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Pick of the Day 5/7/25: Club Video (in NYC) 5/17

May 7, 2025

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The cool kids at Club Video are back at it again.

That’s to say they back at throwing an extravaganza of a short film showcase/variety show/beautiful Brooklyn party (the sort that makes you feel like you don’t have Stockholm Syndrome from living in NYC). Though they have relocated to a more formal venue, it’s still got those warehouse vibes from the original Club Video that you know and love. The run of films is going to be fast and furious as they will all be under three minutes, but rest assured it’s going to be a wild ride worth taking.

This edition of Club Video is set for Saturday, May 17th @ Silo at 8PM. Tickets are $15 and you can (and should) snag them here.

Pick of the Day: Final Sounds Great (in NYC) 6/27

June 24, 2024

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When greeted with the centuries old maxim “All good things must come to an end,” it’s a pretty fun response to shoot back, “SOUNDS GREAT!”

Therein lies the perfect intersection of circumstances as Nora Jeffries and Paige Smith-Hogan’s Sounds Great stand-up comedy show at Our Wicked Lady in BK is coming to a conclusion this very week, specifically on Thursday, June 27th at 7:30PM. As it’s the swan song show, the line-up is stacked upon several stacks of beloved NYC comedic minds and will be likely one of those affairs that you’re going to want to pay your respects, stay the whole time, and have a damn great night saying goodbye to a long running NYC comedy show.

On the bill thus far is:

Andy Ward
Anne Stesney
Ash Diggs
Ben Kim
Christian Mangual
Clara Olshanksy
Colby Smith
Justin Catchens
Karli Marulli
Kelso
Mariah Oxley
Matt Albino
Melody Kamali
Meredith Dietz
Noah Rocklin
Nolawee Mengist
Rayne McGowan
Schulyer Robinson
Sean Zorn
Tim Kov

and, of course, Paige Smith-Hogan and Nora Jefferies!

Per usual, it’s free and you might want to clear out your Thursday night.

Pick of the Day: Josh Sharp’s New Thing (in NYC)

June 21, 2024

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Leave it one of the stars and minds behind the groundbreaking Dicks: The Musical to try something so ridiculous ambitious as having hundreds and hundreds of slides accompany brand new stand-up material.

Come Thursday, July 25th, Josh Sharp will attempt to have a 1000 cues memorized as there will be at least that many slides in a presentation coinciding with his new hour of stand-up. May some grace smile on the tech person in tech booth that evening and that Sharp revel in this pretty absurd (albeit very funny) challenge.

Josh Sharp’s New Thing is set for 8PM that Thurs. 7/25 at littlefield. Tickets are $18.67 a pop and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Dave Ross Tapes His First F*cking Special (in NYC) 6/22

June 5, 2024

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It’s no secret that The Gutter has quickly become a hot spot for stand-up in not only Brooklyn, but NYC as a whole and that a lot of quality specials are being produced under that CYSKNYC banner.

The latest such taping will be none other than the debut special of one Dave Ross, formerly beloved LA comedy stalwart now transplanted and really in his groove in the NYC scene. It has been years since Dave’s very first recorded hour, the wonderfully named, The Only Man Who Has Ever Had Sex, and we can’t wait to see Dave’s signature voice and effortless and hilarious shifts between sarcasm and sincerity in a full fledged comedy special.

For those in NYC, get tickets for one of the two tapings on Sat. Jun. 22nd at 8PM or 10:30PM (they’re only $10) and be part of what should be hell of a great night of stand-up comedy.

Pick of the Day: OK Stupid (in NYC) 5/3

May 1, 2024

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Reality TV purports to show strangers finding true love, but there is so much that goes into casting and producing such a thing that it’s hard to imagine it being truly genuine.

Thankfully, Caroline Doyle and Emily Kob are bringing you unfiltered truth when it comes to a comedy dating game show with their show, OK Stupid, by having actual blind date on stage with a beloved local comedian.

For this edition, fast rising NYC comedy up and comers Marley Gotterer, Julia Desmond, and Evan Lazarus will be joining Doyle and Kob through all the delightful blind date comedy chaos. This next edition of OK Stupid is set for this Friday, May 3rd at 10PM at Union Hall. Tickets are only $15.64 and we highly suggest getting them here.

Pick of the Day: Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink (in NYC) 5/23

April 18, 2024

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While a good lot of Yanks might know the name Daniel Sloss, there are definitely way more Scottish comedians that you ought to know and enjoy. Fern Brady is a name of another Scot that you should commit to memory for all her wit and frankness (see and please enjoy Power & Chaos).

