NYC Top Comedy Choices for Tuesday 8/24/10

August 24, 2010

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For Hy’s coverage of the spectacular FringeNYC 2010 Festival, please click here.

Evan O'Sullivan in Evan O'Television

Evan O'Sullivan fights an impossible battle with himself in the FringeNYC show "Evan O'Television in Double Negatives"

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] 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 Ragnaröck, DeCoster, Sandino, Bastian, and Monstro; and at 11:00 pm select members from every UCBT house troupe forming a one-night-only troupe—all at Harold Night

[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Eddie Brill (David Letterman, FX’s Louie), Leighann Lord (Comedy Central), Anthony DeVito (Conan O’Brien, Apostles of Park Slope), Aparna Nancherla (Last Comic Standing), and Matt Singer (Joe’s Pub) performing at Cellar 58 (58 Second Avenue) alongside delightful host Abbi Crutchfield and comedic rapster Andrew Singer: Positively Awesome

[TOP PICK] 8:30 pm ($3): Mindy Raf as Leibya Rogers (brilliant singer/songwriter; VH1), Paul Mecurio (The Daily Show), Greg Barris (host of Heart of Darkness), and Nick Vatterott performing at the Housingworks Bookstore Cafe for an almost-free weekly show hosted by Jared Logan (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central) and the hilarious Dan St. Germain: Punch Up Your Life

[TOP PICK] [$] 9:00 pm ($18): FringeNYC is one of the most delightful annual events in NYC, and it’s happening for the rest of August; to learn lots more, please click here. Be sure to check out the Festival’s superb comedy shows—such as today’s event involving a guy playing straight man to a video recording of himself: Evan O’Television in Double Negatives

[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

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

For Hy’s coverage of the spectacular FringeNYC 2010 Festival, please click here.

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Sunday 8/22/10

August 22, 2010

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

For Hy’s coverage of the spectacular FringeNYC 2010 Festival, please click here.

Evan O'Sullivan

A guy argues with himself through the magic of videotape in Evan O'Television in Double Negatives

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] [$] 1:45 pm ($18): FringeNYC is one of the most delightful annual events in NYC, and it’s happening for the rest of August; to learn lots more, please click here. Be sure to check out the Festival’s superb comedy shows—such as today’s event involving a guy playing straight man to a video recording of himself: Evan O’Television in Double Negatives

[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

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Victor Varnado, Ali Wong, Noah Garfinkel, Michael Che, and more performing at Calise Hawkins’ free weekly show at The Fat Black Pussy Cat (130 West 3rd Street): S’Weird Man

[FREE] 9:00 pm: Dan St. Germain, Adam Newman, Greg Barris, Andy Haynes, and John F. O’Donnell performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly extravaganza Beauty Bar Comedy

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Ophira Eisenberg (sharp stand-up and brilliant storyteller; Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime), Shecky Beagleman (feature film Hacks), and Adam Lehman (Here! TV’sHot Gay Comics) performing at this free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy tonight guest-hosted by Adam Sank: 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

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

For Hy’s coverage of the spectacular FringeNYC 2010 Festival, please click here.

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