{"id":207764,"date":"2025-11-23T21:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/23\/the-6-best-performances-we-saw-at-the-2025-new-york-comedy-festival\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:04:16","slug":"the-6-best-performances-we-saw-at-the-2025-new-york-comedy-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/11\/23\/the-6-best-performances-we-saw-at-the-2025-new-york-comedy-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6 Best Performances We Saw at the 2025 New York Comedy\u00a0Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tTen days and more than 200 comedy acts later, the New York Comedy Festival <\/strong><\/a>\u2014 the largest and longest running annual event of its kind in the United States \u2014 has drawn to a close, and boy, is our diaphragm tired. (Ba-dum-bump!)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWith A-list stand-up comics, improv groups and podcasters performing every night from Nov. 7 through Nov. 16, it was 10 days of often wheezing laughter. It was also a welcome break from the daily news and the doomscrolling that follows \u2014 especially since the performances we saw were largely free of political humor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHeadliners at the 21-year-old festival founded by Caroline Hirsch<\/strong><\/a> included Margaret Cho<\/strong><\/a>, Louis C.K<\/strong><\/a>., Morgan Jay<\/strong><\/a> and Alex Edelman, as well as panels on the Peacock hospital sitcom St. Denis<\/em> Medical<\/em>, and the unrepentantly absurd 1999-2000 Comedy Central series Strangers with Candy <\/em>with the creators and stars Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tAnd if there is any doubt that live comedy is hot these days, many of the performances took place at some of the city\u2019s most prestigious venues, including Madison Square Garden<\/strong><\/a>, Carnegie Hall, the Beacon Theatre and Town Hall, as well New York comedy clubs and performance spaces.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWith multiple shows taking place every night across all five boroughs of the city, it was impossible to see everything. So, here are the top performances, and two panels \u2014 in ascending order \u2014 that Billboard<\/em> witnessed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n