NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 5/13/10

May 13, 2010

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Hip-hop comedy rules tonight, both at Comix with Ted Alexandro (above) and at The PIT with Freestyle Love Supreme

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:

[$] [DISCOUNTED] 7:30 pm ($33.48 online if you use code VIPMAY, plus 2-item minimum): A stand-up who’s performed frequently on Conan O’Brien and David Letterman, and who’s performed aComedy Central Presents half-hour special and numerous Comedy Central Roasts, headlining tonight through Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Greg Geraldo

7:30 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces,” and veteran improvisors play with “elements of monoscene, deconstruction, and La Ronde,” in the double-bill The Deconstruction and Sleepover

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): The wonderful Jon Friedman performing a smart & silly one-man show, and Deborah Gross recreating absurd and amusing conversations she’s experienced through her sharp storyteller’s perspective, in the double-bill Bear with Me and Conversations with Deb

8:00 pm ($8): Elizabeth Blue performing a new one-woman show: Am I Blue

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 9:30 pm ($12.89 online if you use code VIPMAY, plus 2-item minimum): Wonderful comics Ted Alexandro, Carolyn Castiglia, Snakes, Mara Herron, and Rob Cantrell join host Tom McCaffrey for “a comedy/hip-hop show featuring some of New York’s top comedians like you’ve never seen them before” at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Joke Life

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Brilliant singer/songwriter Shayna Ferm tops off tonight’s show in which Pat Dixon and Brad Lawrence tell sexual tales revolving around tonight’s theme “Calling It Quits” at the best sexy storytelling comedy show in NYC: Margot Leitman’s & Giulia Rozzi’s Stripped Stories

[$] 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 through Sunday at Carolines: Paul Mooney

[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Vibrant improv troupes Reuben Williams and Bastian compete for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: An amazing comedic freestyle hip-hop group, using audience suggestions as a springboard for creating improvised music inspired by jazz, rap, and comedy:Freestyle Love Supreme

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Monday 3/1/10

March 1, 2010

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A wonderful hip-hop improv troupe performs at the Comix Comedy Club to shower you with its Freestyle Love Supreme

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 ($25, plus 2-item min.): An amazing comedic freestyle hip-hop group, using audience suggestions as a springboard for creating improvised music inspired by jazz, rap, and comedy, performing at this super-charged monthly event at the Comix Comedy Club: Freestyle Love Supreme

[FREE] 7:30 pm: NYC stand-ups Damien Lemon, Jason Saenz, Ray Marshall, Kara Klenk, 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): John Fugelsang (former host of America’s Funniest Home Videos), Kumail Nanjiani (David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, writer/performer for Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues), Ryan Middleton (producer for The Daily Show), Myq Kaplan (Jay Leno, Comedy Central Presents), Kristeen Von Hagen (Canadian stand-up), and musical guest The Fools performing in the Lolita Bar at Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Some of UCBT’s funniest sketch comedy & stand-up performers—Jon Friedman, Joe Mande, Shannon O’Neill, Beneath Gristedes, Snakes, Pangea 3000, and Thunder Gulch—plus musical guest The Fools, at an all-you-can-watch revue: UCBT’s I’m Cool Showcase

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Nominated for an ECNY Award for Best One-Person Show, comedy giant Dave Hill performs an hour-long telling of his charming and hilarious series of tales about a musical tour overseas: Dave Hill: Big in Japan

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest comics in the country—tonight including Hannibal Buress (red-hot rising star; staff writer for Saturday Night Live), Kumail Nanjiani (David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, writer/performer for Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues), Sheng Wang, Team Submarine, and maybe an extra-special guest—joining wonderful guest-host Sean Patton (red-hot rising star; recent killer set on Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central) at Whiplash

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