Guide to Live Comedy Shows in NYC This Week: May 4 – May 10, 2017
Live Comedy in New York City This Week:
New York features some of the best live comedy in the world every single night, from Manhattan to Queens, Brooklyn and beyond. But with so many to choose from, it can be difficult to find them all and nearly impossible to decide which s
THURSDAY 5/4
Show: The Stand NYC Showcase
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location:239 3rd Avenue NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Ari Shaffir
Jim Florentine
Judah Friedlander
Chris DiStefano
Derek Gaines
Petey DeAbreu
Ticket Link: http://thestandnyc.ticketfly.com/event/1479837-jim-florentine-judah-new-york/
Show: Members Only
Venue: The Standing Room
Location:47-38 Vernon Blvd LIC
Time: 8:00PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
A FREE comedy show for members only.
Want to be a member? Show up!
We’ll have voter registration forms in case you’re STILL not registered.
Hosted by Liz Magee and Ariel Elias
Featuring:
Brent Gill
Ticket Link: www.standingroomlic.com
Show: The Pacific Stand Up Show
Venue: Pacific Standard
Location:82 4th Avenue. Brooklyn. NY
Time: 8PM
Description of Show and Lineup:
It is time once again for Pacific Stand-up, the hottest* comedy show in Brooklyn! Past guests include Ilana Glazer, Janeane Garofalo, Ophira Eisenberg, Jessica Williams, Sean Patton, Judah Friedlander, Eugene Mirman, Roy Wood Jr., Jessi Klein, Jordan Klepper, and Ronny Chieng.
This week’s stellar line-up:
Rojo Perez (MTV’s #Decoded)
Jay Gillespie (High Plains Comedy Festival)
Rob Cantrell (Last Comic Standing)
Brad Austin (New York Times)
+special guests!
Hosted by Emmy Blotnick!
House Band: Tony Zaret
Price: Free!
Ticket Link: Free, at door
Show: New Joke Night
Venue: Comedy Cellar at Fat Black Pussycat
Location:130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Wil Sylvince
Jared Freid
Louis Katz
Justin Silver
Liza Treyger
Mike Yard
Sam Morril
Kelsey Cook
Alingon Mitra
Mehran Khaghani
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com
FRIDAY 5/5
Show: Hot Soup at NYCC
Venue: New York Comedy Club
Location:241 24th Street NYC
Time: 11:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hot Soup at NYCC Produced by Mark Normand, Matt Ruby, Gary Vider, & Jeremy Levenbach, the weekly show at Irish Exit has been named a Best Show by TimeOut and Thrillist, and is now a monthly show at the Legendary New York Comedy Club! Hot Soup features the best stand-ups from NYC and around the country, and boasts amazing drop-ins from superstars like Louis CK, Aziz Ansari, David Cross, Nick Kroll, Hannibal Buress, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman and Anthony Jeselnik
Featuring:
Sal Vulcano
Sean Patton
Liza Treyger
Esther Steinberg
Tyler Fischer
Jennie Sutton
Ticket Link: https://newyorkcomedyclub.com/events/hot-soup-at-nycc-2017-05-05
Show: On The Offensive
Venue: New York Comedy Club
Location:241 24th Street NYC
Time: 7pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
“On The Offensive” is one of the most unique comedy shows running in New York City. O.T.O combines stand-up and off-the-cuff riffing on popular internet videos featuring the best comedians New York City has to offer. After each comic finishes their set, the audience will then screen an online video clip that the comic will provide ruthless commentary on. This show is not for the politically correct. Hosted by Mike Feeney.
Featuring:
Nick Turner
Brendan Fitzgibbons
Clark Jones
Josh Gondelman
Matteo Lane
Ticket Link: https://newyorkcomedyclub.com/events/on-the-offensive-2017-05-05
Show: Godfrey
Venue: Gotham Comedy Club
Location:208 W. 23rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
GODFREY is one of the hottest comedians on the circuit. Growing up in Chicago, he constantly got in trouble for misbehaving and being an all-around class clown. Godfrey’s Nigerian parents unknowingly encouraged his bad behavior by showing him classic comedy films from an early age. While performing impressions of his college football teammates, Godfrey realized his irreverent style of comedy might be more than just a hobby.
