The best live comedy in NYC this summer

Mauss, who has made a name for himself as a connoisseur of mind-altering drugs, presents this hybrid of stand-up, science and storytelling, during which the Here We Are podcast host tells informative (and insane) tales of experimentation.

First, it was a verbal gaff at the Golden Globes (committed again on Buzzfeed, NBC Today, the red carpet at the Oscars...). Then, it became a viral meme lampooning white Hollywood's incapability of comprehending that multiple films could exist starring black actors. Now, it's a riotous play by Jordan Temple, mashing up the plots of Hidden Figures and Fences and featuring Langston Kerman, Nore Davis, Shalewa Sharpe, Tahlia Robinson, Karolena Theresa, Mamoudou N'Diaye, Gary Richardson, James III, Holden McNeely and Julian Williams.. Get ready for some vicious satire. 

The Ghanaian powerhouse, who has been bringing his high-voltage rants to film and TV since appearing in 2000’s Next Friday, tears up Carolines on Broadway a whopping seven times over four nights with ballsy social humor. Stay out of his line of fire, modasuckas.

As Tim and Eric: Awesome Show, Great Job! reaches double-digit age, the cult comedy icons bring their off-kilter dynamic and near-hallucinogenic video clips to the Town Hall. Expect celebrity drop-ins, long silences, melted faces, bad EDM and grotesque sexual exploits.

TV writer and hyper-prolific NYC comedian Mindy Raf stars in her acclaimed manic romantic comedy solo show, which explores realms like identity, coming out and polyamory, and throws her into queer three-ways, uncomfortable medical exams and beyond. 

The Bammer is a tumult of cheery weirdness, winning hearts with a childlike whisper as she presents her idiosyncratic vision of the world. She drops comedic bits—unexpected impressions, goony faces, far-flung metaphors—like bread crumbs, keeping the audience intrigued regardless of how bizarre things seem. She joins the very funny Jackie Kashian for two back-to-back sets of joyous delirium.