing at a free weekly show in the Manchester Pub hosted by Phoebe Robinson: Case of the Mondays Comedy
8:00 pm ($5): The talented young writer/performers of UCBT scripted comedy house troupes Slow Burn and High Treason try out their newest sketch material at Maude Night
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Razor-sharp Saturday Night Live writers Hannibal Burress, Bryan Tucker, and Colin Jost, and musical guest Supercute (Rachel Trachtenburg of the wonderful Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players), all performing in the Lolita Bar with producer Liam McEneaney at Tell Your Friends
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm ($35 & two-drink minimum): An annual charity event for eye research held at the Gotham Comedy Club, with the lineup for this year’s benefit including comedy titans John Oliver, Colin Quinn, Rich Vos, Robert Klein, Bonnie McFarlane, Eddie Brill, and John Morrison: Laugh For Sight
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): An hour-long play made up on the spot by razor-sharp, passionate improvisors Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Moral Orel) and Christina Gausas (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report) at Adsit & Gausas
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest stand-ups in the country hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash
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November 15, 2009
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Star stand-up Colin Quinn 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 ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[FREE] 7:30ish pm: Sharp stand-ups Roger Hailes, Dan Hirshon, Mike O’Gorman, and more performing at a free weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($31.25 & 2-drink min.) The former star of Comedy Central’s much-missed Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn headlining this one final night at Carolines: Colin Quinn
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Wyatt Cenac, Kevin Barnett, and more performing stand-up at this weekly event at Brooklyn’s Union Hall, hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman (who recently released a new comedy album, God Is a Twelve Year Old Boy With Asperger’s; for a fun recent Village Voice write-up, please click here): Tearing the Veil of Maya
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Superb comics Baron Vaughn, Amy Schumer, Brooke Van Poppelen, DC Benny, Matt Mccarthy, and Vince Averill celebrating the one-year anniversary of RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Star stand-up Christian Finnegan, plus fine comics Ann Carr, John Knefel, Jay Welch, and John F. O’Donnell, performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[FREE] 10:00 pm: An all-gal lineup of fine stand-ups Jamie Lee, Leah Dubie, Robin Fox, and Allison Castillo performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
[$] 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 at Carolines: Paul Mooney
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November 2, 2009
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Hilarious stand-up Colin Quinn performs tonight at both Tell Your Friends and Whiplash
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
6:30 pm & 9:00 pm (no cover, 1-item min.): The perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($15 & 2-item min.): A blowout gathering of top comedic talent—Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, Pete Holmes, Baron Vaughn, Morgan Murphy, and Josh Fadem—at the elegant Comix Comedy Club help celebrate the launch of a new Web site devoted to showcasing the best tweets, Facebook updates, and other microcomments from very funny folks online: WitStream.com
8:00 pm ($5): The talented young writer/performers of top UCBT scripted comedy house troupes Stone Cold Fox and Gorilla Gorilla try out their newest sketch material at Maude Night
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Top stand-up comic Colin Quinn, plus The Pleasure Syndicate (four comedy writers—Scott Jacobson, Mike Sacks, Jason Roeder, and Ted Travelstead—debuting material from their first book Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk), humor author Bob Powers, and house band A Brief View of the Hudson, all performing in the Lolita Bar with host Liam McEneaney at Tell Your Friends
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): An hour-long play made up on the spot by razor-sharp, passionate improvisors Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Moral Orel) and Christina Gausas (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report) at Adsit & Gausas
[FREE] 9:30 pm: Brooke Van Poppelen—who is currntly killing via the best work I’ve ever seen from this brilliant and gorgeous comic at her one-woman show on Thursday nights, So-Low Show—plus NYC stand-ups Ari Teman, J-L Cauvin, Greg Manuel, Dan Frigolette, Harris Bloom, Phil Murphy, and Brendon Fitzgibbons performing at Pat O’Shea’s free weeky Brooklyn showcase at Freddy’s Backroom: Ed Sullivan on Acid
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest stand-ups in the country—who tonight include Colin Quinn, The Sklar Brothers, Sean Patton, and Andrea Rosen—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash
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May 2, 2009
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Rich Vos and friend
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:sharp stand-ups Matt McCarthy, Helen Hong, Adam Newman, and more at Sean Donnelly’s Lil’ Seany Boy (7:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] star improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball (7:30 pm),
Roman Rimer telling the true story of transitioning from gal to guy in this new one-person show: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Trannies * But Were Afraid to Ask (7:30 pm),
[$] a stand-up star who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live and served “cringe” comedy nightly on national television on his unforgettable Comedy Central show Tough Crowd: Colin Quinn Headlining at Gotham Comedy (8:00 pm & 10:00 pm & 11:30 pm),
[$] a stand-up star on two seasons of Last Comic Standing and on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and currently on the Opie & Anthony radio show: Rich Vos Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
comics experiencing the rush of performing with no clothes on in The Naked Comedy Showcase (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] one of my all-time favorite improv troupes—which in 2008 broke the UCBT improv competition record for winning streaks with 17 triumphs in a row, and this year delivered a magnificent performance to capture the Cage Match Championship—the brilliant and daring members of Death by Roo Roo (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] stellar comics Shayna Ferm, Joe Mande, Rozzi, Michael Somerville, Rich Brooks, and more—plus free beer!—at acclaimed monthy comedy showcase Moonwork (9:00 pm),
organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track! (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] inventive & hilarious sketch comedy from The Harvard Sailing Team (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] improvised furious action from world-class troupe Reuben Williams (10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] and Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer (10:30 pm).
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May 1, 2009
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Colin Quinn
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:[TOP PICK] acclaimed sketch, improv, and storytelling comics writers gather to create 10-minute odes to a pop star—who tonight is Bob Seger—in The Downtown Superstar Ten Minute Hour (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] stellar comics Kevin Allison, Sean Patton, Eric Andre, Vince Averill, Chris O’Connor, and John Knefel at this free weekly show in Brooklyn hosted by Cassidy Henehan and Nick Turner: Too Cool for School (8:00 pm),
[$] a stand-up star on two seasons of Last Comic Standing and on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and currently on the Opie & Anthony radio show: Rich Vos Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[$] a stand-up star who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live and served “cringe” comedy nightly on national television on his unforgettable Comedy Central show Tough Crowd: Colin Quinn Headlining at Gotham Comedy (8:30 pm & 10:30 pm),
Claudia Cogan (Logo’s Gayest Week Ever), Ian Harvie (ABC’s Byron Allen Comics Unleashed), Roy Cruz (Logo’s Outlaugh), Cara Killduff (here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics), and more at a gay-themed comedy show hosted by Jenny Rubin: The Back Room (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers (9:30 pm),
clever, inventive sketch comedy from Chocolate Cake City (9:30),
singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical (10:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] a comedic freestyle rap contest featuring some of the funniest & sharpest comics in NYC—who tonight are Pete Holmes, Laura Krafft, Ann Carr, Michael Kayne, and Andrew “Soce” Singer—plus a volunteer from the audience, hosted by genius comedic musical hosts Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan (Freestyle Love Supreme) and Eliza Skinner (I Eat Pandas), at The BEATdown (11:00 pm),
[FREE] a free opportunity for you to perform sketch on the UCBT stage at Liquid Courage (12:20ish am),
[$] and 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 at Carolines: Paul Mooney (12:30 am).
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