Best New York Comedy

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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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