Brady is in NYC next month and will be playing for one night in Brooklyn’s own Bell House for two shows. One of them is already sold, but you can still get tix for the 10PM show on Thurs. May 23rd, which you really ought to do sooner rather than later. They’re $40.60 a pop and you can (and should) go get ’em here.

Pick of the Day: RED BASTARD (in NYC) 3/31

March 28, 2024

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While there is certain a burgeoning of clown in the LA comedy scene for the last few years at this point, denizens of NYC comedy aren’t necessarily treated to the same sort of ready access to this facet of the comedic arts. For that reason, New Yorkers daring to see the boundaries of comedy and where they’re at these days outside of stand-up, sketch, and improv, might want to mark down this Sunday at 7PM on their calendar.

That’s the time and day when Red Bastard, acclaimed, award winning Edinburgh Fringe act is taking over the Brooklyn Comedy Collective to do his very special odyssey of a solo show (especially so for a select number of brave audience members). At the risk of revealing of what is up Red Bastard’s bulbous sleeves, we won’t say much more other than tickets are $16.88 and, if you get one, you’ll very likely have some sort of transformative experience on top of laughing your ass off.

Pick of the Day: Drunk Bollywood (in NYC) 4/26

March 19, 2024

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Sure, you’ve seen Drunk History and multiple iterations of things being recounted or reread or re-enacted while inebriated, but it’s pretty new territory to give that treatment to the multiplex cinema of India, better known as Bollywood.

Drunk Bollywood Live aims to do just that with a live staged reading of a celebrated Bollywood production, but done with, as one might have guessed, a drunk cast. For this latest edition of Drunk Bollywood Live, they’re tackling big budget action hit Main Hoon Na! starring one of Bollywood’s biggest action stars Shah Rukh Khan.

Even if you’re not well versed in India cinema, we have a hard time imagining this wouldn’t be one hell of a good time. This next Drunk Bollywood Live is set for Fri. Apr. 26th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $31 and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: One Liner Madness (in NYC) 3/13

February 13, 2024

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While we’re all holding our breath to get through corporate mandated romance day, why not look towards the a different, even more tense annual tradition, March Madness. Yes, the NCAA college basketball tournament that somehow humbles statisticians and fickle basketball fans alike given how unpredictable it can be.

In the spirit of that chaos, there is an annual one liner joke tournament appropriately named One Liner Madness in NYC that is coming back right around the same time as its inspiration, March Madness. Just like the tourney, 64 comedians face off and work through comedy bracketology to determine who has the very best one liner joke in NYC.

Already, there will be fierce competition from the likes of NYC comedy stalwarts Ophira Eisenberg, Josh Gondelman, Ashton Womack, Casey James Salengo, Kenice Mobley, Gianmarco Soresi, and Matt Goldich, not to mention a stellar hosting panel of Emily Winter, Larry Mancini, and Martin Urbano.

This 2024 edition of One Liner Madness is set for Wed. Mar. 13th at 7:30PM. Tickets are only $19.50 and you can (and should) snatch up them here.

Pick of the Day: Date-A-Comic (in NYC) 2/14

January 31, 2024

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For those that are looking with a sense of humor, you have a shot to really put your money where your mouth is and take a crack at dating a comedian (though, if you’re reading this, you might have done so already in LA or NYC).

Date-A-Comic, a stand-up comedy show where eligibly single comedians will perform and any and all interested audience members can leave them their number after the show. Not only are the stakes pretty high here, but the ante will be upped by the fact this edition of the show will be on Valentine’s Day (and the comics will be delightfully roasted by hosts McKenna Moore and Natalie Haytayan after their sets).

Tickets for this fun bout of stand-up, romance, and a bit of chaos is indeed set for Wed. Feb. 14th at 7PM at Brooklyn’s Fiction Bar/Cafe. Tickets are only $7.18 and you can (and should) get them here.

Pick of the Day: Tim Platt: Teeth Like Beak ALBUM RECORDING (in NYC) 2/29

January 8, 2024

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It has been true for awhile and it will very likely continue to be true for years to come: Tim Platt is one of the most original voices in NYC comedy. Oscillating between absurdist characters and jokes as Tim and the same for his sweetly personal songs, Tim has so many enthralling facets to his comedy and it feels like he has, perhaps, only scratched the surface.

With that in mind, you should go to his album taping for TEETH LIKE BEAK coming to Union Hall on what will be a very special Thurs. Feb. 29th at 7:30PM & 10PM. Tickets are only $11.55 and you best get tix here.

