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Looking for something to do in New York? Check out a retrospective on a groundbreaking actress or consider a fun-filled children's day at the park. Comedy Aparna Nancherla Sunday at [...]

Looking for something to do in New York? Get cozy with Feist at Brooklyn Steel or close-up with local opossums, skunks, woodchucks and birds of prey at the Urban Wildlife [...]

Looking for something to do in New York? Check out the gothic pop of Sloppy Jane at Elsewhere, or take an entertaining nighttime stroll through Green-Wood Cemetery. Comedy Diwali Party [...]

Looking for something to do in New York? Follow the antics of sentient footwear in ''Simon and His Shoes,'' or celebrate the career of Isabelle Huppert at Film Forum. Comedy [...]

Looking for something to do in New York? Revel in the collaborative spirit of the BAAND Together Dance Festival at Lincoln Center, or work out your dark energy with Rage [...]

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City. Digging Dumbo's Scene When it comes to gallery hopping, New Yorkers [...]

Usually this time of year, reporters and critics for The New York Times are busy covering dance, theater and musical performances at a breakneck pace. Not so this season, shut [...]

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead. Note: Because of the coronavirus outbreak and the state's ban on gatherings of more [...]

ON AIR FEST AT THE WYTHE HOTEL (Through Sunday) This annual celebration of audio storytelling includes more than a few comedians: Negin Farsad (right), host of the podcast ''Fake the [...]

GINA BRILLON AT GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB (Friday and Saturday, 8 and 10 p.m.) A Bronx native, Brillon (above) started performing stand-up while still a teenager, and was a winner of [...]

DANIEL SLOSS AT SOHO PLAYHOUSE (Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Monday to Wednesday, 8:45 p.m.; through March 1) This Scottish stand-up followed two Netflix comedy specials in 2018 with one [...]

'NATE' AT IMPROV ASYLUM (Tuesday to Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; through Feb. 16). In case you missed it last year, Natalie Palamides's gender-bending take on toxic masculinity returns for a six-night [...]

ROSS MATHEWS AT GRAMERCY THEATER (Tuesday, 8 p.m.) Mathews (above) has come a long way since first appearing on ''The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'' as Ross the Intern. Nowadays, [...]

HARI KONDABOLU AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY (Friday and Saturday, 7 and 9:30 p.m.) This stand-up (above), a Queens native, wrote and starred in a 2017 documentary for TruTV, ''The Problem [...]

IMPRACTICAL JOKERS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL (Saturday, 4 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, 8 p.m.) Sal Vulcano, Brian Quinn, James Murray and Joe Gatto (above, from left) began their comedy [...]

LAUREN MAUL'S 'TOO MUCH LOVE' AT SID GOLD'S REQUEST ROOM (Monday, 8 p.m.) In 2017, this comedian (above) mocked the likes of Harvey Weinstein, Mario Batali and Louis C.K. by [...]

DAVE ATTELL AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY (Friday and Saturday, 8 and 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8 p.m.) Earlier this year, Jason Zinoman of The New York Times described Attell (above) as [...]

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 [...]

Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead. DAVE ATTELL at Carolines on Broadway (Dec. 26 and 29, 8 p.m.; Dec. 27-28, [...]

TOM PAPA AT GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB (Friday and Saturday, 7:30 and 10 p.m.) A comedian in high demand, Papa (right) currently hosts a weekday radio show with Fortune Feimster on [...]

CHANEL ALI AT CAVEAT (Wednesday, 7 and 9:30 p.m.) After blossoming on the Philadelphia circuit, Ali (right), who is now based in New York, quickly became a crowd favorite with [...]

'FIRST IMPRESSIONS' AT CAVEAT (Monday, 9:30 p.m.) Everything you learned about dating through TV game shows is turned upside down and backward, then spun around again, in this live parody [...]

SHENG WANG AT UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE AT SUBCULTURE (Friday, 9:30 p.m.) Born in Taiwan and raised in Houston, this former writer for ABC's ''Fresh Off the Boat'' (above) weaves captivating [...]

