NYC Comedy Picks for Monday 2/25/08
Tonight's recommendations for the best in NYC live comedy include
stellar comics & actors—including special guest Jason Sudeikis of Saturday Night Live,
and brilliant improvisors Tara Copeland, Michael Delaney, Becky Drysdale, Anthony King,
and more—crashing improv into classic theatre scenes at Gravid Water (8:00 pm),
terrific stand-up comics Tom Shillue, Mike Dobbins, Marina Franklin, Eric Kirchberger,
and more at the free show Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
the third-to-last edition of one of the finest comedy shows to ever grace NYC, with stellar stand-ups
coming to bid near-farewell to Eugene Mirman's & Bobby Tisdale's Invite Them Up (9:00 pm),
sketches & other fun regarding the Presidential primary season, plus an interview with Andy Borowitz,
writer of the political satire Web site The Borowitz Report, at Lizz Winstead's Shoot the Messenger (8:30 pm),
and comedy stars Michael Showalter and Kurt Braunohler, plus sneak peaks at the upcoming second season
of Human Giant, at one of the funniest shows in NYC—which just happens to be free—Cavalcade! (11:00 pm).
Becky Drysdale, Jason Sudeikis, and Kate Hess...
...and Anthony King, Tara Copeland, and Michael Delaney
Classic theatre scenes performed by professional actors who stay on book—
and an improv comic who hasn't read the play and has to make up lines on the fly.
Starring world-class improvisers (in alphabetical order):
Tara Copeland (always-inventive star at both UCBT and The Magnet; weekly shows include Mother: The Soundtrack, The Tiny Spectacular, Ms. Jackson, and The Made-Up Musical),
Michael Delaney (genius improvisor, actor, and improv instructor; member of UCBT star troupe
The Stepfathers and legendary troupe The Swarm),
Becky Drysdale (stellar & charismatic performer; acclaimed one-woman show
One Woman in Several Pieces, Web video series Time Traveling Lesbian),
Anthony King (brilliant UCBT-NY Artistic Director; Reuben Williams, Happy Hour,
Let's Have a Ball, off-Broadway show Gutenberg! The Musical), and
Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live writer since 2003 and cast member since 2006;
former love interest of Liz Lemmon on 30 Rock).
And also starring are some of NYC's top theatre & TV actors: Jeremy Bobb (Is He Dead?), Kay Cannon (30 Rock), Kate Hess (half of UCBT sketch show We Kate Shelly), Marc Kudisch (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Steve Rosen (The Farnsworth Invention), and Sandy Rustin (Neil Simon's Hotel Suite, Comedy Central's Scariest Show on TV).
Gravid Water is directed, hosted, and co-stars Stephen Ruddy...
and is one of the finest comedy productions in New York.
If you want to introduce an actor friend to the world of improv, start with this show.
Seats are sold out, but you can still come and enjoy this if you don't mind standing.
8:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Mike Dobbins, Marina Franklin, and Tom Shillue
This free weekly comedy show offers stand-ups the opportunity to try out new material
and is produced by Liam McEneaney (VH1's Best Week Ever, Comedy Central's
Premium Blend, former writer for Standup Nation with Greg Giraldo).
Tonight's terrific lineup consists of
Tom Shillue (Comedy Central Presents, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart; storytelling podcasts; host of NYC monthly comedy show Moonwork;
comedy CD Overconfident!; for stand-up samples, please click here and here),
Mike Dobbins (A Stand-Upish Set of Koo Koo; called
"wholly unique voice and completely disarming" by Time Out New York—
to read the complete review, please click here),
Marina Franklin (Last Comic Standing, Chappelle's Show, Comedy Central's Premium Blend),
Karin Fagerlund (news anchor for TV-4 in Sweden, making her stand-up debut!),
and tonight's host Eric Kirchberger (HBO, Comedy Central; "For those of you
who are wondering, alternative comedy means comedy for people who can read.").
8:00ish pm at Lolita Bar, 226 Broome Street (between Allen and Orchard Streets); free
Nearest subway stops are Delancey Street via the F or Delancey-Essex via the J/M/Z.
Amy Beckerman, Gloria Bigelow, Jackie Monahan, and Leah Dubie
Free gay-themed stand-up comedy show featuring the gals above
as regulars/hosts, plus different guest comics every week.
