New York Shows
Art Begets Show (in LA w/Livestream)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesComedians Rekha Shankar and Sandeep Parikh love indie art and want to showcase cool independent artists, before they inevitably blow up and get put in the Louvre or win an EGOT. So join Rekha and Sandeep as they showcase these cool, off-the-beaten-path artists, talk about their work, and then invite LA's best improvisers to do some improv off of it. Brag to all your friends that you saw these artists way before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon. Featuring: TBA Starts/streams 7PM PT/10PM ET
Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent (in NYC)
Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United StatesGrandiloquent is Gary Gulman’s hilarious new show about insecurity, empathy, self-acceptance and how a thoughtful boy learned to use humor, reading and writing to cope with the consequences of his parents’ blunders. Learn why a seemingly confident middle-aged man feels most comfortable in a large room where a thousand strangers are laughing at him. This production has a running time of 75 minutes.
Not In My Backyard (in NYC)
UCB NYC 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, United StatesA panel of New York’s most opinionated comedians, journalists, and politicians debate all the local issues causing drama in your neighborhood’s Facebook group. Each show will include a “public comment period” where audience members are encouraged to give their own hot takes. (With a strictly enforced time limit, of course.) Hosted by New York City’s most informed voters, Cody Lindquist (Colbert, Broad City, PTA Executive Board) and Charlie Todd (Improv Everywhere, Pixar In Real Life, Condo Board Vice President). Not In My Backyard! has been […]
600 Minutes with Rory Scovel (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesComedian Rory Scovel will be performing 10 improvised standup shows in 10 nights for a total of 600 minutes. Come for the laughs but stay for the chance to see him lose his mind. 1/8 @ 7:30PM ET 1/9 @ 7:30PM ET 1/10 @ 10PM ET 1/11 @ 7:30PM ET 1/12 @ 5PM ET 1/14 @ 10PM ET 1/15 @ 7:30PM ET 1/16 @ 10PM ET 1/17 @ 7:30PM ET
Chris Fleming (in NYC)
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesChris Fleming headlines Starts 7:30PM ET
Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists LIVE! (in LA w/Livestream)
Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater 2511 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe groundbreaking, eye-opening, and seminal podcast and YouTube series that answers the question "now that's why they call it showbusiness" is doing its FIRST-EVER LIVE SHOW. Join hosts Kylie Brakeman, Jeremy Culhane, Angela Giarratana, and Patrick McDonald (plus very special guests) as they get a roundtable suggestion from the audience and bring it to life in zero seconds flat. Will there be industry legends spilling industry secrets? Will there be shocking name-drops that have you questioning someone's credibility? Will there […]
We Have Fun (in NYC)
Young Ethel's 506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesZach Sims (Comedy Central, Sirius XM) and Dan Wilbur (How Not To Read, The Onion) team up for a weekly stand-up show featuring the best comics from NYC and around the country. Lineups include comedians featured on The Late Show, Conan, Comedy Central, and more! The show is in the beautiful backroom of Young Ethel's in Park Slope. Featuring for 1/8 Matt Goldich (Late Night with Seth Meyers) Matt Koff (The Daily Show) Emily Walsh (HBO’s Women in Comedy Festival) […]
Ambush Comedy (in NYC)
EBBS Brewing Co. 182 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesAmbush Comedy is every Wednesday at 8PM ET* except for this week, which is on Tues b/c of Valentine's. join Lucas Connolly, Brittany Cardwell, & David Piccolomini for hot lineups of top comics from NYC and beyond! Featuring: 1/8 ft. JOSH GONDELMAN (Last Week Tonight, Late Late Show, Don’t Tell) SURENI WEERASEKARA (Netflix, Don’t Tell) KATE WILLETT (Netflix, Corden, Comedy Central) MIKE BROWN (Comedy Central, TBS) NICK HOPPING (New York Comedy Fest) Hosted by ALI ONEIL (Worthless Clowns pod, Amazon […]
Funhouse Comedy (in NYC)
Pete's Candy Store 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesComedians Gabe Pacheco and Sameer Naseem host this legendary weekly stand up comedy show featuring the best comedians from NYC and beyond! Featuring: Sameer Naseem Gabe Pacheco Bronwyn Isaac Tara McGorry Micah Walsh Mustafe Mussa Venessa Peruda Doors 930pm ET Show 10pm ET sharp
John and Scott: Two Person Improv (in NYC)
Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6) performed as a member of the Mainstage, ETC, and Northwest companies of the Second City in Chicago. John Lutz (30 Rock, Late Night with Seth Meyers) performed at the Improv Olympic in Chicago and The Second City Touring Company. They have been improvising together in New York since 2010 and would love for you to come watch!! Featuring: Scott Adsit and John Lutz Starts 7PM ET
The Second City: Live Sketch Comedy (in NYC)
The Second City New York 64 North 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesLooking for laughs? Seeking a thrill? Excited to watch six of New York’s funniest walk the comedy tight rope as they create new sketches before your very eyes? Then look no further! Join us for Second City’s Live Sketch Comedy where our performers improvise scenes, try out fresh material, and create a show every night! It’s the most enthralling time to come to the Second City! See you there! Starts 7PM ET
Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent (in NYC)
Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United StatesGrandiloquent is Gary Gulman’s hilarious new show about insecurity, empathy, self-acceptance and how a thoughtful boy learned to use humor, reading and writing to cope with the consequences of his parents’ blunders. Learn why a seemingly confident middle-aged man feels most comfortable in a large room where a thousand strangers are laughing at him. This production has a running time of 75 minutes.
