February 18, 2009
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Carolyn Castiglia, Leslie Goshko, and Chris Gethard
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 prime opportunity to experience a wide range of UCBT solo performers and sketch comedy groups, with performances appearing back-to-back and running for hours—and it’s all free!—at UCBT’s Second Winter Showcase (5:00 pm),
five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] a blow-out line-up—Tom Shillue (star storyteller; Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show), Shayna Ferm (brilliantly funny singer/songwriter), Carolyn Castiglia (stellar stand-up and VH1 White Rapper with amazing new show Brown Ambition), Margot Leitman (ace storyteller; Conan O’Brien, Stripped Stories), Mike Drucker (writer for Saturday Night Live and The Onion), and Paul Oddo (Funny.com)—at a show hosted by the vivacious and razor-sharp Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion) in which top comics and storytellers reveal odd aspects of themselves in a carnival atmosphere (complete with accordion player and alcoholic audience prizes): Sideshow Goshko (7:30 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 (8:00 pm),
NYC stand-ups Claudia Cogan, Chelsea White, Mike Lawrence, Vikki Stone, Pat Breslin, Brian Longwell, and Troy Bynam at the free Shrink (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of the finest stand-ups and sketch comics in NYC—national comedy stars Ted Alexandro and Paul F. Tompkins, plus adorably shocking comedy duo Gabe & Jenny, Michelle Collins, and Paul Oddo—performing in Brooklyn at a blow-out free show hosted by the hilarious Joe Mande & Noah Garfinkel: Totally J/K (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] a wonderful networking event mixing folks from the NYC theatre and comedy scenes—plus homemade cookies!—followed by a full-blown comedy show with Carolyn Castiglia (Last Comic Standing, VH1’s White Rapper, tonight performing 20 minutes from her red-hot new one-woman show Brown Ambition), Sean Crespo (Comedy Central, co-host of Drink at Work), and Erin Judge (Comedy Central)—hosted by the lovely & hilarious Margie Kment at Hold for the Laughs (9:30 pm party/networking/cookies, 10:00 pm show),
[TOP PICK] an entirely improvised musical from genius improv duo Eliza Skinner and Glennis McMurray, and an improvised soap opera, in the double-bill I Eat Pandas and Hot Lather: As the Diamond Burns (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and typically stellar stand-up comics who perform their sets but are periodically interrupted by the host—one of the funniest men on the planet, Doug Benson—at a very special show called The Benson Interruption (11:00 pm).
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February 17, 2009
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Marc Maron
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—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),
comedians getting rid of their stuff by telling tales about the items and then selling to the highest bidder—with tonight’s superb comics including Matt McCarthy and Jen Kwok—at the way fun Auction! (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Marvel Comics editor and writer Fabian Nicieza (X-Men, Trinity) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes The F*cking Kennedys, Bastian, Ragnaröck, The Scam, and DeCoster—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] and stellar comics Marc Maron (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO and Comedy Central specials), Kurt Braunohler (world-class sketch comic & comedic storyteller, comedy partner of Kristen Schaal), Brent Sullivan (Funny.com), and more at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:30 pm).
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February 16, 2009
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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, at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] TV & movie star Janeane Garofalo demonstrating why she’s one of the most respected and beloved comedic performers in entertainment history as she chats with superb interviewer Carl Arnheiter at Inside Joke (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] brilliant, passionate comedy star Marc Maron (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO and Comedy Central specials), Reggie Watts (genius comedic improv beatboxer, winner of 2007 Andy Kaufman award), Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), and more at Liam McEneaney’s free Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
[TOP PICK] Livia Scott (brilliant comedic chameleon; Conan O’Brien), Matt Mccarthy (Comedy Central, Verizon FIOS guy), Jared Logan (Comedy Central), Giulia Rozzi (VH1, Stripped Stories), Jiwon Lee (Root of All Evil), and musical group The Rich Kids performing at a free weekly variety show in Brooklyn hosted by the razor-sharp Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30 pm),
two ace Chicago-trained improvisors, Peter Grosz (writer for The Colbert Report) and John Lutz (writer/actor for Saturday Night Live since 2004; 30 Rock), making up scenes as 2 Square (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—who tonight include TV & movie star Paul F. Tompkins (host of VH1’s Best Week Ever; Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, Root of All Evil, HBO), John Mulaney (one of the finest stand-ups in the biz; staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien), and Andrea Rosen (fresh, razor-sharp stand-up; VH1, Comedy Central, Variety SHAC) —hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).