Godfrey’s talent landed him several high profile projects. His performance in Zoolander has achieved cult status; he is recognized across the country as the beloved “7UP Guy” from 7UP’s national advertising campaign; and he has cracked up moviegoers in Johnson Family Vacation, The Cook Out with Queen Latifah, Phat Girlz starring Academy Award-winning actress Monique, and Soul Plane, alongside Snoop Dogg. For years, Godfrey provided pop culture commentary on VH1 as a talking head and also appeared on Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.
As one of the most dominant forces in the comedy circuit, Godfrey is in demand as both a host and a standup headliner at the nation’s premiere comedy clubs. Godfrey has performed at comedy festivals in Montreal, Toronto, and Chicago, as well as the Just For Laughs Roadshow.
With his fourth appearance on BET’s Comicview, a guest starring role on 30 ROCK, and his own half-hour special for Comedy Central under his belt, Godfrey is clearly on the verge of super-stardom.
Ticket Link: http://gothamcomedyclub.com/event.cfm?id=478680&cart
Show: Gentrify
Venue: UCBeast
Location:153 E. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 10:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
GENTRIFY is a weekly variety show that brings comedy’s hottest stand up, improv and sketch groups to the part of the city where no one would ever dare go: The East Village. GENTRIFY is the exposed brick of comedy, the working fireplace of laughter and the roof deck of fun at UCBeast.
Rojo Perez (MTV’s Decoded)
Lynn Bixenspan (Comedy Central)
Alyssa Stonoha (Three Busy Debras)
Matt Bachus (Cave Comedy Radio)
Ticket Link: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/53939
SATURDAY 5/6
Show: Jackknife Comedy
Venue: The Creek and The Cave
Location:10-93 Jackson Avenue LIC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Jackknife Comedy is a rad monthly stand up show hosted by two dummies from Iowa, Gideon Hambright and Patrick Hastie! Each month they pick a bunch of their favorite comedians to come do sets, drink and have a blast!
Josh Gondelman (CONAN), Katherine Jessup (BENTZEN BALL), Merrill Davis (PUNCHING HENRY), Dario Joseph (PITTSBURGH COMEDY FESTIVAL), Paul Julmeus (BRICKELL COMEDY FESTIVAL), AJ Thompson (THE NAKED SHOW), Lily Fender (TAR HEEL COMEDY)
Ticket Link: http://creeklic.com/events/jackknife-comedy-5-2017-05-06/
Show: The Stand NYC Showcase
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location:239 3rd Avenue NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Ron Bennington
Ari Shaffir
Jim Florentine
Monroe Martin
Sean Patton
Derek Gaines
Ticket Link: http://thestandnyc.ticketfly.com/event/1479845-ron-bennington-derek-gaines-new-york/
Show: Stand Up New York Showcase
Venue: Stand Up NY
Location:276 W. 78th Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
James Mattern
Yamaneika Saunders
Brian Scott McFadden
Dean Edwards
Ticket Link: http://www.standupny.com/buy-tickets/
Show: Hari Kondabolu
Venue: Caroline’s on Broadway
Location:1626 Broadway NYC
Time: 7:30 and 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hari Kondabolu is a Brooklyn-based, Queens-raised comic who the NY Times has called “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today.” In March 2014, he released his debut standup album WAITING FOR 2042 on indie-label Kill Rock Stars. He is currently NYU’s APA Institute’s “Artist in Residence” for the 2014-2015 Academic Year.