Muddy Waters Comedy Show…The Return! (in NYC)
Commune Cafe + Wine Bar 415 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesYour two comedic faves, Jim Search and Veronica Garza are back! Commune Cafe + Wine Bar is the location. Muddy Waters is the show. What a time to be alive! Some of the funniest comedians NYC and the universe have to offer will be giving you them jokes. Who are they you ask? We'll tell you: Koshin Egal Venessa Peruda Claire Alexander Calvin Cato Hosted by: Jim Search and Veronica Garza Starts 7PM ET
600 Minutes with Rory Scovel (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesComedian Rory Scovel will be performing 10 improvised standup shows in 10 nights for a total of 600 minutes. Come for the laughs but stay for the chance to see him lose his mind. 1/8 @ 7:30PM ET 1/9 @ 7:30PM ET 1/10 @ 10PM ET 1/11 @ 7:30PM ET 1/12 @ 5PM ET 1/14 @ 10PM ET 1/15 @ 7:30PM ET 1/16 @ 10PM ET 1/17 @ 7:30PM ET
Mike Hanford (in NYC)
City Winery 25 11th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesMike Hanford headlines Starts 7:30PM ET
Tip Top Tits (in NYC)
Tip-Top Bar & Grill 432 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesEvery week, hosts Janet Hyde and Mary Cella welcome New York City's best stand-up comedians to the stage at Bed-Stuy landmark Tip Top Bar & Grill. Featuring: Cansu Karabiyik (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), Naomi Karavani (SiriusXM), Rufat Agayev (Don't Tell), and Shane O’Connor (The Onion)! Starts 8PM ET
Savage (in NYC)
Logan's Run 375a 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSavage Comedy is every Wednesday night at Logan's Run in Park Slope. Named one of the Best Comedy Shows in Brooklyn by Vulture and Splitsider. Enjoy some of the funniest NYC comedy notables as you were meant to: for free in a Brooklyn bar basement (it has windows, it's nice!)! FEATURING: Jared Waters (ABC) Bronwyn Isaac (MTV) Chris Moore (FratChat) Frankie Benz (Don't Tell) Allie Arasi (NY Comedy Fest) Hosted by Lizzie Martinez (The Onion), Melissa Rocha (Vulture), Nonye Brown-West […]
Live at the Barbershop (in NYC)
Original Barbershop 174 East 2nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe show takes place in a real East Village Barbershop (Sometimes On Rooftops) and always featuring killer comics from TV, special guest drop-ins and amazing crowds. Thurs & Fri. @ 8:30PM ET
Chud City Comedy (in NYC)
The Gutter 200 North 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesChud City Comedy is the ultimate laugh based alternative extravaganza brought to you by the dynamite duo Amanda Lynn Baez and Brad Rickert. Picture this: a rad Brooklyn bar with a huge stage in the back room, filled with the best up and coming comics, a gnarly headliner and a wicked musical guest. We've gathered a group of these comedy chuds, who will have you laughing so hard, you forget to take your Prozac. Brace yourselves for a night of […]
Comedy Ugly: A Comedy STRIP Show (in NYC)
Easy Lover 790 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesComedians will reveal more than punchlines at Comedy Ugly, a show where performers will remove an article of clothing between jokes. Hosted by Alysia Hush and Marisa Riley. Featuring: Julianna Dudley Bronwyn Ariel Isaac Yoshiko Watson and the hottest hosts in the land, Alysia Hush, Marisa Riley, & Kim Dinaro Doors 8:45PM ET
Cagematch (in NYC)
UCB NYC 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe World’s Most Dangerous Improv Show! In the year 2121, the World Government has outlawed LONG-FORM IMPROV. The very thing that will be the weapon for their downfall. Led by Chuck Cuckley and Fun Boy Randy, the Rebellion forces have time traveled back to UCBNY searching for the best improv team in existence! Match-Up: Barber (challengers) vs. TBD (reigning champs) Join us every week as two comedy teams go head to head to determine who is funniest (by audience vote). Help the Rebellion […]
Vocabaret (in NYC w/Livestream)
Caveat 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY, United StatesVocabaret stars New York City’s most-decorated wordsmiths as they host a night of raucous wordplay, etymological deep-dives and alphabetic absurdity as they pull words apart and explore the link between language and our daily lives. Each show is centered around a theme and features games, challenges and special guests. Anagrams: unscrambled! We'll also have special guests, live music, and more interplanetary lingo than billionaires’ imaginations could ever contain. Get in the (o)zone with us and buy your tix before we run outer […]
