Best New York Comedy

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Diane Neal (Law & Order: SVU) performs at the Comix Comedy Club tonight to express her "Indignation"...

...and Abby Elliott (Saturday Night Live) appears at The Slipper Room to make your evening "Sweet"

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] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:00 pm ($5 online using discount code VIPJAN & 2-item min.) NYC cultural treasure Jane Borden (Comedy Editor of Time Out New York), Diane Neal (Law & Order: SVU), and host Joe DeRosa (Comedy Central Presents half-hour special) perform on-the-spot rants about pop culture topics suggested by the audience at the elegant Comix Comedy Club’s Indignation with Joe DeRosa

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): The wonderful Alex Zalben is busy with both a new baby and a Marvel Comics mini-series (Thor and the Warriors Four), and the delightful Justin Tyler is busy doing lord knows what, so tonight Pete LePage hosts solo—with guest DC Comics Editor Robert Joy—conducting a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club

8:00 pm to midnight ($5): Four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Scootch, Bastian, Badman, Ragnaröck, and Penthouse Riot followed by UCBT advanced students playing an improv game in which scenes flow from one location to another—all at Harold Night

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:30 pm: Wonderful stand-ups Todd Barry (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Adult Swim, The Wrestler), Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central, NBC’s My Name is Earl, Adult Swim; films Pluto Nash, End of Days, A Guy Thing, The Awkward Kings of Comedy), Myq Kaplan (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents), and Rory Scovel (Comedy Central) performing at the Housingworks Bookstore Cafe for a free weekly show hosted by brilliant stand-up Pete Holmes (Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, John Oliver and Friends, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker)…and that used to be co-hosted by the equally brilliant Jessi Klein, but Jessi’s now busy as a staff writer for Saturday Night Live: Punch Up Your Life

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($5): All-star comedy lineup, including Colin Quinn (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central’s much-missed Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Donald Glover (NBC’s Community and 30 Rock, Mystery Team), and Abby Elliott & Jullian Bell (cast member & staff writer on Saturday Night Live) performing at The Slipper Room for the LES weekly show hosted by the wonderful Seth Herzog (Jimmy Fallon, VH1): Sweet

9:30 pm ($5): Bobby Tisdale (legendary co-host of seminal NYC comedy show Invite Them Up), Adrienne Iapalucci, Andy Haynes, and hosts Mike Drucker (writer for Saturday Night Live, The Onion) and Jon Clarke (writer for McSweeney’s) performing stand-up at The Writer’s Room

[FREE] 11:00 pm: Free open-mic stand-up show that’s seldom much fun for audience members but is a nice opportunity if you want 4-5 minutes to test out your comedy material on stage: Bring It

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