8:00 pm at RubyFruit Bar & Grill, 531 Hudson Street (between West 10th & Charles);
no cover, one item (food or drink) minimum
Andy Borowitz of The Borowitz Report, and STM host Lizz Winstead
Lizz Winstead is co-creator and former head writer of the original The Daily Show; former Executive VP of Air America Radio; and a performer on such shows as Comedy Central Presents and HBO's Women of the Night. (She's also a character; e.g., for a memorable anti-apology after canceling her appearance on the live NYC show Drink at Work, please click here.)
Tonight's guest is Andy Borowitz, who writes the highly popular political satire Web site
To get a feel for STM, view a fun interview with cartoonist David Rees by clicking here.
8:30 pm at The Green Room, 45 Bleecker Street (off Lafayette); tickets are $12.50
Nearest subway stop is Bleecker Street on the #6 (which brings you virtually to the door of the theatre)
and Broadway-Lafayette on the F/V/D/B.
Hosted by comedy greats Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale (above).
The lineup—which is sure to be stellar—tends to be posted late afternoon
on the day of the show. To check whether the Web page
has been updated yet, please click here.
Please Note: This is the third-to-last show of this wonderful six-years-running extravaganza.
The other two shows will run this Tuesday and Wednesday night—
and they're all expected to be memorable blow-outs.
9:00 pm at Rififi, 332 East 11th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues); tickets are $5
Pembroke & Lu is a likeable singing duo. To get a feel for them, please check out
a video song about gay marriage by clicking please click here, and
a video song about being scared of the homeless by clicking click here.
Their show's official description:
"The government is out of control. Apparently, now there's one in every country. Pembroke and Lu have been fighting this terrible force for decades through song and verse... and then a chorus, bridge, and another verse. Tonight they invite you to take a break from the oppression of today as Pembroke and Lu strum the guitar of freedom and blow the flute of oppression."
Indeed. And their freedom fighting guest tonight is sketch troupe Secret Hospital:
Michael Hartney, Patrick Inglis, Rachel Korowitz, Stan Laikowski, Dan McInerney,
and Jeff Scherer (for performer bios, please click here).
For Secret Hospital's fun video about how you should never shake a baby, please click here.
9:30 pm at The Peoples Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street (off 7th Avenue); tickets are $8
Concerned citizens, Kurt Braunohler, and Michael Showalter
This razor-sharp stand-up extravaganza is no place for the innocent.
However, it's enormous fun.
Tonight's superb lineup includes
Michael Showalter (MTV's seminal sketch show The State, legendary comedy troupe Stella,
co-writer & co-star of comedy feature film Wet Hot American Summer, co-host with
Eugene Mirman of Brooklyn's weekly award-winning comedy show Tearing the Veil of Maya),
Kurt Braunohler (master comic and frequent comedy partner of Kristen Schaal;
performs in sketches that are hilariously indescribable;
co-star of Web series Penelope, Princess of Pets, for which
Kurt won the 2008 ECNY Award as Best Director), and
sneak peaks at short films from the upcoming second season of MTV comedy hit Human Giant.
Tonight's show is likely to be one of the funniest in NYC.
And it's free.
11:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); free
NYC Comedy Picks for Tuesday 2/26/08
There are some wonderful shows happening tonight—including a kick-ass
release party for sexy and brilliant Shayna Ferm's first comedy musical album Blonde.
But for those who love stand-up, I most recommend the next-to-last installment of Invite Them Up.
Yesterday kicked off this three-night going away party for one of the most beloved comedy shows to ever grace NYC. Performing were, in order of appearance, Greg Johnson, Heather Lawless, Jon Glaser, Michael Showalter, Seth Herzog, Craig Baldo, and John Oliver—in other words, a virtual who's who of New York comedy.
