HA! Comedy Club N.Y.C
New York, NY 10036-8518
Phone: (212) 977-3884
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- Cross Street:
- Between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue
- Directions:
- 1, 2, 3; 7; N, R, Q, W; A, C, E at 42nd St-Times Sq
- Hours:
- Showtimes: Mon-Thu 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm, 11:30pm, 12:30am, Fri-Sat: same times, additional 1:15am show
Editorial Review for HA! Comedy Club N.Y.C – by Scott Makin
The Scene
In 2001, HA! was born when Sweet Caroline's switched from cabaret to an all-comedy format. The one-floor space has two rooms, one that seats 100 and another topping off at 200. The decor is classic comedy club: brick walls, dark rooms, small stages. The two-item minimum lets you choose from soda, beer, martinis, mixed drinks and reasonably priced finger food.
The Draw
HA! is booked and managed by comics. The Restaurant Row location brings in lots of tourists, but there's also a following among locals who come to see as many as seven comics on a single bill. Award-winning in-house hosts, hungry beginners and nationally known veterans deliver a wide variety of material and performance style at any given show.
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Insider Tips
When to GoDoors open an hour before the first set.
The ExtrasBrash young upstarts can break into the business at the Tuesday night open mic (beginning at 5pm).
User Reviews for HA! Comedy Club N.Y.C
04/19/2008 Posted by Liz111
Great place! I loved it!! Was there last week for my friend's bachelourette party. Very funny! One of the best comedy clubs I have ever been to!! Affordable and great drinks! Will definitely come back there many times and will recommend this place to anyone with a sense of humor :)
04/06/2008 Posted by Foxy10010
My husband and I were walking through Times Square when a guy handed us a coupon for the club. We'd been to the Comic Strip and other clubs before so we thought we'd give this one a try. Not all the comics were that funny (still better than the club on the Upper West Side, though) but there were two Seans in the show (my husband's name is Sean so I remember). The 'black' Sean did jokes about scaring people in a tanning salon, and traveling, and the 'white' Sean did jokes about being Jewish with an Irish name and about his family. Both were hilarious and were nice enough to talk to us after the show. For five bucks we recommend it highly, but I have one complaint– I called the club to ask when the Seans would be back and they couldn't tell me.
Pros: Funny, funny Seans
Cons: It's in a basement, and you can tell
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