NYC Top Comedy Choices for Sunday 11/8/09

November 8, 2009

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Louis C.K. is among the stars topping off the final day of the New York Comedy Festival

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: Typically stellar stand-ups (who haven’t been announced this week) performing stand-up at a free weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm: Star comics Louis C.K. (one of the finest stand-ups ever), Andy Samberg, and Bill Maher are each performing headlining or one-man shows on this final day of the New York Comedy Festival

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($7): Star comics—tonight including Michael Showalter (Comedy Central’s Michael & Michael Have Issues, The State, Stella)—performing stand-up 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; for a fun recent Village Voice write-up, please click here): Tearing the Veil of Maya

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Superb NYC stand-ups Pete Holmes, Roger Hailes, Jackie Monahan, and Morgan Venticinque performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up

[FREE] 9:00 pm: Sharp NYC stand-ups Roger Hailes, Abbi Crutchfield, Pat O’Shea, Ryan Conner 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: Helen Hong (VH1, WE network), Adrienne Iapalucci (VH1), and Marc Maietta (Here TV’s Hot Gay Comics) 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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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Saturday 11/7/09

November 7, 2009

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Patton Oswalt performs at Town Hall tonight as part of The New York Comedy Festival

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 – midnight ($10, $15, and $15): An entire night of comedic musical improvisation in 90-minute slots, with the highlight being the 8:30-11:00 show (for $15) starring comedy genius Blaine Swen (Improvised Shakespeare) performing a one-man musical, and superb & surreal troupe Centralia: The Magnet’s Musical Improv Festival

[TOP PICK] 7:30 pm ($10): Star improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, Conan O’Brien, and more joyously declaring Let’s Have a Ball

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($32.50-$35.00): One of the smartest and funniest stand-ups in the biz performing at Town Hall as part of The New York Comedy Festival: Patton Oswalt

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($32 & 2-item min.): A stand-up acclaimed for shocking comments who’s hosted Comedy Central’s The Man Show, performed a Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, and performed the Showtime special No Refunds headlining at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Doug Stanhope

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm & 11:45 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A comedy icon who’s performed on David Letterman over 40 times and The Tonight Show over 10 times, and did the acclaimed HBO comedy special This’ll Take About An Hour, headlining at the Gotham Comedy Club: Jake Johannsen

8:00 pm ($10): In this unique monthly show, stand-up comics perform in the buff. A reviewer from The Boston Globe observed, “The dynamic of nude comedian and clothed audience added an extra dimension to self-deprecating material.” For a New York Magazine review, please click here; or simply come see for yourself The Naked Comedy Showcase

[TOP PICK] 9:00 pm ($10): The gutsiest comedy troupe in NYC, genius improvisors Death by Roo Roo

[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): The Harvard Sailing Team

[TOP PICK] 10:30 pm ($10): An all-star improv troupe led by brilliant UCBT artistic director Anthony King: Reuben Williams

[TOP PICK] [$] [DISCOUNTED] 10:30 pm ($15 both online and at the door using discount code BECKYD, otherwise $20): A Chicago-based troupe that’s wowed audiences around the world with their skill at creating a completely improvised hour-long musical. The plot and characters, the musical accompaniment; even the song lyrics and the “choreography” are made up on the spot, with no pre-planned structure. Come see why BWC won a FringeNYC Award this August for Outstanding Unique Theatrical Event at the magical Baby Wants Candy

12:00 am ($5): Andy Rocco’s extravaganza of sketch comedy, music, dancing, free t-shirts, and special guests—who tonight include stand-up Tony Camin and musical guest Jason Anderson: The Hipster Show

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Friday 11/6/09

November 6, 2009

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As part of The New York Comedy Festival, phenomenal stand-up Bill Burr performs tonight at Town Hall...

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...and 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan performs at Carnegie Hall

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 – midnight ($10, $15, and $15): An entire night of comedic musical improvisation in 90-minute slots, with the highlight being the 8:30-11:00 show (for $15) starring world-class troupes Baby Wants Candy and I Eat Pandas: The Magnet’s Musical Improv Festival

[TOP PICK] 7:00 pm ($10): Time Out New York’s Comedy Editor Jane Borden, who is herself a rare treasure, presents NYC comics who she feels are among our most precious comedy resources: Tom Shillue, Donald Glover, Marina Franklin, Morgan Murphy, Adam Lustick & Billy Scafuri (as rap duo Snakes), and Paul Downs, all performing at a show that’s sold out of seats (but if you don’t mind standing, come and enjoy): Time Out New York Approved