Hari was a writer and correspondent on the Chris Rock-produced television show TOTALLY BIASED WITH W. KAMAU BELL on FX. He has also done standup on the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CONAN, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, AND JOHN OLIVER’S NEW YORK STANDUP SHOW. His COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS half-hour television special debuted on the network in February 2011.
In 2014, he was interviewed on a full episode of FRESH AIR WITH TERRY GROSS on NPR. A regular on the public radio circuit, he has also appeared on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Studio 360, Bullseye and Soundcheck and Q with Jian Ghomeshi. He has also appeared on popular podcasts like WTF with Marc Maron, You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes and Too Beautiful to Live with Luke Burbank.
In the UK, Hari has established himself with appearances on BBC 3’s RUSSELL HOWARD’S GOOD NEWS and LIVE AT THE ELECTRIC and Channel 4’s 8 OUT OF 10 CATS.
Ticket Link: http://www.carolines.com/comedian/hari-kondabolu/
SUNDAY 5/7
Show: Stand Up New York Showcase
Venue: Stand Up NY
Location:276 W. 78th Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
J.P. Mcdade
Anthony DeVito
Damien Lemon
Ticket Link: http://www.standupny.com/buy-tickets/
Show: Ryan Hamilton
Venue: Comedy Cellar at Fat Black Pussycat
Location:130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Ryan Hamilton running his new hour at The Fat Black Pussycat
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com
Show: 4th Annual Grist COmedy Extravaganza: A Benefit For A Future That Doesn’t Suck
Venue: The Bell House
Location:149 7th Street Brooklyn
Time: 7:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Grist is a source of intelligent, irreverent environmental news and commentary that’s been around since 1999, when the internet was made of rubber bands. We set out to change the way the story of the environment was told — to make the issues accessible and relevant, and to wake readers up to the problems confronting us. Now, with the alarm raised, we are pointing our beacon in a new direction: toward a just, sustainable future. To do this work, we will transform the story of the environment, and the story society tells itself about its future. Our motto: Less freaking out, more figuring out.
Eugene Mirman, Aparna Nancherla, Caroline Rhea, David Cross, Jon Glaser, And More Special Guests!
Ticket Link: http://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/1460493-4th-annual-grist-comedy-brooklyn
Show: If You Build It
Venue: UCBeast
Location:153 E. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
KEITH ALBERSTADT
Late Night w/ David Letterman, Red Eye
NORE DAVIS
Inside Amy Schumer, Montreal Comedy Festival
ALYSSA WOLFF
Lean Over, Bridgetown Comedy Festival
KRISTAL ADAMS
Funny Women Fest LA, Riot Girl Laugh Fest
https://www.instagram.com/thedarkkristal/
SAURIN CHOKSI
White Guy Talk Show, Bridgetown Comedy Festival
TAMER KATTAN
Edinburgh Comedy Festival, World Series of Comedy
http://tamerkattan.wpengine.com/
Ticket Link: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/53853
MONDAY 5/8
Show: Sam Morril: You’ve Changed
Venue: Comedy Cellar at Fat Black Pussycat
Location:130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Sam Morril’s new hour “You’ve Changed”
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com
Show: Frantic Mondays
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location:239 Third Avenue NYC
Time: 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Come experience the best free show in all of Manhattan! Featuring club regulars, up & coming talent, and surprise drop-ins…this is Frantic!Hosted by Aaron Berg with Tim Dillon, Vladimir Caamano, Katie Hannigan, Derek Gaines, Sarah Tollemache, Scott Chaplain, Gibran Saleem, Alex Wood, and More!
Ticket Link: http://thestandnyc.ticketfly.com/event/1479825-frantic-free-show-hosted-by-new-york/
Show: Ask Me Another with Andy Karl
Venue: The Bell House
Location:149 7th Street Brooklyn
Time: 7:30pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal walk into a bar… No, it’s not the start of a joke. It’s the essence of Ask Me Another, a rambunctious hour that blends brainteasers and local pub trivia night with comedy and music. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites in-studio guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones, and enjoy witty banter and guitar riffs from house musician Jonathan Coulton.