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February 15, 2009
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Baron Vaughn
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] UCBT’s playground for celebrities and ace improvisors, ASSSSCAT 3000 (paid show at 7:30 pm, free show at 9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] razor-sharp stand-ups Joe DeRosa (Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, Carson Daly), Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central, Verizon FIOS guy), Myq Kaplan (Comedy Central), Matt Drucker (freelance writer for Saturday Night Live and The Onion), and Karith Foster (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central, VH1) at the Comix Comedy Club’s inexpensive Sunday comedy show Five for $5 (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] stellar comics Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim), Dave Hill (HBO, VH1, Spike TV, The New York Times), and Leo Allen (writer for Saturday Night Live 2002-2005, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents) joining comedy giants Eugene Mirman & Michael Showalter—winners of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Hosts—for their weekly shindig at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Tearing the Veil of Maya (8:00 pm),
typically superb stand-ups at what’s often among the funniest free productions in NYC from hosts Greg Johnson and Jacqueline Novak: President Johnson (8:00 pm),
rising star comic Baron Vaughn (Comedy Central, MTV, Cloverfield, Shoot the Messenger), J-L Cauvin (Craig Ferguson), Mo Diggs (writer for The Apiary), Nick Turner, and Ryan McKee at RG Daniels’ free Sunday Night Stand-Up (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] unique stream-of-consciousness comic Mike Dobbins, plus stand-ups Chris Jurek, Mike Turner, and Jay Bois at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free show Beauty Bar Comedy (9:00 pm),
and brilliant storyteller Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central’s Premium Blend), and stand-ups Amy Beckerman (Dykes on Mics), Adam Lehman (here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics), and Keith Price at a free gay-themed show hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour (10:00 pm).
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February 14, 2009
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Judah Friedlander breaking up on Valentine's Day
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
three improv duos—including superb married couple Ptolemy Slocum and Shelly Stover-Slocum—making up scenes in CoupleProv (7:00 pm),
talented NYC stand-ups at Sean Sean Donnelly’s Lil Seany Boy (7:00 pm),
an exciting new NYC show developed at Chicago’s legendary iO theatre in which veteran improvisors create a play on the spot based on audience suggestions: New Play (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] star improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show who joyously declare Let’s Have a Ball (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a star stand-up comic who’s a cast member on the smash hit sitcom 30 Rock, has also performed on Jay Leno, HBO, VH1, and MTV, and is headlining tonight at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Judah Friedlander (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
Dave Ahdoot and Ethan Fixell relating their YouTube-documented romantic adventures live on stage—possibly accompanied by visits from some of the gals—on Double Date Us (8:00 pm),
sharp NYC comics at a free stand-up comedy show hosted by star sketch/improv troupe Derrick in Queens’ Long Island City: This Is New York (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 recently delivered a magnificent performance to capture the 2009 Cage Match Championship—the brilliant and daring members of Death by Roo Roo (9:00 pm),
organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track! (9:00 pm),
[$] an unlikely matchmaker that’s resulted in actual marriages, and even a baby: The PIT Dating Game (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] a spectacular Valentine’s Day celebration of rejection and mortification, featuring some of the funniest comedic storytellers, stand-ups, and sketch comedy performers in NYC, at Jon Friedman’s The Rejection Show’s Valentine’s Day Heartbreak Haven (10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer (10:30 pm).
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February 13, 2009
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Judah Friedlander
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
a world-class improvisor and utterly unique comic trying out his special brand of silliness in a solo show (on a double-bill with character comic Nick Ross): Eugene Cordero (6:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a star stand-up comic who’s a cast member on the smash hit sitcom 30 Rock, has also performed on Jay Leno, HBO, VH1, and MTV, and is headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Judah Friedlander (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
stand-ups Amy Beckerman, H. Alan Scott, Michael Brill, Bob Smith, and Soce the Elemental Wizard 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),
singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical (10:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] a comedic freestyle rap contest, tonight including brilliant comics Jessica Delfino, Livia Scott, Victor Varnado, Rob Cantrell, and Billy Scafuri, hosted by genius comedic musical hosts Chris “Shockwave” Sullivan (Freestyle Love Supreme) and Eliza Skinner (I Eat Pandas), at The BEATdown (11:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] and UCBT’s free monthly open-mic stand-up show, where deliciously odd things tend to happen around 1:30 am, hosted by lightning-quick & hilarious Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1; one of the finest comics in the country) at Gutbucket (12:20ish am).
