NYC Top Comedy Choices for Tuesday 11/4/08

November 4, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, who tonight include Mark Normand, Adam Riemer, Jeff Ragsdale, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] an election-watching event with sharp comics at the elegant Comix Comedy Club, complete with large-screen TVs, running from 6:30 pm until a winner is declared—plus a no-reservation-needed watch scheduled for downstairs at Ochi’s starting at 9:00 pm—at Televised Election Watch (6:30 pm / 9:00 pm),

a free election-watching event at The PIT in which you can follow the results with comics via radio and Internet feeds from 7:00 pm until a winner is declared at Political Science Theater 3000 (7:00 pm),

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

[TOP PICK] and yet another long-into-the-night election watch, with comedy genius Kristen Schaal (HBO, stellar correspondent on The Daily Show), John Mulaney (world-class stand-up, Conan O’Brien, writer for Saturday Night Live), and James Adomian (George W. Bush impersonator) at one of the finest and funniest shows in NYC, the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Monday 11/3/08

November 3, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, who tonight include Joselyn Hughes, Blaine Perry, Matt Ruby, Amy Beckerman, Jon Bander, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] innovative TV mini-shows (no longer than 5 minutes each) that live or die by audience votes at Channel101: NY (7:00 pm & 8:30 pm),

hilarious singer/songwriter Ben Lerman, and stand-ups Pat Camden and Wesley Cannon, joining delightful hosts Jackie Monahan, Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Gloria Bigelow at Dykes on Mics (7:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] a sharply funny political discussion with brilliant & lightning-fast comics Mike Birbiglia (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, Sleepwalk with Me), Neil Casey (Death by Roo Roo, Fat Guy Stuck in Internet), Becky Drysdale (Time Traveling Lesbian, Let’s Have a Ball), and Scott Brown (writer for Entertainment Weekly and Wired) at Anthony King’s & Kate Spencer’s Shut Up! I Hate You! (8:00 pm),

political sketch comedy, plus an Election Eve panel with pundits Eric Boehlert, Jane Hamsher, and Lee Papa, at Liz Winstead’s Shoot the Messenger (8:00 pm),

fresh, sexy, brilliant comic Jessi Klein hosting a pre-Election comedy show with such talented stand-ups as Myq Kaplan, Michael Weingartner, Reese Waters, and Robert Kelly at the biweekly Comedy Central at Crash Mansion (8:00 pm),

a new, free weekly comedy show in Brooklyn featuring stand-up, sketch, music, and more, hosted by the razor-sharp Jena Friedman: Entertaining Tammy (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] Kate Hess & Andy Secunda creating what’s likely to be a hilarious political parody, plus political-based improv, at Palin Family All-Star Review and Election Spectacular and The Spin (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—who tonight include Eugene Mirman (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, Adult Swim), Andy Blitz (comedy genius who’s written & performed for Conan O’Brien since 1999), and James Adomian (George W. Bush impersonator for CBS, ABC, MTV, Comedy Central)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Sunday 11/2/08

November 2, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

[TOP PICK] UCBT’s playground for celebrities and ace improvisors, ASSSSCAT 3000 (7:30 pm and 9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] typically stellar stand-up comics joining comedy giants Eugene Mirman & Michael Showalter—winners of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Hosts—for their weekly shindig at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Tearing the Veil of Maya (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] typically stellar stand-ups at one of the funniest productions in NYC—and winner of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Variety Show—The Greg Johnson & Larry Murphy Show (8:00 pm),

sharp NYC comics at a free stand-up comedy show hosted by star sketch/improv troupe Derrick in Queens’ Long Island City: This Is New York (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and what promises to be a hilarious political show, hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog: An Open Letter to the Next President (10:00 pm).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Saturday 11/1/08

