Best New York Comedy

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Stellar storyteller Mike Daisey concludes the run of his one-man show at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm: The Last Cargo Cult

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] 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm ($25 online using discount code CARGO, otherwise $40): Superb storyteller Mike Daisey is back with a one-man show about “his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it can tell us about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he explores each culture to unearth a human truth between the seemingly primitive and achingly modern.” For a New York Times review, please click here. Running tonight through Sunday at The Public Theatre: Mike Daisey: The Last Cargo Cult

[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

[$] 7:30 pm ($35 & 2-item min.) A co-star on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and FOX’s Til Death headlining one final night at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: JB Smoove

[FREE] 7:30ish pm: Sharp stand-ups Roger Hailes (Comedy Central, Chappelle’s Show), Steve Hely (30 Rock, How I Became a Famous Novelist), Adam Lowitt (Emmy-winning producer of The Daily Show), and Neal Stastny (New Orleans Comedy Festival) performing at a free weekly LES show at Pianos hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians

[$] 8:00 pm ($35.50 & 2-drink min.): The host of Last Comic Standing headlining one final night at Carolines Comedy Club: Bill Bellamy

[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC comics Dan Allen, Jamie Lee, Phoebe Robinson, Joe List, Dan Soder, and Karl Hess performing at RG Daniels’ free weekly show at the Three of Cups East Village lounge: Sunday Night Stand-Up

[FREE] 9:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Ophira Eisenberg (who’s also a world-class storyteller), RG Daniels, Jay Bois, Laura Prangley, and Ryan Conner performing in the East Village’s Beauty Bar hosted solo tonight by Vince Averill (while Jesse Popp’s on the road) at the free weekly show Beauty Bar Comedy

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 10:00 pm: Stand-ups Allison Castillo, Sherry Davey, Edison Apple, and Dave Rubin performing at a free weekly gay-themed show at Therapy hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour

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World-class storyteller Mike Daisey performs his new one-man show through Sunday: The Last Cargo Cult

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] [$] 7:00 pm ($40; $25 for students): Superb storyteller Mike Daisey is back with a one-man show about “his journey to a remote South Pacific island whose people worship America and its cargo. This narrative is woven against a searing examination of the international financial crisis that gripped the globe at the same moment. Confronting the financial system that dominates our world, Daisey wrestles with the largest questions of what the collapse means, and what it can tell us about our deepest values. Part adventure story and part memoir, he explores each culture to unearth a human truth between the seemingly primitive and achingly modern.” For a New York Times review, please click here. Running tonight through Sunday at The Public Theatre: Mike Daisey: The Last Cargo Cult

[$] 7:30 pm ($30 & 2-item min.) A co-star on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and FOX’s Til Death headlining tonight through Saturday at the elegant Comix Comedy Club: JB Smooth

[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($5) : One of the funniest singer/songwriters in NYC, Shayna Ferm, and her band tear up the stage tonight at Brooklyn’s Cameo (behind Lovin’ Cup): Shayna Ferm and the Upper Decks

[TOP PICK] [FREE] 8:00 pm: The debut of a new comedy show from razor-sharp female musical comics Mindy Raf, Becky Yamamoto, and Glennis McMurray, with tonight’s comedy guests Matt McCarthy, Katina Corrao, Vince Averill, and Jamie Lee performing at Brooklyn’s Legion Bar: Supercream Supreme

8:00 pm ($5):Nick Ross performing a show about his combating cancer, with a deliciously vibrant and adorable performance by actress Leslie Meisel as a variety of secondary characters (including the cancer itself…); and all-white musical about fast food that claims to “give new life to the most popular songs of Tupac Shakur. Join us for a romp through all the themes held most dear to Tupac’s heart: economic oppression, dreams deferred, and mall food courts” in the double-bill Highly Evolved Human and 2Pac: The Musical

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

[$] 8:00 pm ($35.50 & 2-drink min.): The host of Last Comic Standing headlining tonight through Sunday at the Carolines Comedy Club: Bill Bellamy

[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): Lightning-fast & thoroughly hilarious Pete Holmes (one of the very best stand-ups in the country; Comedy Central Presents, The Daily Show, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker, co-host of hit show Punch Up Your Life), Anthony Atamanuik (brilliant storyteller; member of champion improv troupe Death by Roo Roo), Morgan Murphy (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon), and Gabe Liedman (co-host of hit comedy show Big Terrific) joining the fresh, sexy, and razor-sharp gals of Variety SHAC

[TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Vibrant improv troupes Classic Masculinity and Bangs battling for audience laughs and votes at the raucous Cage Match

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