Pick of the Day: Ben Wasserman’s Live After Death: Greenwood Cemetery (in NYC) 10/26

October 18, 2023

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OK OK, we know have told you plenty of times about Ben Wasserman’s brilliant, absurd, joyful, tear-filled, but altogether beautiful experimental solo comedy/grief show Live After Death. Wasserman has earned every word of praise to be sure.

That said, we’d like to highlight that Ben is closing off this latest run of Live After Death in the historic Green Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. First off, it’s a gigantic, centuries-old cemetery that’s one of the most interesting sites in all of Brooklyn (which is saying something). Secondly, Ben has played many a funeral home/mortuary service with his very unique show, but playing Live After Death in one of America’s most historic cemeteries is a whole other thing entirely and sure to be a very, very, very special edition of the show (even if you’ve seen the show already multiple times). It’s worth the $50 ticket to be sure.

These final (for now?) performances of Live After Death are set for Thurs. Oct. 26th at 7PM & 9:15PM and you really ought to buy a cheaper Halloween costume so you can get tickets to this. Do so here.

Pick of the Day: Tinder Live (in NYC) 10/12

October 2, 2023

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As of the last couple of years, there has been a delightful proliferation of comedy dating shows that have popped up, but Lane Moore’s Tinder Live still holds a special place in our hearts (especially the part that wants to see the dating app be used to comedic perfection).

It has been awhile since Lane has fired up Tinder and shown a crowd full of raucous adoring fans the wild conversations and matches that she dives into in real time. So, we feel obligated to tell you that Lane, along with with special guests Tim Barnes and Brittany Luse, will be doing the latest edition of Tinder Live at Ridgewood, Brooklyn’s TV Eye on Thurs. Oct. 12th at 8PM. For our money, no one does Tinder better than Lane and watching Tinder Live is watching a true master at work.

Tickets are $26.08 and worth every penny. Go get ’em here.

Pick of the Day: Return of Butterboy (in NYC) Starting 9/4

August 28, 2023

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School is back in session and, thankfully, so is the Monday night comedy institution that is Butterboy @ Littlefield. Jo Firestone, Maeve Higgins, and Donwill took a bit of Summer break (because can adults do that too/Edinburgh Fringe usually sees a lot of LA & NYC go to Scotland for a month).

So, now you can find your way to Gowanus to Brooklyn staple, Littlefield at 8PM sharp for one of the most surefire ways to make Monday feel not like a Monday (with NYC and beyond’s best stand-up comedians). Per usual, tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door and Jo, Maeve, and Donwill will greet all of those coming back with them on Mon. Sept. 4th.

Oh yeah, their first line-up is a bunch of irrefutable NYC favorites including Napoleon Emill, Caitlin Cook, Petey DeAbreu, and Cansu Karabiyik.

As always get tix, more info, etc. at butterboycomedy.com.

Pick of the Day: Babe Motel Pays Their Dues (in NYC) 9/13

August 10, 2023

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We’ve been lucky in LA to have the likes of silly, yet irrepressibly clever of Babe Motel going up all around town on a regular basis. Haley Stiel, Avery Girion, and Kel Cripe have faithfully brought their rambunctious spirit on stage time and again for a couple years now, but such spirit should be shared with more folks.

With that in mind, they’re returning to NYC to do a “solo trio show”, which could mean any number of things, but all of them pretty damn fun (even if the show is called Babe Motel Pays Their Dues). Also, an amuse bouche of comedy from Hayden Johnson and Richard Perez will be served first for this special NYC Babe Motel show.

Babe Motel Pays Their Dues is set for Wed. Sept. 13th at 8PM. Tickets are $15.54 and we highly suggest getting them here.

Pick of the Day: “Close Calls” Near-Death Stories LIVE Taping (in NYC) 8/4

August 1, 2023

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Remember when I Survived was the one of the most talked about shows and our current obsession with true crime had only just gotten started? T’was such an innocent time compared to now where people wanted to be captivated about stories of the living, despite the world around them doing everything it can to have them die earlier than they would have liked.

For our money, those stories are still pretty astounding and given a pretty tried and true formula of “fascinating story” + comedy = splendid podcast, NYC comedians Kevin Casey White and Lizzy Cassidy have essentially made a comedy version of I Survived with their podcast Close Calls, which actually makes stories of surviving natural disasters, freak accidents, murderers, and more a more manageable level of terrifying (and all the more entertaining).

They’ll be doing a special live version so you can share in the gasps and guffaws together with a crowd at Brooklyn’s The Gutter this Fri. Aug. 4th at 8PM. Tickets are only $10 and you really ought to go get them here, have yourself a great start to this weekend, and, perhaps, gain a new appreciation for living.

