This site is on vacation until July 13th—aside from brief updates—so I can focus on book and film projects. (And by the way, if you need help with a book or screenplay, please visit my sites BookProposal.net and HyOnYourScript.com.)
Daily listings will resume on July 13th.
That said, here are brief recommendations of notable shows happening this week:
The incomparable Lennon Parham
Sunday 7/5 at 6:00 pm: One-woman show I Wanna Be Famous at 308 Broadway from Jessica Delfino
Sunday 7/5 at 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm: UCBT's signature improv comedy extravaganza ASSSCAT 3000
Sunday 7/5 at 7:30 pm: Pete Holmes headlining at Comix
Monday 7/6 at 8:00 pm: Janeane Garofalo, Pete Holmes, Tom Shillue,
Vanessa Hollingshead, and Jamie Kilstein
at an all-star edition of stand-up comedy show Tell
Your Friends
Monday 7/6 at 8:00 pm: A superb Boston stand-up comic headlining at Comix: Doug Saulnier
Monday 7/6 at 11:00 pm: Leo Allen's star-studded, and entirely free, stand-up comedy showcase Whiplash
Tuesday 7/7 at 8:30 pm: A not-to-be-missed killer stand-up lineup—Janeane
Garofalo, John Mulaney,
Joe Mande, humor author Bob Powers,
and brilliant hosts Jessi Klein &
Pete Holmes—at Punch
Up Your Life
Wednesday 7/8 at 7:00 pm: Lennon Parham demonstrating her comedy
genius
in her acclaimed one-woman show She
Tried to be Normal
Wednesday 7/8 at 7:30 pm: Adam Wade gathering top storytellers to tell their Real Tales of College
Wednesday 7/8 at 9:30 pm: Todd Barry headlining at Carolines
Thursday 7/9 at 8:00 pm: NYC comedy royalty Kristen Schaal & Kurt Braunohler hosting Hot Tub Variety
Thursday 7/9 at 9:30 pm: Ace performers Shockwave, God's Pottery,
and Ben Lerman
performing both their best and oddest material
at A-Side/B-Side
Thursday 7/9 at 11:00 pm: Death by Roo Roo battling all comers at improv competition Cage Match
Friday 7/10 at 8:00 pm: Jenny Slate performing her delightful & hilarious one-woman show Dead Millionaire
Friday 7/10 at 9:30 pm: Artful & hilarious improv troupe The Stepfathers
Friday 7/10 at 11:00 pm: Brilliant storyteller Chris Gethard telling amazing true tales via his Magic Box of Stories
Friday 7/10 at midnight: Pete Holmes hosting the best free open mic stand-up in NYC, Gutbucket
Saturday 7/11 at 9:00 pm: The gutsiest improv troupe in NYC, Death by Roo Roo
Saturday 7/11 at 10:30 pm: All-star improv troupe Reuben Williams
Marc Maron
Sunday 7/12 at 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm: UCBT's signature improv comedy extravaganza ASSSCAT 3000
Sunday 7/12 at 8:00 pm: Marc Maron performing a condensed version
of his superb
one-man show—for free!—at Brooklyn's Union Hall: Scorching
the Earth
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