The Second City: Live Sketch Comedy (in NYC)
The Second City New York 64 North 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesLooking for laughs? Seeking a thrill? Excited to watch six of New York’s funniest walk the comedy tight rope as they create new sketches before your very eyes? Then look no further! Join us for Second City’s Live Sketch Comedy where our performers improvise scenes, try out fresh material, and create a show every night! It’s the most enthralling time to come to the Second City! See you there! Starts 7PM ET
Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent (in NYC)
Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United StatesGrandiloquent is Gary Gulman’s hilarious new show about insecurity, empathy, self-acceptance and how a thoughtful boy learned to use humor, reading and writing to cope with the consequences of his parents’ blunders. Learn why a seemingly confident middle-aged man feels most comfortable in a large room where a thousand strangers are laughing at him. This production has a running time of 75 minutes.
Joe Mande: Hero (in NYC)
The Bell House 149 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoe Mande headlines Starts 7:30PM ET
The Ultimate Improv Show (in LA w/Livestream)-POSTPONED
Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater 2511 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDan Black presents THE ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOW! An all-star cast of improvisers perform the best, funniest and ultimate-est improv show of all time! (Ultimate-est is a word!) Each show will feature a celebrity guest monologist who will tell impromptu stories based off of a random suggestion from the audience. These stories will inspire the funniest improvised comedy scenes you've ever seen, like ever! With Special Guests DAN BLACK NICOLE BYER LISA GILROY BOBBY MOYNIHAN JON GABRUS NEIL CASEY Monologist TBA! Starts/streams 7:30PM PT/10:30PM […]
meredith does 31 minutes (in NYC)
The Gutter 200 North 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United Statesmeredith dietz has worked tirelessly to polish her best 30 minutes of stand-up. she'll throw all that writing out the window if she gets even slightly distracted on stage. Starts 7:30PM ET
Boyz in the Woods (in NYC)
Friends and Lovers 641 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesHosted by Tawanda Gona, Gabe Pereira, and Kendice Mobley, Boyz in the Woods comedy brings comics you’ve seen on HBO, SNL, Netflix, and more. Lineup: TBA Hosts Tawanda Gona Gabe Pereira Kenice Mobley Kofi Thomas Starts 8PM ET
Petting Zoo Comedy (in NYC)
Cloud City 85 North 1st Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesWelcome to the Petting Zoo. This is the world’s only comedy show featuring live exotic animals. New York’s top comics have to perform while holding snakes, birds, lizards, bugs, and other cool creatures. Between sets, you can interact up-close with the animals and learn from Ranger Eric Powers and his team of professional nature guides. We promise you haven’t been to a show like this. Hosted by Mike Kandel and Charlie Sosnick! Featuring Chloe Troast, Casey James Salengo, and […]
Sesh Comedy (in NYC)
SESH Comedy (55 Chrystie St.) 55 Chrystie Street, New York, NY, United StatesSesh Comedy is a BYOB no frills, black box stand up comedy theater in the Lower East Side. The shows are a high energy display of the best talent in New York. Join them in their new underground venue. Starts 8PM ET
Bitches Brew (in NYC)
Halyards 406 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFeaturing stand-up: 1/10: Sureni Weerasakera - Don't Tell Hari Kondabolu - Netflix Katie Blunt - New York Comedy Festival Mary Cella - The New Yorker Graham Kay - The Tonight Show + more ! The magic is brought to you by Wendy Steiner, Naomi Karavani, & Bridget Geiran. Starts 8:30PM ET
Drop Up Video (in NYC)
