Comedy
New York City’s best guide to comedy clubs, stand-up comedy, comedy venues and comedy events
- Tom Shillue’s “12 in 12”project
- W. Kamau Bell takes NYC
- 50 funniest Web series
- One to watch: Amber Nelson
- Q&A: Jon Glaser (video)
Tom Shillue’s “12 in 12”project
The storyteller plows through a yearlong challenge to release a new album every month.
W. Kamau Bell takes NYC
This Totally Biased comic brings a bit of San Francisco to the city
50 funniest Web series
The best series show us the future of a young medium.
One to watch: Amber Nelson
Multitalented comic Amber Nelson reveals her own strange passions onstage
Q&A: Jon Glaser (video)
The man behind Adult Swim’s Delocated unmasks and sounds off about his NYC-shot show before its big series finale.
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.
- 45 Bleecker 45 Bleecker St, between Lafayette and Mott Sts, 10012
- Thu May 23 - Sat Jun 8
Greg Proops Is the Smartest Man in the World
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Proops's bantering skills and willingness to shred the feeble persons, places and things he encounters make his podcast recordings worth seeing live.
- The Bell House 149 7th St, between Second and Third Aves
- Sat May 25
Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional
- Price band: 3/4
Brooklyn-born, longtime stand-up Quinn ponders the rise (and potential fall) of American democracy in his new one-man show.
- Barrow Street Theatre 27 Barrow St, at Seventh Ave South
- Thu May 23 - Mon Jun 3
Comedy as a Second Language
- Critics choice
- Free
Sean Patton and Chesley Calloway welcome stand-up comics to the stage in this weekly show.
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Joke of the week
Joke of the week: Jules Posner
I just got my medical marijuana card recently. Anyone else cool as fuck?
Jules Posner plays Fresh Out Thu 23. Follow him on Twitter @julesposner.
Top comedy stories
21 New York comedy scene linchpins
The New York comedy personalities who keep things vibrant, fresh and funny—we can't imagine the local scene without them
Mike Birbiglia
The stand-up directs a Sleepwalk with Me film and aids its big release but fails to meet Ice-T
50 funniest New Yorkers
The best comedians—and most hilarious writers and performers—living in Gotham, as picked by TONY
Three comics to watch: James Adomian, Kate Berlant and Michael Che
These comics are making waves beyond the backrooms of Brooklyn.
Comedy events calendar
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Trevor Noah: Born a...
This up-and-coming South African comic, who made a...
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Colin Quinn:...
Theater review by Jenna Scherer. Barrow Street The...
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Tracy Morgan
When the hilarious, unpredictable former 30 Rock s...
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