October 17, 2010
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Visiting UK comics Tom Allen (above) and Glenn Wool perform tonight with Reggie Watts at Eugene Mirman's Tearing the Veil of Maya
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] 6:30 pm ($5): Storyteller and science nerd Ben Lillie debuts a one-man show in which he “attempts to navigate the world of dating with an eye to the large scale structure of The Universe:”Elliptical Orbits
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Reggie Watts (musical improv comedy genius; Comedy Central special;Jimmy Fallon; Electric Company; Conan O’Brien’s Legally Prohibited tour; for video samples, please click here), Glenn Wool (superb UK comedy star), and Tom Allen (award-winning UK comic) performing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman: Tearing the Veil of Maya
[$] 8:00 pm ($35 & 2-drink min.): “Pops” on the WB’s The Wayans Bros. headlining at the Carolines Comedy Club: John Witherspoon
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Phil Hanley (Jay Leno), Jordan Carlos (The Colbert Report, Comedy Central’s Live At Gotham), Mike Pomranz (writer for Comedy Central’s Tosh 2.0), Beth Stelling (TBS’ Live from the LOL Lounge), and Kate Berlant performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of CupsEast Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: Rory Scovel (up-and-coming stand-up worth catching; Comedy Central), Phil Hanley (Jay Leno), Josh Guarino, and Erik Bergstrom performing stand-up in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Typically superb stand-ups (tonight’s lineup not yet announced) performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) typically hosted by Hannibal Buress: Comedy Night
[FREE] 10:00 pm: Allison Castillo (Comedy Central), Adam Lehman (Here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics), and Frank Lotti (Law & Order, Gossip Girl) performing stand-up at this free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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May 9, 2010
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TV & movie star Donald Glover performs tonight at Tearing the Veil of Maya
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 ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Donald Glover (co-star of NBC’s Community and feature film Mystery Team and Derrick) practices his upcoming headlining set at Comix, plus Adam Cayton-Holland, performing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall with comedy giant Eugene Mirman: Tearing the Veil of Maya
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Eric Andre (HBO, Comedy Central, TBS), Jon Fisch, Mark Normand, Scott Moran, Sarah Tollemache, and Jay Miller performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at theThree of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Unannounced stand-ups performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) who may or may not be hosted by the wonderful Hannibal Buress: Comedy Night
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Ross Hyzer, Dan Enfield, David Cope, and John F. O’Donnell performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Ali Wong (human dynamo; MTV, VH1), Emily Epstein, and Scott Ryan performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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April 4, 2010
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Stand-up giant John Mulaney performs tonight at Tearing the Veil of Maya
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 ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Two of the finest stand-ups in the country, John Mulaney (staff writer forSaturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central Presents, VH1’s Best Week Ever; 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up) and Hannibal Buress (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Comedy Central, Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson, concert film The Awkward Kings of Comedy; 2010 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up), plus fearless sketch troupe Murderfist (2010 ECNY Award for Best Sketch Group) performing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman:Tearing the Veil of Maya
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Superb comics Ali Wong (comedy dynamo; The Onion; host of What’s Crackin’ NYC?), Claudia Cogan (TO/NY Best Joke of the Year winner), Barry Rothbart (Comedy Death Ray), Nick Turner (co-host of Too Cool for School), Ahmed Bharoocha, and Tim Warner performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: Hip-hop improv genius Reggie Watts, plus stand-ups Liam McEneaney, Baratunde Thurston, Derek Gaines, and Chris Laker performing at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan) hosted by the wonderful Hannibal Buress: Comedy Night
[FREE] 9:00 pm: The wonderful Sara Schaefer, plus stand-ups Sean Crespo, Matt Ruby, Amanda Melson, and more performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[FREE] 10:00 pm: Robin Fox, Emily Epstein, and Edison Apple performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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February 21, 2010
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Kristen Schaal, one of the funniest women to grace our planet, performs tonight at Tearing the Veil of Maya
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] [DISCOUNTED] 3:00 pm ($18): One of the highlights of FringeNYC 2008 was Allen Warnock and Andrea Alton (members of sketch troupe Freedumb) teaming up to create hilarious characters in a very silly and fun show—for my review, please click here. The production has now been revived for a commercial run through February: Carl & Shelly: Best Friends Forever