Pine Box Rock Shop 12 Grattan Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesDrop Up Video is a unique multimedia experience that features some of New York's best comedians making fun of the music videos that we love and love to hate. See a rotating panel of comics abandon their acts as we screen music videos they have selected to be critiqued, examined, and celebrated. The playlist of videos will be a surprise but expect deep cuts, old favorites, and new ones you didn't even know you needed to see. Hosted by Justin […]
Black Cat Friday Primetime Stand-Up Comedy Show (in NYC)
Black Cat LES 172 Rivington Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a night of laughter and entertainment--we've been doing this 5 + years and running EVERY FRIDAY! Get ready to have your funny bone tickled as we bring you an evening filled with hilarious performances by some of the best comedians in town. Featuring: Chris Barnes: (Barstool Sports, Comedy Central, US Weekly) @christopherbarnes Daniela Mora: (The Stand, New York Comedy Club, viral TikToks) @danielamora1 Nina Tarr: (New Faces of Comedy at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival) @pizzaparty69 Adam Strauss: (New York Fringe Festival’s Overall Excellence […]
Live from Outer Space (in NYC)
The Cobra Club 6 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesBushwick's longest-running Stand Up Comedy showcase features new lineups of TV-credited comics and Brooklyn's best-kept secrets... for just a suggested donation of $5! Presented by Erik Bergstrom (Colbert, Comedy Central), John F. O'Donnell (Redacted Tonight), Myka Fox (Comedy Central), and Max Bruno (toiling forever in obscurity) 1/10: Asha Ward (Saturday Night Live) Dan Carney (NY Comedy Fest) Bronwyn Isaac (Showtime) Jeremy Pinsly (Bubbes Comedy Hour) Simar Singh (Metro Comedy Club) ...and SURPRISE DROP-IN GUESTS! Starts 9PM ET
600 Minutes with Rory Scovel (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesComedian Rory Scovel will be performing 10 improvised standup shows in 10 nights for a total of 600 minutes. Come for the laughs but stay for the chance to see him lose his mind. 1/8 @ 7:30PM ET 1/9 @ 7:30PM ET 1/10 @ 10PM ET 1/11 @ 7:30PM ET 1/12 @ 5PM ET 1/14 @ 10PM ET 1/15 @ 7:30PM ET 1/16 @ 10PM ET 1/17 @ 7:30PM ET
Live at the Barbershop (in NYC)
Original Barbershop 174 East 2nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe show takes place in a real East Village Barbershop (Sometimes On Rooftops) and always featuring killer comics from TV, special guest drop-ins and amazing crowds. Fri @ 10:15PM ET
The Greatest Solo Show of All Time with John Trowbridge (in NYC)
UCB NYC 242 East 14th Street, New York, NY, United StatesJohn Trowbridge is risking it all to perform the most relevant and important solo show in the history of live performance. Starts 10:30PM ET
ANSA EDIM: IS THIS NORMAL? (in NYC)
Caveat 21 A Clinton Street, New York, NY, United StatesIs This Normal? Tales of Love, Sex, and Survival is more than a show—it’s a riotous, relatable celebration of the messy beauty of being human. Award-winning storyteller and Moth StorySLAM champion Ansa Edim delivers a sharp, sidesplitting look at modern romance through the eyes of a fat Black woman boldly navigating a world of dating disasters, societal expectations, and self-discovery. From awkward first dates to a Tinder match gone wild in Iceland, Ansa’s critically acclaimed performance takes you on a […]
MESS (in NYC)
Union Hall 702 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesPodcast icons Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin return to their proverbial throne with Mess, a weekly pod where they invite guests to unpack some of their personal mess, large or small. From there, our hosts decide if the situation presented qualifies as “mess” or just “living”. Hilarity ensues as opinions fly, realizations are made, and the mess is cleaned up. Starts 5PM ET
Gary Gulman: Grandiloquent (in NYC)
Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, New York, NY, United StatesGrandiloquent is Gary Gulman’s hilarious new show about insecurity, empathy, self-acceptance and how a thoughtful boy learned to use humor, reading and writing to cope with the consequences of his parents’ blunders. Learn why a seemingly confident middle-aged man feels most comfortable in a large room where a thousand strangers are laughing at him. This production has a running time of 75 minutes.