Best New York Comedy

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Marina Squerciati delivers one of the best performances of the year in the FringeNYC Encore comedy "Just In Time: The Judy Holliday Story"...

...and rising star Amy Schumer headlines tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club

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:

[FREE] 7:00 pm: Razor-sharp comedic singing duo Stuckey & Murray, stand-ups Emily Epstein, Elon James White, and Dave Lester, band The Summer Replacements, and more performing atOtto’s Shrunken Head (538 East 14th Street, between Avenues A and B) hosted by Eric Vetter: No Name and A Bag O’ Chips

7:00 pm ($8): Award-winning improv duo Lucas Kavner and Bradford Jordan make stuff up with “a celebrity guest improvisor’ at Swords

[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): A delightful tale of heartbreak by Leslie Meisel —who manages the impressive feat of being adorable, sexy, and hilarious all at the same time, and is a sharp comedic talent very much worth keeping an eye on—quite ably abetted by co-writer Megan Neuringer in one of the smartest theatrical shows to grace UCBT this year: Love Can Suck a Dick…and So Can I …

…plus, as the second half of this double-bill, “pop culture obsessed Billy Eichner takes you on a fun-filled 30 minute journey through his twisted and topical celebrity-fueled world:” Billy Eichner Goes Pop!

[$] 7:30 pm & 10:00 pm ($35 & 2-drink min.)  A TV & film star whose credits include Beauty Shopwith Queen Latifah and Bulworth; hosting BET’s Hollah! and Comic View; and appearing on ABC’sThe View, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and Politically Incorrect, and Showtime’s Laffapalooza, headlining through Sunday at Carolines: Sheryl Underwood

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm & 10:30 on ($19.33 online with discount code WONG, plus 2-item minimum): A petite comedy dynamo, this razor-sharp rising star will shock you and make you roar with laughter with a fearlessness that’s won her acclaim in San Francisco and, over the past year, a devoted following in NYC; don’t miss her headlining for one night only—along with performances from Hannibal Buress, Sheng Wang, and Kevin Camia—at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Ali Wong

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe performing with new guests each Friday and making a valid complaint: Centralia: We Were Supposed To Have Flying Cars By Now

[FREE] 8:00: NYC stand-ups (who haven’t been announced) performing at O’Hanlon’s (14th Street off 1st Avenue), possibly hosted by Matt Ruby: Hot Soup

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:30 pm & 10:30 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A stand-up who co-hosts FUSE’s A Different Spin; has performed on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, NBC’s 30 Rock, Jimmy Fallen, John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show; and has interviewed such celebs as Sarah Silverman (to watch, please clickhere), headlining tonight and Saturday at the Gotham Comedy Club: Amy Schumer

[MEGA-TOP PICK] [$] 9:30 pm ($18): My pick for #1 show (out of 197) at this year’s spectacularFringeNYC 2010 was an award-winning comedy about comedy legend Judy Holliday featuring one of the best performances you’re likely to see anywhere this year. Please read my review by clickinghere; and don’t miss this second chance provided by the FringeNYC Encore Series to experience the delightful Just in Time: The Judy Holliday Story

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Always fresh and imaginative world-class sketch troupe that uses song, movement, and clever scenarios to turn familiar rituals on their head (for a video about awkward goodbyes at the end of a party, please click here) delivering a brand new collection of sketches titled Ms. Larsen’s Class: The Harvard Sailing Team

10:00 pm ($7): Singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical

[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): Jonathan Gabrus, Sue Galloway, and other superb improvisors make up scenes about an audience member’s legal dispute at The Law Firm: Law & Disorder

11:15 ($5):Roman Rimer performs a one-man show about “inspirational and comedic true stories intertwining spirituality, sex, laws, identity, drug busts, discomfort, fear and discovery from a spontaneous road trip down South” in Evolution

[TOP PICK] [$] Midnight ($22.50 & 2-drink min.) Some of the raunchiest shock comics in the biz—Adrienne Iapalucci, Kurt Metzger, Mike Vecchione, and headliner Jay Oakerson—performing stand-up through Sunday at Carolines: Jay Oakerson’s Dirty Minds

[TOP PICK] Midnight ($5): Stand-up comic Tom McCaffrey switches to a career as “a hip-hop superstar,” performing as TMC his “hip-hop/comedy rapsterpiece” Get Rich or Move Back in With my Dad, aided by such comedy greats as Carolyn Castiglia, Mara Herron, Joe Derosa, Rob Cantrell, Dan Curry, and Boris Khaykin: Joke Life

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