WHERE:Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St between East 4th and Astor Place
COST:$15
SUMMARY:”DONT QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB is Broadway’s First Improv/Sketch Comedy Benefit… Steve Rosen (Monty Python’s Spamalot), Sarah Saltzberg (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and David Rossmer (Fiddler on the Roof), in conjunction with Joe’s Pub, present a new monthly comedy benefit featuring Broadway’s brightest stars performing without a net.”
SUMMARY:”Mo Pitkin’s hosts the debut of our newest show The “Corporate America” Comedy Series- our best show yet! A montage of climbing the corporate ladder & smacking your head on that pesky glass ceiling, it’ll definitely make your job seem that much less sucky!”
SUMMARY:”The House of Yes is a dark comedy that opens during a hurricane in McLean, Virginia, some 20 years after the Kennedy assassination. Marty is home for Thanksgiving, introducing his new fiancée to the family. Marty’s visit is greatly anticipated by his sister Jackie-O, who was recently released from a mental institution. On this dark night, desires and secrets unfold…”
WHERE:Makor, Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th St, between CPW and Columbus Ave
COST:TBA
SUMMARY:From MUG: “Some retro fun: The Puppini Sisters are neither sisters nor Puppinis, but former classmates from Trinity College of Music in London who decided one day to kick up some Andrews Sisters dust. Yes, there are expected cuts on their new album (out in the U.K. but not due here until March) such as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” but also these: a close-harmony version of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” The Smiths’ “Panic,” Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” and Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights.” “Thanks to Manhattan User’s Guide for the heads up.
WHERE:MonkeyTown, 58 N. 3rd St between Wythe and Kent
COST:FREE with $10 minimum. Reservations recommended
SUMMARY:”Film without the photography. Spanning over 80 years of avant-garde production, HANDMADE is a celebration of alternative moviemaking practices, focusing on beautiful and disturbing cameraless films. The images seen onscreen result from filmmakers painting, drawing, and scratching directly onto celluloid, one frame at a time.”
WHERE:Orchid Lounge, 500 East 11th St, between Ave A and B
COST:FREE with 2 drink minimum
SUMMARY:”Nerdnite is a forum where nerds get together for nerdery of all sorts. It’s like the Discovery Channel with beer”
THIS WEEK:
“Presentation #1: Human Parasites (No, Not your Mooching Roommate) by Dr. John Dodson. Human parasites seem icky. They cause diseases. They can’t be seen with the naked eye. But John thinks they’re neat.”
“Presentation #2: Running On About Runoff: Stormwater Designs for New York’s Very Urban Landscape by Evelyn O’Donohue. Some New Yorkers don’t know where their rain comes from and most don’t really care where it goes. But they should!”
SUMMARY:Preview screening with Guillermo del Toro in person. “A sensation at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish phantasmagorical drama, set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in rural Spain, is about a young girl who creates an elaborate imaginary world in order to escape an opressive family and society.”
SUMMARY:”Jonathan Ames will screen his thirty minute 2004 TV pilot “What’s Not to Love?” Following the screening there will be various hi-jinks — audience members will be interviewed about their lives, and there may be wrestling matches and arm-wrestling matches.”
SUMMARY:”What’s My Line? is a guessing game, in which a lively panel of New York culture and nightlife figures try to guess the occupations of contestants from all walks of life! Contestants join the host onstage, and using yes or no questions the panel attempts to guess what they do for a living. Every “no” answer wins the contestant $5 in prizes from our sponsors, and if they make it to ten “no’s” they win the game. Each show also includes a mystery celebrity guest, a veritable who’s-who of great New York celebrities; the panel dons blindfolds to guess the mystery celebrity’s identity.”
SUMMARY:The Happy Ending Music and Reading Series “features the most interesting storytellers, writers, musicians, raconteurs and personalities, and requires the readers to take one public risk, while the the musicians, who perform two short sets with their original, lyric-driven music, are required to play one cover song and try to get the audience to sing along.”
THIS WEEK:Jennifer Banash, Alix Strauss, Robert Marshall, Mila Drumke and music from Paul Brill
SUMMARY:”With no fewer than four movies featuring comic superheroes this past summer, it appears Hollywood has been taken over by men in capes and leotards. Looking at clips from some recent movies, the fantastic duo of comics writer Arie Kaplan and entertainment journalist Eddy Friedfeld explain why comics have become the new American mythology.”
SUMMARY:Apple computer founder Steve Wozniak discusses his new book, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Culture Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It.
SUMMARY:”Todd Levin and Bob Powers, both humor writers, often found themselves in a frustrating place, drifting somewhere between stand-up comedy and literary performance. How to Kick People was conceived as the antitode: a comedy show for bookworms, and a literary show for clowns.”
THIS WEEK:”A special show featuring the writers of Conan O’Brien. Dan Goor, Jose Arroyo, Michael Koman and Dan Cronin”
SUMMARY:”This evening features three sexy and romantic stories by the great master (and, some say, originator) of the short story. “If you ask any writer whom they revere as the founder of the modern short story, the chances are the answer will be Chekhov” (Rosamund Bartlett, editor and translator of Chekhov: A Life in Letters). Readers include Blair Brown, Joe Morton and David Margulies.”
SUMMARY:”Jonathan Ames will screen his thirty minute 2004 TV pilot “What’s Not to Love?” Following the screening there will be various hi-jinks — audience members will be interviewed about their lives, and there may be wrestling matches and arm-wrestling matches.”
SUMMARY:”Comedian and Storyteller (2006 Moth GrandSLAM Champion) Adam Wade struggled for 7 years in New York City before he landed an everyday gig as ‘on-air talent’ for ESPN’S “Classic Now” TV show. In WADE WORKS HARD, the ever-optimistic Wade takes us through his journey with videos, montages, clips and storytelling as only Adam Wade can tell it.”
WHERE: Rififi, 332 11th st. between 1st and 2nd Ave
COST: FREE: 1 Drink Minimum
SUMMARY: “”Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions And Also There Is A Game!!!” is a weekly extravaganza showcasing New York City’s best stand-up, sketch, character and musical comedy. The show is the creation of internationalpseudostar Francisco Guglioni, who himself is a creation of NYC comedian Andrés du Bouchet. In his native country of Boliviguay, Francisco has received the Entertainer-of-the-Year award a record six times, no small feat considering that Boliviguay is an Extravaganzocracy, where virtually every citizen is the host of their own show.”
SUMMARY:”Esoterica is a multi-media theatrical tour-de-force in which critically acclaimed actor, magician and mentalist Eric Walton leads his audience on an unforgettable exploration of the rich and complex tapestry of the human psyche.
With his incomparable abilities as a sleight-of-hand artist, raconteur, poet and showman, Mr. Walton expertly, and sometimes satirically, investigates with his audience matters philosophical, metaphysical and arcane, with a style that is charming, erudite, and daringly original.”
SUMMARY:Part of Wonder Women Week, with Heather Venitucci and Gab Cody. “Myspace flirting. Random hook-ups. Blind dating. SPEED dating. Aren’t we all sick of the whole let’s-find-a-boyfriend, get married and have a million babies paradigm? Anyway, being single’s the funnest!! Right? What kind of girl needs some dude in her life to fawn over? Alisha Martin reflects on dating disasters, past and present, as she ponders a possible future of eternal singlehood.”
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