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Star comics Kristen Schaal (one of the funniest women alive; shining star correspondent on The Daily Show, co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, co-creator & co-star of TV series Penelope, Princess of Pets; genius writer, stand-up, sketch comic, and TV/movie actress; simply as good as it gets); Hannibal Buress (red-hot rising star; staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Jimmy Fallon, Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central’s John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up, concert film The Awkward Kings of Comedy), and Liam McEneaney (host of top comedy show Tell Your Friends) performing stand-up at this weekly event at Brooklyn’s Union Hall hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman: Tearing the Veil of Maya
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Sara Schaefer, Jared Logan, Dan St. Germain, Jamie Kilstein, Kevin Mccaffrey, and Pat O’Shea performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Joe Derosa, Becky Yamamoto, Matt Goldich, and Phil Hanley performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: An all-singles lineup, with Claudia Cogan (Logo, Time Out New York’s “Best Joke of the Year”), Adam Lehman (Here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics), and Jessimae (Tyra Banks Show) performing stand-up at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
[$] 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 at Carolines: Paul Mooney
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December 6, 2009
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Michael Showalter and other comedy stars perform tonight at Eugene Mirman's Tearing the Veil of Maya
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 ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[FREE] 7:30ish pm: Stand-ups Matt Goldich, Adam Pateman, Dan Wilbur, and “very special surprise guests” performing at a free weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians
[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm Doors, 8:00 pm Show ($10): Comedy stars Michael Showalter, John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, and Thunderant (Fred Armisen & Carrie Brownstein) performing for this holiday show at Brooklyn’s Bell House hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman (who just released a new comedy album, God Is a Twelve Year Old Boy With Asperger’s): Tearing the Veil of Maya
[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($38.25 & 2-drink min.): A stand-up veteran who’s appeared on David Letterman, Jay Leno, and Last Comic Standing; hosted the HBO stand-up showcase Down and Dirty; was a cast member of the wonderful though short-lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie, and did his own HBO half-hour One Night Stand special; has appeared in such hit films as Spider-Man; is a regular on XM Satellite Radio’s The Opie & Anthony Show; and is the author of the book Happy Endings, headlining tonight at the Carolines Comedy Club: Jim Norton
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Terrific NYC comics Mike Drucker, Dan St. Germaine, Team Submarine, Sean O’connor, Reese Waters, and Keith Alberstadt performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC comics Pat Stango, Ann Carr, Morgan Venticinque, and George Gordon performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Superb comics Ophira Eisenberg, Kate McKinnon, Gloria Bigelow, and H. Alan Scott performing stand-up at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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October 11, 2009
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Dave Hill hosts tonight at an all-star edition of Eugene Mirman's Tearing the Veil of Maya
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 ($10) and 9:30 pm [FREE]: UCBT’s signature improv comedy extravaganza, which typically includes stars in the improv world, and sometimes even TV & movie stars such as Amy Poehler and Horatio Sanz: ASSSCAT 3000
[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7):Dave Hill (one of the most original and hilariously sharp alternative comics in the country; The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Salon, HBO, VH1, MOJO TV’s King of Miami, The Dave Hill Explosion), John Mulaney (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien, VH1’s Best Week Ever; 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up Comedian), and other star comics performing at this weekly event at Brooklyn’s Union Hall, hosted by comedy giant Eugene Mirman (who just released a new comedy album, God Is a Twelve Year Old Boy With Asperger’s): Tearing the Veil of Maya
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Typically superb stand-ups at an annual free celebration of this weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians
[FREE] 8:00 pm: Fine NYC comics Jordan Carlos, Myq Kaplan, Louis Katz, Sara Jo Allocco, Charlie Kasov, and John F. O’Donnell performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up
[FREE] 9:00 pm: Typically sharp NYC stand-ups performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free weekly stand-up show Beauty Bar Comedy
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: An all-gal line-up of Ophira Eisenberg (sharp stand-up and brilliant storyteller; Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime), Karith Foster, Lori Sommer, and more performing stand-up at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour
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