Highlights included Jon Glaser appearing as "The Man in the Green Mask" and taking audience questions about it... which was thoroughly hilarious; Heather Lawless telling us she likes to wear a neck brace to the gym because it makes her efforts on the treadmill appear heroic; Michael Showalter having prepared a long set about TV shows and TV commercials that it turned out virtually no one but him had seen; Craig Baldo getting a bunch of the comedy onlookers to jump up on stage and dance (with especially fine moves from Heather Fink and Brett Gelman); and John Oliver delivering an absolutely brilliant set that included observations about Oreo pizza, a conversation with a talking Noam Chomsky doll, and John's peeling off a fashion mistake he'd purchased that day—a red jumper—and depositing it into the show's trash can "time capsule" at the end of his performance...to wild applause.
Tonight's and Wednesday's editions of Invite Them Up are also sure to be special and memorable.
Tonight's recommendations for the best in NYC live comedy include
some of the funniest & sexiest comics in NYC, including Katherine Bryant, Mindy Raf, Biz Ellis, and Baron
Vaughn, celebrating the release of Shayna Ferm's new album Blonde at Brat Nasty's Comedy Playlist (8:00 pm),
Bex Schwartz, Becky Yamamoto, Eliza Faria-Santos, and other sharp women stand-ups
who'll challenge and amuse you at the wonderful Carolyn Castiglia's Chicks & Giggles (8:00 pm),
the writer, artist, and editor of Marvel Comics' series Cable & Deadpool joining the
always-fun explorations of comic books with a comedic slant at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
brilliant comics Michael Showalter, Laura Krafft, and Kumail Nanjiani, plus some surprise special guests, at one
of the shows taking on the torch passed by Tisdale & Mirman, the fabulous Seth Herzog's Sweet (9:00 pm),
and the next-to-last edition of one of the finest comedy shows to ever grace NYC, with stellar stand-ups
coming to bid near-farewell to Eugene Mirman's & Bobby Tisdale's Invite Them Up (9:00 pm).
Come join Shayna Ferm, one of the funniest singer/songwriters in the biz,
celebrate the release of her first comedy album Blonde.
At the festivities will be
Shayna and the Upper Deckers;
"Brat Nasty" (played by gorgeous & brilliant comic Katherine Bryant);
Shayna's world-class sketch troupe Fearsome; and
Biz Ellis
Mindy Raf
Baron Vaughn
Cock Lorge
Mark Douglas
Nate Kushner
Gangsta Fag
plus a brand new music video by Fearsome.
8:30 pm at Ace of Clubs, 9 Great Jones Street (3rd St. between Lafayette and Broadway); $10
This theatre is downstairs from the Acme restaurant. Nearest subway stops are
Bleecker Street on the #6 and Broadway-Lafayette on the F/V/D/B.
Bex Schwartz, Carolyn Castiglia and Becky Yamamoto
The wonderful Carolyn Castiglia (VH1, MTV2, Sirius Satellite Radio,
The Huffington Post) hosts a lineup of talented female stand-up comics.
Tonight's scheduled guests are
Bex Schwartz (all over VH1),
Becky Yamamoto (rave reviews from The New York Times, The New Yorker, etc.
for her performance in the play Songs of the Dragon Flying to Heaven;
member of all-female comedic rock band Stickerbook),
Eliza Faria-Santos (Comedy Centrals Fresh Faces)
Anne Neczypor (LOL Tour)
Chelsea White (Knitting Factory), and
Micia Mosely (comic with a Ph.D in cultural studies).
8:00 pm, Ochi's Lounge at Comix, 353 West 14th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues);
no cover, 1 drink or food item minimum (on low-cost menu; e.g., draft beer for $4-$5)
Hosted by Alex Zalben, Justin Tyler and Pete LePage,
who enjoy discussing comic books while getting laughs.
Tonight's show is devoted to the Cable & Deadpool comics series (pictured above),
with writer Fabian Nczieca, artist Reilly Brown, and editor Nicole Boose.
8:00 pm at The Peoples Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street (off 7th Avenue); tickets are $5
The Harold is longform improv, pioneered by Del Close.
Tonight, five improv troupes—
Raynard, 1985, Tantrum, Bastian, and fwand—
each give it a go for 30 minutes, with
short breaks in between, for a total of 3 hours.
Some of the groups are great; some are less so. And this show
is designed more for students of improv than the general public.
But if you're interested, and patient, a mere $5 will buy you
a full evening's education...and periodic solid laughs.
8:00-11:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Hosted by comedy greats Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale (above).