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($30-$39.50): One of the finest stand-ups alive (to view some choice videos, please click here) performing at Town Hall as part of The New York Comedy Festival: Bill Burr

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($32.50-$59.50): A hilarious co-star of 30 Rock performing stand-up at Carnegie Hall as part of The New York Comedy Festival: Tracy Morgan: Hard Knock Life

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm & 10:30 pm ($32 & 2-item min.): A stand-up acclaimed for shocking comments who’s hosted Comedy Central’s The Man Show, performed a Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, and performed the Showtime special No Refunds headlining tonight and Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: Doug Stanhope

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($25 & 2-drink min.) A comedy icon who’s performed on David Letterman over 40 times and The Tonight Show over 10 times, and did the acclaimed HBO comedy special This’ll Take About An Hour, headlining at the Gotham Comedy Club: Jake Johannsen

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): A new sketch show from highly talented husband & wife comedy team Tim Girrbach & Alicia Levy about “The journey of two unlikely hip-hop stars to the top of the charts told through the people who made them—managers, stylists, choreographers, optometrists. Written and preformed by Alicia & Tim, and directed and choreographed by Wendy Seyb: Paired Up and Pumpin’

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: Superb stand-ups Sara Schaefer, Baron Vaughn, Jon Friedman, Dan Allen, Claire Titelman, and Sean Gabbert at Brooklyn’s Coco 66 for Nick Turner’s Too Cool for School

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): Some of the finest improv in NYC from the comedy genius members of The Stepfathers

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): A groundbreaking and surreal improv/sketch troupe focusing on our favorite city: Centralia: The New York Show

11:00 pm ($5): Three sharp NYC sketch troupes—Free Love Forum, Adam & Trevor, and Party Central USA—each performing one of their most popular bits and one of their personal favorites in a fun sketch revue hosted by James Eason & Aaron Kheifets: A-Side/B-Side

[FREE] 12:20ish am: A free opportunity for you to perform sketch on the UCBT stage at Liquid Courage

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NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 11/5/09

November 5, 2009

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Mike Birbiglia performs a new one-man show tonight at Town Hall

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] 6:00 pm ($5): The debut of a one-woman show from one of the finest storytellers in the country and a rapidly rising NYC comedic star—plus the debut of two other comedy shows, totaling over 90 minutes of entertainment for a mere five bucks—at Melanie Hamlett and More

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($30-$35): One of the finest stand-ups and comedic storytellers alive performs a new show at Town Hall as part of The New York Comedy Festival: Mike Birbiglia: I’m in the Future Also

[TOP PICK] [$] 8:00 pm ($42.50-$87.50): UK super-comic and TV star performing at Carnegie Hall as part of The New York Comedy Festival: Ricky Gervais: Out of England II

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Three top NYC sketch troupes—Pangea 3000, Murderfist, and Curtis Gwinn & John Gemberling (Death by Roo Roo, Cartoon Network)—will make you laugh uncomfortably and uncontrollably at The Best Sketch in NY Showcase

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10):The increasingly gorgeous Brooke Van Poppelen demands attention in a new one-woman show that’s the best work she’s ever done: Smart, honest, fresh, charismatic, hilarious—and not to be missed. (To get a feel from Brooke’s previous work, please click here and here.) Then Mara Herron combines personal storytelling with hip-hop dancing (for Mara’s views on drugs, please click here) in the double-bill Brooke Van Poppelen: So-Low Show and Mara Herron: Fly Girl

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5): Delightful sketch comedy & musical duo Tim Ellis and Matthew Park performing what’s sure to be a very fun show: An Evening with Ellis & Park

8:00 pm ($5): Sharp improvisors directed by James Eason “take an audience suggestion and break it into a million funny pieces” in The Deconstruction

[FREE] 8:30 pm: Terrific comics Joe DeRosa, Donnell Rawling, and Peyton Clarkson perform at Brooklyn’s Building on Bond for a free stand-up show hosted by Yannis Pappas: Another Very Good Comedy Show

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 9:00 pm: Storytelling giant Elna Baker, brilliant stand-up Victor Varnado, highly unusual Claire Titelman, and razor-sharp stand-ups Hari Kondabolu and Adam Newman performing at Bar on A (170 Avenue A off East 10th Street) for a biweekly show hosted by lovely dark humor comic Jena Friedman: Entertaining the Bartender

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Brilliant stand-up Jessi Klein, and brilliant storytellers Melanie Hamlett and Starlee Kine, joining the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of comedy group Variety SHAC

[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): This year’s kick-off of a beloved annual tradition—Pat Baer’s 3-on-3 Improv Tournament

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