2009-05-01
6:00 PM FREE |  Happy Hour!The jam we've all been waiting for! Happy Hour! is The PIT's answer to all those out there thinking, "I wanna see a free show at 6:00 on Fridays with $3 drinks where I might be randomly picked to jump up onstage to perform without a script." There are four rotating formats with different hosts. So Happy Hour! never falls down and in a crumpled heap in the john, it just stays buzzed and bubbly. |
7:00 PM $10 |  LyliceIn her 40-minute solo play about exuberant sixth-grader Lylice Martin, Jen Nails plays six characters and gingerly transports you back to the world of middle school. "Explosively funny" says Time Out New York. After the performance, Jen will give away one copy of her book, Next to Mexico (Houghton Mifflin, 2008), which is based on Lylice!
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8:00 PM $10 |  The Downtown Superstar Ten Minute HourOne Night Only! Some of New York's best comedic minds force themselves to be inspired by: The Greatest Hits of Fleetwood Mac. The Downtown Superstar Ten Minute Hour features Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords, etc), John Flynn (raconteur of note), the musical stylings of Liz Bangs, Ashley Ward and the Downtown Superstar Band, short form improv from Nate Starkey, acting by Bill Coelius and Ben Schneider, and as always hosted and presented by Matt Oberg. Players only love you when they're playing. Come get loved.
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9:30 PM $10 |  Chocolate Cake City presents: Ghosts of Chocolate Cake City PastChocolate Cake City began in Boston in 2003 and then in N.Y. in 2006. During the past few years the group has worked with a variety of talent, hosting live weekly shows and creating widely viewed videos for the internet. Their videos have been played on MTV and their audio comedy parodies have been broadcast on local and national radio stations such as Z100, 77WABC, WFAN, SIRIUS XM etc. They will appear at the Montreal SketchFest in MAY. For more information please visit WeMakeTheFunny.com
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11:00 PM $10 |  Anecdotal EvidenceIn the name of bad science, Charlie Kasov and Ruhbin Mehta host a night of pseudo-informative short films, macabre PowerPoint lectures, and stand-up comedians. Featuring Matt McCarthy (Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and that redheaded dude from the Verizon ads), David Cope (Bumbershoot Festival), and Jared Logan (Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham").
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