The lineup—which is sure to be stellar—tends to be posted late afternoon
on the day of the show. To check whether the Web page
has been updated yet, please click here.
Please Note: This is the next-to-last show of this wonderful six-years-running extravaganza.
I highly recommend attending both tonight and the last installment on Wednesday night—
both are likely to be memorable comedy blow-outs.
9:00 pm at Rififi, 332 East 11th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues); tickets are $5
Seth Herzog, Michael Showalter, and Kumail Nanjiani
Hosted by the razor-sharp, dynamic, and hilarious Seth Herzog (VH1's Best Week Ever).
This is one of the finest comedy shows in NYC.
Tonight's wonderful lineup includes
Michael Showalter (MTV's seminal sketch show The State, legendary comedy troupe Stella,
writer/director/star of feature film The Baxter, co-writer & co-star of feature film Wet Hot American Summer,
co-host with Eugene Mirman of Brooklyn's weekly award-winning comedy show Tearing the Veil of Maya),
Laura Krafft (superb stand-up comic who's also a staff writer for The Colbert Report, former writer
for Comedy Central's Crossballs, and acted on such shows as on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm),
Kumail Nanjiani (rising star; for very funny stand-up about the dark side of video games,
odd memories, and the many ways cell phones are eliminated in horror films, please click here),
and some surprise special guests.
9:00 pm at The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Street (corner of Stanton Street); tickets are $5
NYC Comedy Picks for Wednesday 2/27/08
There are some wonderful shows happening tonight.
But for those who love stand-up, I most recommend the final edition of Invite Them Up.
Monday kicked off a three-night going away party for one of the most beloved comedy shows to ever grace NYC. Performing were, in order of appearance, Greg Johnson, Heather Lawless, Jon Glaser, Michael Showalter, Seth Herzog, Craig Baldo, and John Oliver—in other words, a virtual who's who of New York comedy.
Highlights included Jon Glaser appearing as "The Man in the Green Mask" and taking audience questions about it... which was thoroughly hilarious; Heather Lawless telling us she likes to wear a neck brace to the gym because it makes her efforts on the treadmill appear heroic; Michael Showalter having prepared a long set about TV shows and TV commercials that it turned out virtually no one but him had seen; Craig Baldo getting a bunch of the comedy onlookers to jump up on stage and dance (with especially fine moves from Heather Fink and Brett Gelman); and John Oliver delivering an absolutely brilliant set that included observations about Oreo pizza, a conversation with a talking Noam Chomsky doll, and John's peeling off a fashion mistake he'd purchased that day—a red jumper—and depositing it into the show's trash can "time capsule" at the end of his performance...to wild applause.
I had to miss last night's installment (a conflict with my screenwriters' workshop),
but am enormously looking forward to tonight's last—at least, for a while—Invite Them Up show,
which is sure to be special and memorable.
Tonight's recommendations for the best in NYC live comedy include
superb comedic actress Eliza Skinner performing her ECNY-nominated one-woman show Shameless (7:00 pm),
the delightful Margaret Champagne, Joselyn Hughes, and Brooke Van Poppelen inviting
some of the coolest gals and guys they know—Jon Friedman, Giulia Rozzi, Brandy & Sara,
Ross Hyzer, and Wendy Ho—for stand-up comedy fun at their Slumber Party (8:00 pm),
the last edition of one of the finest weekly comedy shows to ever grace NYC, with star stand-ups
coming to bid farewell to Eugene Mirman's & Bobby Tisdale's Invite Them Up (9:00 pm),
one of the most fascinating and hilarious storytelling shows in NYC, The Nights of Our Lives (9:30 pm),
and a laid-back free show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).
As Sparks Fly Upward: Stories->Improv->Sketch
This comedy troupe tells stories off the top of their heads, then improvises
scenes based on the tales...which may later turn into scripted sketches.
It's a clever way of crafting a sketch show organically, week by week—and you can
watch the whole process, at no charge. The group consists of Kevin Allison,
Chris Caniglia, Scott Eckert, Sarah Nowak, Nate Starkey, and Shelly Stover.
