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Broadway Comedy Club

318 W. 53rd St., New York City, NY 10019
212-757-2323
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Ranked #311 of 460 nightlife in New York City
2.0 of 5 stars 41 Reviews
Type: Comedy Clubs
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW via mobile

Surely the point of comedy is to engage another person with your insight on life and leave them amused, not force them to have two expensive drinks, no refreshment break and six self deprecating, humourless comedians whose loathing of their audience was evident with the constant monologue of which joke was better than we gave credit. Oops missed some grammar... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW

So for the price I think it was worth it the comedy was average some were funny some weren't but I mean what do you expect I paid $10 for a ticket. But all I can say is I will never go back the people that work there for instance a girl named Dana was extremely rude. For starters a... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2012

Since this was our first trip to a comedy club, we where not sure what to expect, but I was afraid that the night would be filled with bad stand up and not be funny at all. But it turned out that at least 2 of the stand ups where really funny and that made it worth the 20$ entrance... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2012 via mobile

Our show was in a room downstairs from the main floor that looked like a dingy basement. The service was ok, drinks were decent(2 drink minimum), but the comedy was the highlight. I guess that's how it should be. But our group was laughing the whole time.

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Toronto, Canada
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2012

Wasn't sure what I was getting into or if I was getting ripped off when I bought tickets from a stranger in Times Square (I wasn't). Or exactly what was up when I descended down into the dark sketchy looking basement but once the comedy started I was glad I attended.

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 April 2012

Me and my wife bought tickets for 10 dollars each to go see a performance on Friday night and it was money well spent! Got to see around 6-7 acts during approx. 2 hours, some of them very good. and we had a really good time! This is the same stage/venue where Jerry Seinfeld started out by the way, with... More

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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 April 2012

Me and my husband didn't expect so much after having read the reviews here but it turned out to be quite ok. We paid $10 each. Had to buy 2 drinks each but the prices was ok, aspecially for the premium ones like pina colada and strawberry margarita. Big, strong and ok tasting for $10. Most of the comedians were... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2012

We saw a line up of about six comedians. Two were very good. two were Ok and the other two should have been ejected off the stage. The club is very worn. The seating is at common tables and crowded. There was about 50 people there. Not enough laughs to justify the effort. Two drink minimum. Basically a waste of... More

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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 April 2012

we bought tickets from a guy on the street. i'm sure you could get the price down from 20, but i didn't bother on the last day. we made reservation for 2230 but decided to go to the 2100 show since we spent the whole day walking and shopping! :) the 4 comedians and the host were all really good,... More

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Hartford, Wisconsin
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 March 2012

Went to the 10pm show. Didn't mind the swearing, but the excessive 'weed' talk got old. And they seemed very high as well, which seemed to hint why they were in a small club and not on Letterman. Don't get me wrong, funny for $20, but the drinks SUCK and you have to buy two of them. In a nutshell,... More

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