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You can still grab tickets for the Strokes at Barclays Center, jazz in the Village or comedy in Brooklyn. Here's where to groove, laugh and ring in 2020. ANNALEIGH ASHFORD [...]

THE 12TH ANNUAL SCHTICK OR TREAT AT THE KNITTING FACTORY (Monday, 8 p.m.) At this holiday tradition, some of your soon-to-be-favorite New York City stand-ups portray some of your favorite [...]

MARIO CANTONE AT CAFÐ CARLYLE (Tuesday to Thursday, 8:45 p.m.; through Oct. 26) This stand-up comedian and actor (above) became a New York City fixture in the 2000s, starring in [...]

'CLUB COMIC: SAM TAGGART' AT CLUB CUMMING (Tuesday, 9 p.m.) With a couple of appearances on HBO's ''Los Espookys'' under his belt, Taggart (above) returns with what he calls ''a [...]

'KEVIN MCDONALD ALIVE ON 42ND STREET' AT THEATER ROW (Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2, 5 and 8 p.m.) McDonald (above) likes to joke that he was the weakest member of [...]

'TWO'S A CROWD' AT 59E59 (Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.) This weekend the curtain closes on this musical comedy starring Rita Rudner (right) and [...]

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead. 'BAPHTA PRESENTS: A NANCY MEYERS RETROSPECTIVE' at Spectacle Theater (Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m.). Not [...]

'THE TRY GUYS: LEGENDS OF THE INTERNET' AT THE BEACON THEATER (Friday, 7:30 p.m.) Ned Fulmer, Eugene Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger and Zach Kornfeld (above, from left) will try just [...]

DAVE CHAPPELLE AT THE LUNT-FONTANNE THEATER (Tuesday to Thursday, 8 p.m.; through July 20) The reigning Grammy winner for comedy album and Emmy winner for variety special, as well as [...]

'TESSA SKARA: ROCK GODDESS' AT UNION HALL (Sunday, 8 p.m.) Describing herself as the ''Courtney Love of comedy,'' Skara (above) channels her observational humor through original songs she plays with [...]

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead. 'CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND' LIVE STARRING RACHEL BLOOM at Radio City Music Hall (May 14, 8 [...]

THEO VON AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY (Friday and Saturday, 7:30 and 10 p.m.) This Louisiana native (right) has come a long way since competing on MTV's ''Road Rules'' in 2000. [...]

COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM PRESENTS 'FROM GRINDSTONE TO RHINESTONE: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW' AT THE BELL HOUSE (Friday, 8 p.m.) Collectively, Eleanore Pienta, Tallie Medel and Sunita Mani (above, from [...]

'LAS CULTURISTAS LIVE: I DON'T THINK SO, HONEY!' AT THE BELL HOUSE (Saturday, 8 p.m.) Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang (above, from left) host this pop culture podcast, which has [...]

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead. 'ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING' PRESENTS: MIND PARASITE LIVE WITH ADAM CONOVER at the Bell House [...]

WEEK AT THE CREEK WITH JORDAN TEMPLE AT THE CREEK AND THE CAVE (Friday, 7 p.m.; through March 8) This comedian (right) not only performed stand-up on ''Conan,'' but also [...]

RAMY YOUSSEF & FRIENDS AT UNION HALL (Monday, 7:30 p.m.) This may be your last chance to see this young comedian (above center) headline a live show before he becomes [...]

'#ADULTING WITH MICHELLE BUTEAU AND JORDAN CARLOS' AT UNION HALL (Sunday, 5 and 7:30 p.m.) Buteau (above right), who co-stars in the forthcoming BET reboot of ''First Wives Club,'' and [...]

'YOU HAD TO BE THERE' AT Q.E.D. (Friday, 7:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 9 p.m.) What if the comedian and musician Dave Hill (right) experienced all of human history? For this [...]

THE BIRD LUGER EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE BELL HOUSE (Friday, 7:30 p.m.) This showcase is an all-star tribute and fund-raiser for the late Kevin Barnett (right), who died suddenly this week [...]

LIL REL HOWERY AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY The only reliably hilarious voice of reason in the hit horror movies ''Get Out'' and ''Bird Box,'' this Chicago-born comedian and actor (above) [...]

'WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE' AT THE BELL HOUSE Time is not kind in many ways, but as it passes for these ladies, they only get funnier. And the producer [...]

BASSEM YOUSSEF AT JOE'S PUB This thoracic surgeon, inspired by the Arab Spring at home and by ''The Daily Show With Jon Stewart'' on television, started his own humorous news [...]

'MISANDRY WITH MARCIA AND RAE' AT UNION HALL Marcia Belsky (above right) garnered headlines worldwide in 2017 when Facebook suspended her account for 30 days after she sarcastically posted ''Men [...]

TED ALEXANDRO AT THE CREEK AND THE CAVE Alexandro (right) released one of the best stand-up comedy specials of the year with ''Senior Class of Earth.'' The comedian practices what [...]

THE GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW AT UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE THEATER HELL'S KITCHEN Could you imagine if the creator of ''Star Wars'' decided to leave Skywalker Ranch to host a live [...]

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead.EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH at the Bell House (Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.). Catie Lazarus has [...]

Byline: SEAN L. McCARTHY [B]By SEAN L. McCARTHY "South Park" is responding to Chef's departure the only way the show knows how - by mocking it. The 10th season of […]