November 1, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

four sharp storytellers trying to mislead the audience in The Liar Show (6:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] a comedy legend headlining at Comix for this evening only: Richard Belzer (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] star improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show who joyously declare Let’s Have a Ball (7:30 pm),

an improv troupe with a theatrical approach: Stray (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] one of my all-time favorite improv troupes—which this season broke the Cage Match record for winning streaks with 17 triumphs in a row, and is now taking over UCBT’s prestigious prime-time Saturday night slot—the brilliant and daring members of Death by Roo Roo (9:00 pm),

a small mob of talented comics—including the wonderful Kimmy Gatewood, in her final NYC stage appearance before moving to LA—telling funny, poignant, and at times unforgettable tales about their relatives at the gorgeous Sara Benincasa’s Family Hour (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 TV shows about audience members via world-class troupe Reuben Williams (10:30 pm),

and political sketch comedy from UCBT group Stone Cold Fox in That One (Midnight).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Friday 10/31/08

October 31, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

three Halloween-themed shows at The Peoples Improv Theatre, including Pure Evil (7:00-11:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a fun Halloween horror play written by comedy star & UCB co-founder Matt Walsh, directed by UCBT artistic director Anthony King, and performed by some of the top comics in NYC: Killgore: The Resurrection (8:00 pm, 10:00 pm, and midnight).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 10/30/08

October 29, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

[TOP PICK] The Apple Sisters, who are winners of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Musical Comedy Act, and one of the most charming & entertaining groups in NYC, in their final NYC show performing a Halloween musical: Ghoul’s Night Out (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] a fun Halloween horror play written by comedy star & UCB co-founder Matt Walsh, directed by UCBT artistic director Anthony King, and performed by some of the top comics in NYC: Killgore: The Resurrection (8:00 pm & 10:00 pm),

superb stand-ups including Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central), Brooke Van Poppelen (Carolines, Macho!), and Myq Kaplan (Comedy Central) telling jokes and then answering personal questions on stage at Matt Ruby’s & Mark Normand’s We’re All Friends Here (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and crime being solved with laughs and sans scripts by brilliant comics Anthony King, Lennon Parham, Ben Schwartz, Gavin Speiller, Matt Fisher, and Jim Santangeli at CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation (11:00).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Wed. 10/29/08

October 29, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),

[TOP PICK] a fun Halloween horror play written by comedy star & UCB co-founder Matt Walsh, directed by UCBT artistic director Anthony King, and performed by some of the top comics in NYC: Killgore: The Resurrection (8:00 pm & 10:00 pm),

comics competing for laughs based on an assigned topic in So You Think You Can Stand (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and crime being solved with laughs and sans scripts by brilliant comics Anthony King, Lennon Parham, Ben Schwartz, Gavin Speiller, Matt Fisher, and Jim Santangeli at CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation (11:00).

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Tuesday 10/28/08

October 28, 2008

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, who tonight include Joe DeVito, Myq Kaplan, Becky Ciletti, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),

17 NYC stand-ups—including RG Daniels, Jen Kwok, Chelsea White, and Shawn Pearlman—competing for audience laughs and votes at Eric I’s Comedy Showdown (7:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] the wonderful Kimmy Gatewood at one of her final appearances on an NYC stage (before moving to LA), plus comics pro Todd Dezago, joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about comic books at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),

three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Bangs, The F*cking Kennedys, The Scam, Bastian, and Ragnaröck—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] comedy giants Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale (former co-hosts of seminal NYC stand-up show Invite Them Up), Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien), and more at the Halloween costumes & sketches edition of one of the finest and funniest shows in NYC, the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm),

hilarious & thoroughly charming stand-ups Joselyn Hughes and Brooke Van Poppelen, and more, at the return of a popular weekly show mixing sketch & stand-up: Sweet Haven (9:00 pm),

a funny exploration of where comedy comes from in Roots (9:00 pm),

a spooky comedy blast from the past at The Paul Lynde 1977 Halloween Special (9:30 pm),

and former Kissing Booth hosts Brandy Barber and Sara Jo Allocco performing a sketch show directed by the superb Owen Brimer: Jar Full of Roaches (9:30 pm).

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