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Best comedy events in NYC: Critics’ picks

Trevor Noah: Born a Crime

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

This up-and-coming South African comic exhibits an easy and approachable demeanor that's unquestionably sharp.

  1. 45 Bleecker 45 Bleecker St, between Lafayette and Mott Sts, 10012
  2. Sat May 18 - Sat Jun 8
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Anthony Jeselnik

  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

This comic regularly proves—in specials such as Caligula and on his new series, The Jeselnik Offensive—that he can make the crowd love him in spite of themselves.

  1. Carolines on Broadway 1626 Broadway, between 49th and 50th Sts
  2. Sat May 18 - Sun May 19
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Marina Franklin

  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

Whether lamenting her initial efforts to be like the sassy comics on BET or her tendency to date the wrong men, Franklin has a voice that is self-reflective and honest.

  1. The Stand 239 Third Ave, between 19th and 20th Sts, 10003
  2. Sat May 18
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Jamie Kilstein

  • Price band: 1/4
  • Critics choice

The activist, comedian and passionate Citizen Radio host presents a full hour of stand-up, sure to generate laughs and ruffle feathers.

  1. Magnet Theater 254 W 29th St, between Seventh and Eighth Aves
  2. Mon May 20
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Joke of the week: Dave Waite

I was over at a girl’s apartment and she asked me if I wanted to watch The Notebook. I was like, “Hey, you should have brought that up before you slept with me. That’s bad negotiating.”

Dave Waite performs in the Laughing Devil Comedy Festival Thu 16, Fri 17 and Sun 19. Follow him on Twitter @davewaitecomedy.

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Comedy events calendar

  1. Trevor Noah: Born a...

    This up-and-coming South African comic, who made a...

  2. Anthony Jeselnik

    This comic regularly proves—in specials such as Ca...

  3. Colin Quinn:...

    Brooklyn-born, longtime stand-up Quinn, whose stra...

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