Best New York Comedy

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The breathtaking Arden Myrin performs tonight at Get Off Your Knees

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] 6:30 pm ($5): Stellar talents including Kate McKinnon, Shannon O’Neill, Leslie Meisel, and writer  Caitlin Tegart are reason enough to attend this early show that asks you to “join hipsterific ladies as they teach you how to be a better woman through poetry, sketches, character monologues, song, and the premiere of their show which follows our heroines as they attempt to smash the patriarchy and launch a magazine:” Vag Magazine Live

7:00 pm ($5): Sketch comedy that proclaims “The articles in smut mags don’t edit themselves. Kilos of dope don’t just up and move themselves across the border. And Plato’s Retreat was nothing more than a hotel basement until some brave pioneer dropped his car keys into a bowl. Character-driven sketch that throws a light onto the seedier and sadder,” featuring Margo Brooke Pellmar, Elihu Dietz, Tim Eberle, and Ian Murphy, directed by Danny Williams: The Tiniest Kids in Europe

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Witty writers offering delightfully wry lectures about  this month’s topic, “The Future of the Book,” at Brooklyn’s Union Hall for Charles Star’s comedic show Adult Education

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Arden Myrin (Conan O’Brien, Mad TV, numerous other TV shows & films; for Mad TV samples, please click here and here and here), Sheng Wang (Comedy Central), Nikki Glaser (Last Comic Standing), and Dan Curry (Last Comic Standing) performing at Brooklyn’sSouthpaw Downstairs Lounge DownSouth (125 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope), guest-hosted by the gorgeous Brooke Van Poppelen: Get Off Your Knees

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Sharon Spell (host of Shrink), Molly Dykeman, Randy Epley, and Brian Mcguinness performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Comics industry pros join super-hosts Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler, and Pete LePage in 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 Monstro, DeCoster, Badman, Ragnaröck, and Sandino; and at 11:00 pm UCBT students studying under improv genius Neil Casey using an audience suggestion to make up an entire move (a la Neil’s and Anthony Atamanuik’s hilarious Two Man Movie)—all at Harold Night

[FREE] 8:00 pm: Greg Barris (host of Heart of Darkness), Jesse Popp (Comedy Central, co-host ofBeauty Bar Comedy), musical guest Toys and Tiny Instruments, and more performing at Brooklyn’sThe Royal Oak along with sketches from Moon regulars such as co-producer Jordan Clifford and hosts Nat Towsen & Bob Walles: The Moon Show

8:30 pm ($3): Rachel Feinstein (finalist on this past summer’s Last Comic Standing), Liam McEneaney (host of Tell Your Friends), Nick Turner (co-host of Too Cool for School), and Dustin Chafin performing at the Housingworks Bookstore Cafe for an almost-free weekly show hosted by Joe DeRosa (HBO’s Down and Dirty, Comedy Central Presents, new comedy CD The Depression Auction) and Jared Logan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central): Punch Up Your Life

8:30 pm ($5): The worlds of “magic, mind-reading, and mutilation” are explored by Matthew Holtzclaw and Prakash Puru: Strange Things

8:30 pm ($5): Abby Sher and Ed Illades employ sketch, song, improv, and puppets to comment on the impending end of the world: Podunkity

[FREE] 11:00 pm: A breathtaking 40 comics are given 2 minutes each in this rapid-fire open-mic stand-up show hosted with wit and energy by Jay Welch: Bring It

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