Pick of the Day: Blake Rosier’s Bad Show (in NYC) 8/5

July 27, 2023

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We’re thrilled that Blake Rosier, one of the bolder, daring comedians (e.g. doing shows with permitted tomato throwing at the performers, performing/living in theaters for a whole week) in the LA comedy scene right now, is currently on tour across the country. Rosier’s penchant for experimentation and knack for absurdity and commitment to vulnerability have made for some of the most memorable, enthralling, and hilarious shows we’ve seen in awhile.

Come next week, Rosier’s tour with his “bad” show will find its way to Union Hall in Brooklyn and New Yorkers can delight in Blake’s special kind of controlled chaos. Blake Rosier’s Bad Show will take place on Sat. Aug. 5th at 10PM and you ought to nab your tickets at $15 a pop here.

Pick of the Day: Secret Third Thing (in NYC) 7/27

July 24, 2023

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In the vast NYC comedy scene, there are a plethora of comedy clubs and theaters and even more bars that will host comedy nights throughout the five boroughs (though mostly in Manhattan and Brooklyn). As far as stranger spaces for comedy go, there are some, but they are precious and we wish utilized a little more often.

That’s what we’re glad to find a comedy variety show happening in a community art space in Bushwick, the fantastical Rubulad (just take a gander at their IG and you’ll see what we’re talking about). Secret Third Thing is the name of the evening that gathers comedians of all ilks, cartoonists, musicians, and more to convene for a beautifully hilarious and ephemeral happening in Brooklyn.

This edition of Secret Third Thing is happening this Thurs. at Jul. 27th at 8PM with the talents of:

Will Duncan
Annie Blackman
Fareeha Khan
Felipe Di Poi Tamargo
The harsh noise, nonsense, and deep jams of GROOMING
The smooth groovings of your DJ – DJ Jenny Rabies
All hosted by Siah

Tickets are only $12.71 and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Don’t Break (in NYC) 7/11

June 15, 2023

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David Brown and Danny Catlow‘s Squid-Game-ish comedy game show, DON’T BREAK!, wreaked its havoc in LA and is now coming to NYC to put the mettle of comedians to the ultimate test. The very best of the NYC scene will see how far they can go without laughing even one iota.

For this special NYC edition of DON’T BREAK, the likes of Sarah Squirm, Edy Modica, Ike Ufomadu, Rachel Kaly, Nathan Min, Molly Kearney, and William Banks will competitively push each other buttons until there is one stone-faced player left. Oh, it should be noted that the audience is completely free to laugh (and will since comedy doesn’t get much more absurd than this).

Set a reminder for Tues. Jul. 11th at 7PM at Littlefield for this NYC DON’T BREAK! and go get your tickets here at $15.54 before they sell out.

Pick of the Day: [Return of] Kevin & Kevin’s Wacky Shack (in NYC) Wednesdays Starting 6/14

June 12, 2023

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Summer is just around the corner, which means the Summer Solstice is soon AND that one of NYC’s favorite outdoor comedy shows, Kevin & Kevin’s Wacky Shack, is coming back from its Winter/Spring break to bring week after week and jam packed line-ups of the very best of NYC’s best comedians, indie and club and otherwise.

Kevin Casey White and Kevin O’Brien will be return to their hosting duties over the Wacky Shack, though the “shack” itself will be moving four blocks (and one neighborhood) from its birthplace, Central Organic in Bushwick, to Harlequin Vintage in East Williamsburg. Also, the show is going to cost you 10 bucks, but it’s more than worth it.

Their very first 2023 show in Harlequin Vintage will be this Wed. 6/14 at 8PM, which means you have just around 48 hours to get your tickets right here.

Pick of the Day: Dan St. Germain Taping (in NYC) 6/1

May 19, 2023

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As we’re in the thick of 2023, many a plans laid out for 2020 are now coming into fruition. That includes a bunch of folks’ solo shows that are Scotland-bound for the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals as well as plenty of tapings for specials and albums that had to be put on hold due to COVID-19.

NYC comedy’s Dan St. Germain had two delightful hours of comedy, “no real winners here” and “Bad at the Good Times”, out before the pandemic and 2020 seemed probably about a ripe time for a new one, perhaps an hour special. Well, we’ll just fast forward to here in 2023 because you’re well aware of what happened in the mean time. St. Germain’s seasoned, classical style stand-up with rollicking, punchline-filled commentary on the world around him is going to be captured in his first hour special next month at Old Man Hustle/BKLYN Comedy Club.

