HyReviews.com's
NYC Comedy Picks for Tomorrow Night (Thursday 11/20)
Tonight's recommendations for the best in New York City comedy
(in chronological order, with top picks marked by colored brackets) include:
[TOP PICK] two brilliant comics who enjoy pushing at boundaries:
Glennis McMurray and Jawnee Conroy (6:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] stellar stand-up Andrea Rosen (VH1, Comedy Central, Variety SHAC) and
superb comedic singer/songwriter Mindy Raf (VH1) as guests on the best sexy
storytelling comedy show in NYC: Margot Leitman's & Giulia Rozzi's Stripped Stories (9:30),
[TOP PICK] and the final raucous evening of 2008 quarter-final competition
at Pat Baer's 3-on-3 Improv Tournament (11:00).
Glennis McMurray and Jawnee Conroy
Two stellar experimental comics for a mere five bucks.
Glennis McMurray is half of the award-winning musical improv group I Eat Pandas (with Eliza Skinner). She's also appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, writes a popular blog, creates sketch comedy and funny films (for samples, please click here and here), and this August starred in the FringeNYC hit musical Gem!: A Truly Outrageous Parody. Come help Glennis test out material tonight as she tries to delight you.
The double-bill then continues with Johnny Conroy, a fearless, darkly inventive, and relentlessly honest comedic performer who's likely to make you alternative between shock and uncontrolled laughter.
6:30 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Margot & Giulia are two fun-lovin' gals...who are world-class storytellers
Sexual storytelling with a comedic slant.
Tonight's theme is "Coming Home." Expect shocking and highly entertaining yarns from guests Andrea Rosen (stellar stand-up who's appeared on VH1 and Comedy Central, and is a member of comedy group Variety SHAC), and Ryan Britt (Nerve.com)—as well as from the two sensual hosts, Giulia Rozzi (MTV, VH1's Best Night Ever podcasts) and Margot Leitman (Late Night With Conan O'Brien, VH1, Spike TV).
In addition, there'll be risque songs from Mindy Raf (brilliantly funny and sexy writer/singer; VH1's Best Week Ever, relationship columnist for CollegeHumor.com, comedy writer for WABC, actor on SuperDeluxe.com's The Post Show; plays popular character Leibya Rogers: "When I sing, your soul jumps out of your body and nestles in between my legs;" for video sample, please click here).
Plus there'll be "audience interviews, sex games, and hookups...hopefully."
Come to laugh, to get turned on, and to make choices you'll regret in the morning.
This is a wonderful show, and highly recommended.
9:30 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
Host Pat Baer
Throughout November, 21 select comedy troupes, each with three members, battle for audience votes in this Eighth Annual Citywide 3-on-3 Improv Tournament.
In addition, a wildcard team is chosen lottery-style from the audience during each quarter-final, making for a total of eight teams competing per evening. This wildcard group adds a delicious extra element of surprise, as well as making the audience feel like it's part of the action.
The four teams with the most votes from each quarter-final advance to the semi-finals on Saturday, November 29th.
For a highly informed history of the tournament, please click here.
The extravaganza is hosted by the wonderful and invaluable Pat Baer (above).
Tonight is the third evening of the tournament, and the last of three semi-quarter matches. Last week's four winners were:
The eight teams for tonight's competition are, in order of scheduled appearance:
X/Y Interceptors (Shannon Coffey, Aaron Glaser, Johnny McNulty)
Gardasil (Shannon O'Neill, Anna Rubanova, Lydia Hensler)
Kape (Emily Strachan, Amber Nelson, Jill Morris)
Derrick (Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover, DC Pierson)
Castlemania (Nicole Drespel, Bridget Fitzgerald, Katey Healy-Wurzburg)
VAMPANO!!!!!!!! (Andy Rocco, Matt Decoster, Megan Neuringer)
Outlook of the Poet (Jonathan Gabrus, Ben Rodgers, Gavin Speiller)
Wildcard Team #3
Derrick is a star troupe; and Outlook of the Poet came within a hair of winning the tournament last year (it was defeated in a sudden death match by 3/5ths Dudes, i.e., thoroughly brilliant comics Eugene Cordero, Bobby Moynihan, and Chris Gethard—who aren't competing this year). Also notable are the three all-female teams: Kape, Gardasil, and Castlemania. This promises to be a spectacular evening.
Plus if you're a performer, don't miss this chance at instantly joining the tournament as part of the formed-on-the-spot wildcard team.
11:00 pm at UCBT, 307 West 26th Street (off 8th Avenue); tickets are $5
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