NYC Top Comedy Choices for Saturday 10/15/16
Brooke Van Poppelen (co-host of TruTV’s Hack My Life; writer and/or producer for a slew of MTV shows; also performed on HBO, Comedy Central, VH1) celebrates the publication of her first stand-up comedy...
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It’s the final day of The PIT’s 4-day sketch comedy festival, featuring 26 half-hour and hour sketch shows—including the award-winning music & puppetry group City Hall (above) at 6:00 pm:...
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Ted Alexandro (one of the very finest stand-ups in the country; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials; comedy album I Did It; frequently opens for...
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To prepare you for tomorrow night, hilarious comics Jay Malsky & David Carl play Hillary Clinton & Donald Trump for this improvised mock debate: Road to the White House: Trump Vs. Hillary (9:30...
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Watch the final 2016 Presidential Debate with an audience at Union Hall (8:00 pm, Free!, Brooklyn’s Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street); or see it screened with commentary...
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My favorite FringeNYC 2016 show (out of over 60 seen) was a production taking place entirely inside a box, written & performed by breathtakingly talented sketch comic/actress/writer/singer...
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A cabaret of darkly funny songs and topical sketch comedy about culture and politics, following sold out shows at Joe’s Pub and now returning to The PIT: Political Subversities (8:00 pm, $15, The PIT...
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My favorite FringeNYC 2016 show (out of over 60 seen) was a production taking place entirely inside a box, written & performed by breathtakingly talented sketch comic/actress/writer/singer...
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Stellar author/comics Elna Baker (genius storyteller, and bestselling author of comedic book The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance; NPR’s This American Life; writer for Glamour, Elle;...
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Desi Lydic (star correspondent of The Daily Show)… …Ashley Nicole Black (writer/correspondent of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), and Joan Walsh (political analyst for The Nation and MSNBC) chug two...
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World-class singing improvisors Rebecca Vigil & Evan Kaufman interview an audience couple about their love life and then turn it into a musical—with breathtaking skill (see my review of their...
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Scott Adsit (cast member of 30 Rock, and co-writer/director/producer & cast member of Adult Swim’s awesome & Emmy-winning Moral Orel) teams up with fellow 30 Rock actor John Lutz (who...
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A glorious collection of entertaining film clips and guest movie experts hosted by super-fan Kevin Maher and friends, with this month’s Halloween theme focused on a major horror director: Kevin Geeks...
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The lovely Natalie Wall hosts the best sexy storytelling show in NYC, with tonight’s comics Meghan O’Malley, Carly Ann Filbin, Emmy Harrington, Bobby Hankinson, and Anita Flores telling tales of...
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One of the greatest treats at FringeNYC 2016 was a one-man show in which Evan Zes described, in gripping detail, how he managed to survive in NYC as a struggling actor by illegally subletting a...
View ArticleNYC Top Comedy Choices for Sunday 10/30/16
Halloween-themed shows tonight include The Halloween Get Down at Brooklyn’s Littlefield… …and Hall-Oh!-Ween at Brooklyn’s Union Hall More recommendations for the best in NYC comedy tonight (in...
View ArticleNYC Top Comedy Choices for Monday 10/31/16
There’s tons of Halloween-themed comedy tonight. Whether you join stars Wyatt Cenac & Jon Glaser at Night Train, UCB sketch comics at The Bride of Murdery Heights and Orson Welles’ Basement of...
View ArticleNYC Top Comedy Choices for Tuesday 11/1/16
This first day of the Seventh Annual New York Comedy Festival features Gilbert Gottfried interviewing Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin McDonald interviewing Rachel Dratch, a tribute to Mitch Hedberg, and much...
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Louis C.K. is performing his most recent Madison Square Garden show one more time, on Friday December 16th at 8:00 pm. I saw this show thanks to Jason Zinoman’s New York Times review, and found Jason’s...
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Louis C.K. is performing his most recent Madison Square Garden show one more time, on Friday December 16th at 8:00 pm. I saw this show thanks to Jason Zinoman’s New York Times review, and found Jason’s...
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