You’ve got two chances to catch St. Germain bring the heat on Thurs. Jun. 1st at 8PM or at the late show at 10PM. Tickets are $20 and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Why Would You Ask Me That? with Martin Urbano (in NYC) 5/31

May 1, 2023

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Throughout quarantine, one Martin Urbano found that he had a knack for hosting offbeat, darkly comedic game shows. Who Wants $2.69? was born out of a need to do comedy virtually, but that was something outside of stand-up, Urbano’s usual bread and butter. The perfectly named game show found quite the fan base through streaming weekly on Chris Gethard’s virtual comedy community Planet Scum and even had some live shows a couple of years ago.

Urbano has gotten back into the thick of stand-up since everything has reopened, but that doesn’t mean he’s giving up his impeccable skills as a game show host with a cheeky title. He is doing yet another game show with ironically “problematic trivia” that has a grand prize of $69 called Why Would You Ask Me That? with Martin Urbano. It should be a rollicking night of awkward answers from NYC comedy’s finest including Ariel Elias, Brittany Carney, Chris Gethard, Kenice Mobley, Steven Castillo, and even someone from the crowd in attendance.

Why Would You Ask Me That? is set for Wed. May 31st at 8PM at Littlefield and tickets are $15.54. Best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Don’t Stop! I’m About to Jazz (in NYC) 5/16

April 17, 2023

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While such comedy folks as Mitch Hedberg, Todd Glass, Nick Thune, and Bernie Mac have used musical accompaniment to punctuate and accentuate their jokes to great success, it’s strange that such a dynamic isn’t more common in stand-up comedy (other than that it’s difficult to tell jokes and play instrument at the same time or always have a musician or band accompany you wherever you go).

Thanks to the musically inclined comedians Two Tree Hill and Rose Kelso, NYC comedy is going to get a whole evening of what might be the classiest way to present stand-up comedy on what they’re ingeniously calling Don’t Stop! I’m About to Jazz. Having the ivories tickled during their sets will be a swanky line-up of Eric Rahill, Annabel Meschke, Sabina Meschke, Napoleon Emill, and Natasha Vaynblat.

So, break out the formal wear and get your tickets for Don’t Stop! I’m About to Jazz, coming to Union Hall on Tues. May 16th at 7:30PM. Tickets for such a ritzy affair are only $11.55 and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: WAR (in NYC) Mondays Starting 3/27

March 13, 2023

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Over the last couple of years, whether you know it or not, NYC has gotten some true gems from the LA comedy scene. Namely, James Austin Johnson, Neel Ghosh, and Dave Ross have relocated to New York and spreading their honed comedy wares across the five boroughs. They all had their own respective, cherished comedy happenings that they built out in LA (Rod Stewart Live, Night Voyage, Good Heroin), but they’re set on making their mark in NYC (especially if they’re not already on SNL… yet).

So, these three hysterical LA-to-NYC transplants are banding together to make use of the fact that are way more night owls in New York and are setting up a weekly late night, Monday stand-up show at Brooklyn’s venerable comedy stage, Union Hall. What are they calling this 10PM Monday night comedy hang in Park Slope that’s probably equal parts chill and madcap fun? WAR. Perhaps, a perfect name?

WAR commences on (most) Mondays at Union Hall starting Mar. 27th at $11.55 a pop. Go get tickets over and over here.

Pick of the Day: Beautiful/CONonymous (in NYC) 5/4-5/7

February 17, 2023

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Comedy festivals in such big hubs like LA and NYC are really hard to pull off. There’s the logistics side of it sure, but trying to bring up something different from the veritable festival that incidentally happens on a nightly basis in either city is a true challenge.

Thank goodness comedian/podcaster/raconteur Chris Gethard is back in the full of swing of things and throwing a Beautiful/CONonymous Festival come this May in Brooklyn. It will combine live tapings of Gethard’s signature podcast, Beautiful/Anonymous, as well as stand-up shows (complete with music from Shellshag, the band behind the Beautiful/Anonymous theme), meeting past callers from the podcast, waffles, dancing, and so much more.

Oh yeah, Wyatt Cenac, Joyelle Nicole Jonson, Adam Pally, Emmy Blotnick, Christi Chiello, Nick Fierro, Jo Firestone, Petey DeAbreu, Brittany Carney, Franco Danger, Andrew Fisher, and more comedians will be taking part in this four day comedy and feelings extravaganza too. Beautiful/CONonymous is set to run from Thurs. May 4th-Sun. May 7th at The Bell House (and Gethard watching Contact for the first time at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg).

It’s going to be truly something special and, hopefully, an annual thing for NYC comedy for a very long time to come.

You can get individual tickets for $25 a pop or a festival pass for $120. Whatever your choice is, make it fast and go get in on Beautiful/CONonymous here.

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