For an hour, listeners can play along as Eisenberg puts questions to a rotating band of puzzle gurus, audience members and special mystery guests, who then takes a turn in the contestant’s chair facing trivia games written especially for him or her. What you’ll hear resembles the casual intimacy of game night at a friend’s house: one where scores are forgotten in favor of hilarious gaffes.
Ask Me Another is recorded live at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
Ask Me Another is a co-production of NPR and WNYC.
Ticket Link: http://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/1443456-ask-me-another-brooklyn
Show: Comedy Gala of the Gotham Comedy Foundation
Venue: Gotham Comedy Club
Location:208 W. 23rd Street NYC
Time: 7pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Comedy Gala of the Gotham Comedy Foundation
5:30pm – pre-show cocktail reception (for VIP ticket holders)
6:30pm – doors open for GA ticket holders
7:00pm – comedy show
Comedy Gala Chair-Ellen Fine Levine, Co-Chairs- Dr. Kathryn Alcarez, Robert Lisi, Barry Newmark, Joan Weisblatt
The Gotham Comedy Foundation is the nonprofit charitable affiliate of the Gotham
Comedy Club. The mission of GCF is to bring humor to those who need it, one laugh at a time!
GCF sends stand up comics and other entertainers to hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers and social services agencies at no cost to these community partners to bring laughter to the sick, aged and lonely as part of GCF’s humor and music therapy programs.
Among the organizations GCF works with are Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mt. Sinai-Beth Israel, New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Goodwill Industries, JASA, NYU Langone Medical Center, HANAC, Community Access, St. Barnabas Hospital, Serendipity and many others.
Ticket Link: http://gothamcomedyclub.com/event.cfm?id=483885&cart
TUESDAY 5/9
Show: Hyperbole! The Best Comedy Show Ever
Venue: The Creek and The Cave
Location:10-93 Jackson Avenue LIC
Time: 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hyperbole is THE ABSOLUTE BEST comedy show in New York City! If you’ve ever been to another comedy show and thought to yourself, “This show is the best!” then you’re silly because this one is even better. It can’t be beat! Host Stu Melton brings you free jokes, free beers, AND the FUNNIEST names in New York City stand up comedy. Come check out the “hype” (get it??!?!). By the way…this show is REALLY GOOD!
Shane Torres (Conan), Dan Perlman (Fox), Jordan Temple (MTV’s Decoded), Ariel Elias (Members Only Comedy Show), Mike Lebovitz (Comedians You Should Know)
Ticket Link: http://creeklic.com/events/hyperbole-2017-05-09/
Show: Breakout Comedy Series: Jason Salmon
Venue: Caroline’s on Broadway
Location:1626 Broadway NYC
Time: 7pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Jason was born in Texas, in the middle of a hail storm, so things have always been a little weird. He pursued a degree in Engineering and upon graduating, decided he preferred words to numbers and he preferred people laughing at him for being silly to people congratulating him for doing math. He has acted, written, and performed comedy ever since, doing sketch, improv and, of course, standup. He is based out of New York City, but headlines around the country.
One Man described his comedy as, “…like getting the best advice you’ve ever gotten, from the dumbest guy you know.”
He has appeared on 30 Rock and Orange is the New Black and in 3 out of every 5 commercials you see on TV. He loves you more than he is comfortable letting on and he wants you to follow him: on Instagram – @JasonSalmonComedy , Twitter – @JasonTSalmon , YouTube – Jason Salmon …or just follow him in real life. But wear comfortable shoes. He walks everywhere.