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February 12, 2009
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Margot Leitman and Giulia Rozzi, hosts of Stripped Stories
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:
Leslie Goshko debuting a one-woman show focused around an award-winning memorable character, plus a second premiere about which I know nothing, in the double-bill S.C.A.B.S. Stick Together and Slam Dunk Michael Jordan (6:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Ann Carr doing a one-woman show about the crap New York actresses endure, and brilliant Dominic Dierkes (member of star comedy troupe Derrick) performing a one-man sketch show, in the double-bill Use ItAdventure River and (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] top NYC comics Kurt Braunohler, Matt McCarthy, Jiwon Lee, Greg Johnson, and Craig Baldo at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),
[TOP PICK] Tom Shillue (Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show, Comedy Central Presents), Jiwon Lee (Comedy Central, AMC, ESPN), and stellar singer/songwriter Ben Lerman as guests on the best sexy storytelling comedy show in NYC: Margot Leitman’s & Giulia Rozzi’s Stripped Stories (9:30),
sexy & hilarious singer/songwriter Jessica Delfino hosting a monthly comedy show, with tonight’s guests including brilliant stand-up Victor Varnado, ventriloquist Carla Rhodes, Rosie Rebel, and more at The Jessica Delfino Dirty Folk Rock Show (10:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] and two vibrant improv troupes, Hot Sauce and Bangs, competing for audience laughs & votes at the raucous Cage Match (11:00 pm).
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February 11, 2009
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Sexy, multi-talented, hilarious Adira Amram
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] stellar storyteller Adam Wade and comic Jake Goldman hosting a show in which top writers and comedians—who tonight are Kambri Crews (Comix, Family Hour, The Moth), Margot Leitman (Conan O’Brien, Stripped Stories), and Rob Lathan (Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report)—share their favorite campus anecdotes in Real Tales of College (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] brilliantly funny, sexy rising star Adira Amram combining hilarious original songs, dancing, and spoofing of female sexuality with incredible physical energy—and tonight featuring backup dancers and rockin’ band The Experience—at Adira Amram is an American Idol (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] one of the finest concept comics around, Dave Hill tonight apparently spoofs Tyler Perry’s new feature film in Dave Hill’s Madea Goes to Jail (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a comedic excavation of teen angst artifacts (journals, letters, poems, and more) as shared by their original authors in the hit storytelling show Mortified (8:00 pm),
stellar comedic singer/songwriter Shayna Ferm, plus stand-ups Dan Hirshon, Colin Dempsey, Emmy Rivera, Paul Oddo, and Jermaine Fowler, at the free Shrink (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] some of the finest stand-ups in NYC—Anthony Jeselnik, Andrea Rosen, Todd Levin, and Chris Jurek—performing in Brooklyn at a free show hosted by the hilarious Joe Mande & Noah Garfinkel: Totally J/K (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).
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February 10, 2009
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Eugene Mirman's Just-Published Humor Book
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),
a dozen NYC stand-ups—including Mark Normand, Matt Ruby, and Chelsea Calloway—competing for audience laughs and votes at Eric I’s Comedy Showdown (7:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] comic book writer Tony Lee (Dr. Who, Spider-Man) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Ragnaröck, The Law Firm, Bastian, The Scam, and Bangs—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] genius TV & film comedy stars John Oliver (correspondent of The Daily Show, Comedy Central special Terrifying Times), Kristen Schaal (co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, correspondent for The Daily Show), and more brilliant comics come to Brooklyn to celebrate Eugene Mirman’s just-published humor book at The Will to Whatevs Book Release Party! (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] brilliant star stand-ups Todd Barry (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central, The Wrestler), Leo Allen (writer for Saturday Night Live 2002-2005, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central), Thomas Middleditch (rising star improv & character performer), Lee Camp (Comedy Central), DJ Hazard (American Misfits), and more at John Morrison’s Morrison Motel (8:30 pm),
fine NYC stand-ups joining delightful hosts Jackie Monahan, Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Gloria Bigelow at Dykes on Mics (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] and superb comics David Wain (member of legendary MTV sketch show The State and comedy group Stella), Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), Claudia Cogan (downtown comic icon), and Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central) at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).
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February 9, 2009
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Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Schaal
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, at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] genius comedy duo Kristen Schaal (co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, correspondent for The Daily Show) & Kurt Braunohler (Penelope, Princess of Pets; ECNY Award winner), Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), guitar comic Rob Paravonian (Comedy Central, VH1), ventriloquist Carla Rhodes, star songwriter Eytan Mirsky, and more at Liam McEneaney’s free Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
three hours of fresh new sketch comedy by talented young UCBT writer/performers at Maude Night (8:00 pm & 9:30 pm),
brilliant, sexy comedic singer/songwriter Jessica Delfino (I Wanna Be Famous YouTube star), Peter Grosz (writer for The Colbert Report), Pat Stango (Don’t Touch Me There), Charles Star (Adult Education), and more performing at a free weekly variety show in Brooklyn hosted by the razor-sharp Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] and a free weekly show featuring some of the finest comics in the country—who tonight include movie & TV comedy stars Zach Galifianakis (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, Adult Swim, Comedians of Comedy), Kristen Schaal (co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, correspondent for The Daily Show…and racing over from her gig at tonight’s Tell Your Friends), Eugene Mirman (HBO, Comedy Central, Adult Swim)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).
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