6:00 pm at The Peoples Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street (off 7th Avenue); free
The multi-talented Eliza Skinner portrays three women so horrible you have to laugh
Eliza Skinner (member of the genius improv musical groups I Eat Pandas
and Baby Wants Candy; drummer and singer in the band Stickerbook; MTV's Damage Control) plays a mother, a wife, and a party girl who are mean, vicious, and hilarious.
7:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Jon Friedman and Giulia Rozzi
Comedy show playing on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, hosted by
delightful trio Margaret Champagne, Joselyn Hughes, and Brooke Van Poppelen.
According to the official description, "it's the sort of variety show that happens when
three girls are delirious from staying up all night boozing and slap-happy from crank-calling!"
How can you resist?
Tonight's terrific guests are
Jon Friedman (host of the superb NYC live comedy extravaganzas Slightly Buzzed and
The Rejection Show; author of the book Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled),
Giulia Rozzi (VH1's Best Night Ever podcasts; monthly video series The Message Board, which makes fun of brides, on ComedyNet.com; co-producer of East coast version of hit national show Mortified; other co-host of monthly NYC red-hot live comedy show Stripped Stories;
for a video sample, please click here),
Brandy & Sara (hosts of the NYC live comedy show The Kissing Booth),
Ross Hyzer (host of NYC live extravaganza County Fair Comedy Show;
for stand-up videos, please click here and here), and
Wendy Ho (raunchy comedic singer/performer; for her music video
Bitch, I Stole Yo' Purse, please click here).
8:00 pm, Ochi's Lounge at Comix, 353 West 14th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues);
no cover, 1 drink or food item minimum (on low-cost menu; e.g., draft beer for $4-$5)
High School Talent Show's Ilana & Eliot Glazer (left) and Mindy Raf (right)...
...and Lance Rubin & Ray Munoz in The Lance & Ray Show
High School Talent Show and The Lance & Ray Show
Two fine sketch shows for a mere five bucks.
High School Talent Show is a fun extravaganza from brother-sister duo Eliot & Ilana Glazer
in which "Upper Central High School's brightest stars take to the stage to deliver rabble-rousing performances in song, dance, magic, slam poetry, stilts, and more!" The cast of enormously talented comics playing high school students includes Ann Carr, Carolyn Castiglia, Shawn Hollenbach, Rob Lathan, and brilliant writer/singer Mindy Raf.
The double-bill then continues with The Lance & Ray Show,
which is sketch in a stream-of-consciousness style
from promising comedy duo Lance Rubin & Ray Munoz.
8:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Hosted by comedy greats Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale (above).
Tonight's blow-out extravaganza marks the end of the extraordinary six-year run
of this wonderful weekly comedy event, which along the line has featured
virtually every comic in NYC worth mentioning.
Invite Them Up might return at some point in a different form; but either way,
tonight's show will be one to remember.
9:00 pm at Rififi, 332 East 11th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues); tickets are $5
The Nights of Our Lives: Two Sides to Every Story
This is one of the best shows in New York.
The format is simple: A bunch of razor-sharp writer/performers tell stories
about themselves revolving around the evening's theme—
which tonight is "Two sides to every story."
The only rules are that the tales must be true, and must be funny.
The brutal honesty, and jarring bravery, of some the participants can be hair-raising.
What they offer aren't merely jokes, but resonant, humane perspectives on life.
At the same time, there are very few shows, on or off Broadway,
that will make you laugh as consistently and as loud.
Enormous kudos go to host David Martin; and to brilliant storytellers
Anthony Atamanuik, John Flynn, Chris Gethard, Curtis Gwinn,
Anthony King, Margot Leitman, Adam Pally, and the other comedy soldiers
who've bared some of their darkest and funniest secrets on the Nights of Our Lives stage.
This evening's scheduled yarn-spinners are Jesse Falcon, John Flynn,
Sue Galloway, Chris Gethard, Curtis Gwinn, and John Lutz.
9:30 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Kurt Braunohler, Pat Shay, and Kimmy Gatewood
The Faculty and The Baldwins and Sid Viscous
Some of the PIT's instructors—who include such talents as Ali Farahnakian,
Kurt Braunohler, Ptolemy Slocum, Jen Nails, Pat Shay, Matt Donnelly, Kevin Scott,
Rebekka Johnson, and Kimmy Gatewood—perform improv for around 30 minutes.