'KREEPS WITH KIDS' AT ST. GEORGE THEATER (Saturday, 8 p.m.) The four stand-ups headlining this tour -- Robert Kelly; Ron Bennington, a SiriusXM host; Rich Vos; and Jim Florentine, a [...]

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 [...]

'DUMB PEOPLE TOWN' AT THE BELL HOUSE (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.) For this popular podcast, which YouTube considered developing into an animated series last year, Daniel Van Kirk reads news stories [...]

BIANCA DEL RIO AT CARNEGIE HALL (Sunday, 8 p.m.) This winner of the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' (right) describes her drag persona as a cross between John Waters [...]

'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 [...]

'AS SEEN ON TV: EMMYS WATCH PARTY' AT CAVEAT (Sunday, 7 p.m.) Want to watch the Emmy Awards with a crowd of funny fans? This viewing party offers that and [...]

JOSH GONDELMAN AT THE BELL HOUSE (Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.) Gondelman (right) won two Peabody Awards and three Emmys for his work as part of the writing team on HBO's ''Last [...]

JEN KIRKMAN AT THE BELL HOUSE (Wednesday, 8 p.m.) You may have first seen this comedian (above) delivering jokes on the former late-night talk show ''Chelsea Lately'' or giving her [...]

'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 [...]

SAM JAY AT UNION HALL (Wednesday, 8 p.m.) This writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' (above) grabs the spotlight for her own stand-up, which she showcased on Netflix's ''The Comedy Lineup'' [...]

'WACK OR WOKE? ANDREA COLEMAN JUDGES THE LAW' AT THE TANK (Saturday, 9:30 p.m.) A Virginia native who is a senior trial attorney for Allstate when she's not practicing comedy, [...]

'JOEL KIM BOOSTER: A VERY SICK BOY' AT CHELSEA MUSIC HALL (Friday, 7 p.m.) Born in Chicago, this comedian (right) made a name for himself in New York City before [...]

'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 [...]

THE STAND'S GRAND REOPENING (Friday and Saturday, 8 and 10 p.m.) This intimate comedy club closed its Gramercy location in June 2018 to move to a bigger space on East [...]

GABY DUNN AND ALLISON RASKIN AT THE STRAND (Thursday, 7 p.m.) Five years ago, Raskin and Dunn (above, from left) started a YouTube channel called ''Just Between Us,'' about odd-couple [...]

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 [...]

J. B. SMOOVE AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY (Friday and Saturday, 7:30 and 10 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.) This comedian and actor (right) held court for four seasons hosting the talking-and-dining [...]

'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 [...]

TRACY MORGAN AT CAROLINES ON BROADWAY (Friday and Saturday, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.) Have you heard the one about the comedian who bought a Bugatti only to [...]

'OPHIRA & ADIRA' AT UNION HALL (Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.) That's Ophira as in Eisenberg, the host of the NPR quiz show ''Ask Me Another,'' and Adira as in Adira Amram [...]

NATALIE PALAMIDES AT THE BELL HOUSE (Tuesday to Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; through June 14) New Yorkers might know Palamides (above) as the voice of Buttercup on the Cartoon Network's ''Powerpuff [...]

JON GLASER at Littlefield (Tuesday, 8 p.m.) Glaser (right), the creator and star of TV series such as ''Jon Glaser Loves Gear,'' ''Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter'' and ''Delocated,'' may be [...]

'COMEDY AT THE KNITTING FACTORY' (Sunday, 9 p.m.) Marie Faustin, Sydnee Washington and Aminah Imani (above, from left) took over this popular Sunday night stand-up showcase, which Hannibal Buress started [...]

'PUDDLES PITY PARTY' AT GRAMERCY THEATER (Saturday, 8 p.m.) A nearly seven-foot-tall clown who doesn't speak but has the voice of an opera singer? You have to see Puddles (above) [...]

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. [...]