Best New York Comedy

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Janeane Garofalo

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] four sharp storytellers—who tonight are Carolyn Castiglia (Last Comic Standing, VH1), Robin Gelfenbien (VH1, 2008 FringeNYC show My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey), Dan Allen (Comedy Central’s Premium Blend), and host Andy Christie (The New York Times, Moth GrandSlam Champion)—trying to mislead the audience at The Liar Show (6:00 pm),

Ali Wong, Kevin McCaffrey, Pat Stango & Blaine Perry, Morgan Venticinque, David Balutanski, and “special guests” at NYC stand-ups at Sean Donnelly’s Lil’ Seany Boy (7:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] one of the most razor-sharp and uproariously funny storytellers in the country performing a one-man show that should not be missed: Chris Gethard’s Magic Box of Stories (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] a blow-out gathering of wonderful comedic talent that should not be missed, including superstar Janeane Garofalo, and red-hot comics Baron Vaughn and Livia Scott, at a show benefiting an animal shelter: Diamonds in the Fluff (8:00ish pm),

[TOP PICK] [$] superb and internationally popular comedy star Arj Barker (HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents) Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),

comics experiencing the rush of performing with no clothes on in The Naked Comedy Showcase (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] one of my all-time favorite improv troupes—which in 2008 broke the UCBT improv competition record for winning streaks with 17 triumphs in a row, and this year delivered a magnificent performance to capture the Cage Match Championship—the brilliant and daring members of Death by Roo Roo (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] [DISCOUNTED] comedy star Marc Maron and more performing at a no-cover show (if you use code HyReviews) at the Eastville Comedy Club (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] [$] Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer (9:00 pm),

organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track! (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] inventive & hilarious sketch comedy from The Harvard Sailing Team (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] improvised furious action from world-class troupe Reuben Williams (10:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] [$] The Raspberry Brothers—Jerm Pollet, Johnny McNulty, and Aaron Glaser—making funny remarks about a Hollywood feature film screened in an actual movie theatre, with tonight’s victim being The Terminator (midnight),

[TOP PICK] and top UCBT talents—including Neil Casey, Eugene Cordero, Sue Galloway, Curtis Gwinn, Gil Ozeri, Adam Pally, Ben Rodgers, Charlie Sanders, and Gavin Speiller—writing and/or performing sketch comedy Beneath Gristedes (midnight).

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For full details about tonight’s shows, please visit HyReviews.com.

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Janeane Garofalo

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:

the perfect show for short attention spans, open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—tonight including Livia Scott, Jared Logan, RG Daniels, Luke Cunningham, Mark Normand, Hilary Schwartz, Julia Segal, Karen Batista, Francoise Gordon, Blaine Perry, Sean Donnelly, Aalap Patel, Matteson Perry, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] movie and TV superstar Janeane Garofalo, Dave Hill (brilliant altcomic; HBO, VH1, Spike TV, The New York Times), Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), Adam Lowitt (producer for The Daily Show, host of This Is It!), Jena Friedman (host of Entertaining the Bartender), and more at Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),

[TOP PICK] an intimate interview with the former writing partner of Al Franken about his new book, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL from Someone Who Was There: Tom Davis (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] [$] world-class comedic freestyle hip-hop from the stars of Freestyle Love Supreme (9:00 pm),

a one-man show from beloved comic Gabe Liedman and a musical comedy from sketch troupe The Calgary Whalers in No Answers and Serious Play: A Musical (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] [FREE] and a free weekly show featuring some of the best stand-up comics in the country—who tonight include Ted Alexandro (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials), Tom Shillue (Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show, Comedy Central Presents), Ahna Tessler (sketch comic, screenwriter, New Yorker cartoon deconstructionist), and Team Submarine (comedy duo Nate Fernald & Steve O’Brien)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, HBO) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

For full details, please visit HyReviews.com.

Janeane Garofalo

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] [$] a movie and TV superstar—who’s also a comedy genius—delivering a deliciously long headlining set at the elegant Comix Comedy Club tonight through Sunday: Janeane Garofalo (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),

[$] star comics Colin Quinn, Dave Attell, Greg Giraldo, Jessica Kirson, and more performing—though not all on the same lineups—at Comedy Cellar (8:00 pm, 9:45 pm, and 11:30 pm),

stand-up comics Claudia Cogan (MTV, Logo, here! TV), Mike Singer (here! TV), Michael Brill, and more at a gay-themed comedy show hosted by Jenny Rubin: The Back Room (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers (9:30 pm),

[$] [DISCOUNTED] superb stand-ups Joe DeRosa (Comedy Central Presents special, HBO’s Down & Dirty), Rachel Feinstein (Comedy Central, VH1, CNN, opens for Sarah Silverman on tour), and more performing at the only comedy club in the East Village: Late Night Stand-Up at Eastville (10:00 pm),

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

[TOP PICK] brilliant stand-ups—who also happen to be staff writers for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon—Anthony Jeselnik (one of the finest comics in the biz; HBO, Comedy Central Presents) and Morgan Murphy (former staff writer for Jimmy Kimmel and Crank Yankers) joining ace sketch troupe Olde English to perform all-new material for a show that’s Very Fresh (11:00 pm),

and a free opportunity for you to perform sketch on the UCBT stage at Liquid Courage (12:20ish am).

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