And opening for them will be house improv troupes The Baldwins and Sid Viscous.
9:30 pm at The Peoples Improv Theater, 154 West 29th Street (off 7th Avenue); free
Host Justin Purnell provides a mix of guests who perform stand-up, improv, music,
and occasionally acts that defy categorization. The level of talent can vary wildly—
but for some (like me), that's part of the laid-back fun.
Come support the experimentation, and periodic magical surprises,
that this free show makes possible.
11:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); free
NYC Comedy Picks for Thursday 2/28/08
February 25th kicked off a three-night going away party for Invite Them Up, one of the most beloved comedy shows to ever grace NYC. This wonderful weekly East Village event, hosted by comedy greats Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale (above), has over time featured
virtually every comic in NYC worth mentioning.
Performing on Monday night's blow-out farewell were, in order of appearance, Greg Johnson, Heather Lawless, Jon Glaser, Michael Showalter, Seth Herzog, Craig Baldo, and John Oliver—in other words, a virtual who's who of New York comedy.
Highlights included Jon Glaser appearing as "The Man in the Green Mask" and taking audience questions about it... which was thoroughly hilarious; Heather Lawless telling us she likes to wear a neck brace to the gym because it makes her efforts on the treadmill appear heroic; Michael Showalter having prepared a long set about TV shows and TV commercials that it turned out virtually no one but him had seen; Craig Baldo getting a bunch of the comedy onlookers to jump up on stage and dance (with especially fine moves from Heather Fink and Brett Gelman); and John Oliver delivering an absolutely brilliant set that included observations about Oreo pizza, a conversation with a talking Noam Chomsky doll, and John's peeling off a fashion mistake he'd purchased that day—a red jumper—and depositing it into the show's trash can "time capsule" at the end of his performance...to wild applause.
I had to miss Tuesday night's installment (a conflict with my screenwriters' workshop),
but am sure it was special and memorable.
And the final edition on Wednesday was star-studded. Performing were, in order of appearance, Kristen Schaal, Jim Gaffigan, Chelsea Peretti, Eric Slovin & Leo Allen, Todd Barry, Mike Birbiglia, Jon Benjamin & Jon Glaser, and Demetri Martin.
Highlights included Kristen Schaal brilliantly demonstrating her evolution as a performer over the past six years by acting out snippets from her numerous comedy routines in chronological order; Jim Gaffigan expertly generating laughs from such mundane subjects as futons ("they're made out of hate") and ketchup ("Why not let us pour from the big end of the bottle? Think about it"); Todd Barry tossing out hilarious lines and then spending an equal amount of time pointing out just how funny the lines were...resulting in additional rounds of laughs; Mike Birbiglia deconstructing the show via a spot-on imitation of Eugene Mirman, and such comments as "You can tell that routine was alternative comedy because it wasn't actually funny...but hey, it kinda made you smile;" and Demetri Martin delivering a surprisingly serious and heartfelt tribute to Invite Them Up as a seminal show that's helped to shape, and serve as a gold standard for, the now-thriving NYC comedy scene.
Is Invite Them Up gone forever? Probably not. But it's at least on haitus for a while;
and if it returns, it'll likely be in some form other than a $5 weekly show.
Either way, ITU's shining example has spawned some superb NYC weekly comedy shows to fill its shoes.
So if you love great stand-up, check out:
Aziz Ansari's Crash Test or Cavalcade! (Mondays at 11:00 pm, for free, at UCBT)
Seth Herzog's Sweet (Tuesdays at 9:00 pm, for $5, at The Slipper Room)
Noah Garfinkel's & Joe Mande's Totally J/K (Thursdays at 8:30 pm, for $5, at Rififi)
The Greg Johnson & Larry Murphy Show (Fridays at 8:30 pm, for $5, at Rififi)
Eugene Mirman's & Michael Showalter's Tearing the Veil of Maya
(Sundays at 8:00 pm, for $7, at Brooklyn's Union Hall).
Each of these extravaganzas is well worth experiencing.
Tonight's recommendations for the best in NYC live comedy include
brilliant writers & performers John Oliver (The Daily Show), Todd Hanson (head writer for The Onion),
