Comedy
New York City’s best guide to comedy clubs, stand-up comedy, comedy venues and comedy events
Eliot Glazer talks about his show Haunting Renditions Live
We chat with the Broad City actor and writer about his musical comedy show
Nikki Glaser talks about sex and late-night-TV boys’ club
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Craig Robinson talks doing drama, porn aspirations and the big L
Ever-chill everydude Craig Robinson tones down the funny—and flaunts some dramatic chops—in Morris from America
Lady Dynamite’s Maria Bamford is the caged bird that sings
Bamford finally gets the spotlight to perform her own beautiful tune
Julie Klausner talks season two of Difficult People
Difficult People star and creator Julie Klausner discusses misanthropes and being a theater queen
Best comedy events in NYC: Critics’ picks
Electoral Dysfunction
One part political debate, one part improv show. How are the two connected? Tom Brennan gathers some of the PIT’s favorite perfomers to make up scenes based on the week's news. And with the 2016 election looking more bananas than ever before, its likely this crew will have a stellar set of impersonations to choose from.
Grandma's Ashes: We Won't Tell
The comedic Rumpelstiltskins who make up this popular improv team take an audience member’s real, tragic secrets—like missing their father’s funeral or being left at the altar—and spin them into golden hilarity. This group of improvisers, whose credits include appearances on Conan, Comedy Central and MTV, are longtime vets who will show you the light.
The Nasty Show
If you’re not one to blush, Comedy Cellar’s late-night show every Wednesday and Thursday invites local legends like Dave Attell, Big Jay Oakerson and Liza Tyger to unleash their more shocking material—the bluer the better. The revered Greenwich Village club is known as the spot where megastars like Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle, Amy Schumer and Aziz Ansari are liable to drop in unannounced to try out new material, and this show is no exception.
Fat Baby Live!
The guys behind Fat Baby Comedy—Benny D and Giulio Gallarotti—host a different crew of comedians every Thursday. They also produce an involved series of promos for the show on YouTube that are worth checking out for, if nothing else, their degree of goofy cinematic skills.
Upcoming NYC comedy events
Side Ponytail
Carolyn Busa used to call her monthly stand-up show "Williamsburg's cutest," but now that it's two-years old and weekly at Over the Eight, Side Ponytail has become a reliable night for solid sets and surprise stars. Check out sets from guests like Josh Gondelman, Carmen Lynch and Corinne Fisher at this Monday night staple.
Cole Escola Is the First Gay President
The saucer-eyed costar of Logo's Jeffery & Cole Casserole returns with his solo comedy act, which offers to reveal new facets of a talent that gleams with scrappy razzle-dazzle. Blending boyish mischief with dizzy charm and the ruthless coyness of a starlet bent on fame, Escola's comic persona suggests a street urchin raised by The Match Game.
Fat Baby Live!
The guys behind Fat Baby Comedy—Benny D and Giulio Gallarotti—host a different crew of comedians every Thursday. They also produce an involved series of promos for the show on YouTube that are worth checking out for, if nothing else, their degree of goofy cinematic skills.
Lasers in the Jungle
Hosts Dan Wilbur (The Onion), Sean Crespo (MTV) and Katina Corrao (VH1) welcome stand-ups to this ongoing weekly showcase. Previous acts include Aparna Nancherla (@midnight), Ben Kronberg (Last Comic Standing) and Michelle Wolf (Late Night with Seth Meyers). After over four years of weekly shows, Lasers has quite a rolodex of comics to call. You never know who might show up at a performance.
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