Ticket Link: http://www.carolines.com/comedian/breakout-artist-comedy-series-presents-jason-salmon/
Show: Five Dollar Funnies
Venue: The Stand NYC
Location:239 3rd Avenue NYC
Time: 10pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Big Jay Oakerson
Dan Soder
Chris DiStefano
Vladimir Caamano
Ticket Link: http://thestandnyc.ticketfly.com/event/1479859-s5-funnies-dan-soder-big-new-york/
Show: We Share A Void
Venue: New York Comedy Club
Location:241 24th Street NYC
Time: 7pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
IT’S THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF We Share a Void – a stand-up show compiled of an eclectic group of stellar comedians with one thing in common…they share a void. Come on out and laugh at the insecurities, shortcomings and utter self deprecation of these amazing comedians!
Hosted by Shauna Lane
featuring:
Ankara Martinez
Cate Weinberg
Carolyn Gitomer
Courtney Reynolds
Danny Cohen
Malorie Bryant
Sam Morril
Yamaneika Saunders
Headlining – Bonnie McFarlane!
Ticket Link: https://newyorkcomedyclub.com/events/we-share-a-void-5-9-17-0700pm
Show: Robert Kelly: Working It Out
Venue: Comedy Cellar at The Village Underground
Location:130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Robert Kelly: Working It Out live at The Village Underground
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com
WEDNESDAY 5/10
Show: DoublePlusGood Comedy show
Venue: Jimmy’s no. 43
Location:43 East 7th Street NYC
Time: 9pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at Jimmy’s no. 43’s Back Room Stage, We curate a line-up for each month’s show that strives to reflects the
racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual diversity of NYC, what makes this
show unique is that, since 2013, we’re the only free downtown comedy
show that always provides all of the performers it showcases long set
times (20+ minutes), which allows all of the comics to flex their
muscles on stage and really hit their stride, and lets the audience
truly see the comedian’s essence, rather than just a snippet.
This month’s line-up:
Ophira Eisenberg (Host of NPR’s ‘Ask Me Another’; author “Screw
Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy”)
Sean Lynch (co-creator/writer MTV’s “Celebrity Death Match”; co-star
of AMC’s “The Walking Dead”
Adam Sank (Opens for Roseanne Barr; NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”;
billed as ‘America’s Favorite Gay’; new album, “Live From the
Stonewall Inn. )
Rachael Burke (NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”; McSweeney’s)
Brian Jian (NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”; Montreal Just For Laughs
Comedy Festival)
produced/hosted by Ben Asher (The Friars Club; Headlined the Iceland
Comedy Festival; Finalist “Funniest Jewish Comedian of the Year”;)
Ticket Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1913087675576357/
Show: Week at the Creek: Yedoye Travis
Venue: The Creek and The Cave
Location:10-93 Jackson Avenue LIC
Time: 7pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
One Artist. 7pm. The Creek and The Cave is proud to present a Week at The Creek. A hand picked, organically grown free range comedian will cook up an hour before your very eyes.
Ticket Link: http://creeklic.com/events/week-creek-yedoye-travis-2017-05-09/
Show: Hasan Minaj: Experiment Time
Venue: Comedy Cellar at Fat Black Pussycat
Location:130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Hasan Minaj presents “Experimental Time”
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com
Show: Colin Quinn: Law Abiding Criminals
Venue: Comedy Cellar at Fat Black Pussycat
Location:130 W. 3rd Street NYC
Time: 8pm
Description of Show and Lineup:
Colin Quinn FROM THE MOVIE “TRAINWRECK”, STAR OF ONE MAN SHOWS: “UNCONSTITUTIONAL”, “LONG STORY SHORT” ON BROADWAY AND HBO, STAR OF COMEDY CENTRAL’S “TOUGH CROWD”, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC’S “THE COLIN QUINN SHOW’.
Ticket Link: http://www.comedycellar.com
NOTICE: UNION HALL IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE
“There was a fire at Union Hall Friday, March 24. No one was injured and the fire was quickly contained but there was damage, which is currently being assessed. In the short term we will be closed and all shows are cancelled through May 15 (or moved to later date), except where noted and moved to other locations. We hope to reopen as quickly as possible.
We appreciate all the support from the community and will keep you updated.”
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