If you like The Nightly Show, you’ll like Two Beers In. Here is what comedy to see and where to see it in New York, based on your televised or streamed comedy preferences. One solution? Let your binge-watching guide you. Point is, as a comedy fan, it can be hard to decide which comedy shows to check out, especially when there are consistently funny, surprisingly cheap shows going on every night of the week. And this one show where they use Tinder in real time. ![]() New York City is home to some of the best stand-up comedy in the world. Today we have guides for comedy fans seeking good shows in each city. Yesterday comedian Chris Gethard wrote about his decision to stay in NYC. This week Vulture is running a series of stories about the comedy produced in, and inspired by, New York and Los Angeles. “Now that I’m finally proud of the room, I can think about where I want to take it in the future.Photo-Illustration: Vulture and Photo by Getty “It was very important that be as good as or better than the Cellar,” Dworman says. While Dworman is still formulating long-term goals for the Underground, comedian Tom Papa has begun using the space to tape his SiriusXM program, Come to Papa, every other Tuesday Nick DiPaolo will headline Wednesdays in August and the number of shows will soon double to include a late option every Friday and Saturday. But our rooms actually look like comedy clubs.” When later clubs turned upscale and these forerunners closed their local posts, NYC was left with rooms that came across as “somewhere between suburban strip-mall clubs or Vegas showroom-type clubs. Dworman points to the Improv, opened in 1963, and Catch a Rising Star, 1972, as establishing the intimate feel widely associated with comedy. The result is a more physically relaxed experience that emphasizes the brand’s dedication to professionalism while promising an air of unpredictability. The Underground’s decor-brick wall, stained-glass signage, floral vase, piano-is visually identical to its precursor, but features upgrades such as video screens, tiered seating platforms that improve sight lines, a lower and smaller stage, and added speakers. The new iteration offers wider aisles and more personal space. ![]() “I actually think the claustrophobic, cramped thing is very good for comedy,” he shrugs. Any negative feedback from patrons, says Dworman, involves “the uncomfortableness” of the original room-the low ceilings, the small tables and abutting chairs that make it hard to avoid stepping on neighboring toes when venturing to the restroom. Though officially still named the Village Underground and still hosting music shows during much of the week, this 200-seat spin-off formally opened for Friday and Saturday evening comedy shows in April.īetween consistently top-notch lineups celebrity pop-ins by the likes of Chris Rock and even Dave Chappelle and a prominent presence in Louis C.K.’s FX show, Louie, the original Cellar’s ticket sales have been booming, so much so that the majority of shows sell out the day before and standbys are turned away in unprecedented numbers. That is the new Comedy Cellar at the Village Underground, a basement venue just around the corner on West 3rd Street that Dworman purchased in 2000. ![]() This refers to the club’s initial, 150-person-capacity location, opened by his late father and situated below its affiliated enterprise, the Olive Tree Cafe and Bar. “As a matter of fact, a lot of people already prefer that room to this room,” says Noam Dworman, owner of MacDougal Street’s Comedy Cellar.
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