Upcoming Shows
Model Majority Year of The Horse Comedy Show
Feb 27
Celebrate Lunar New Year/Year of the Fire Horse with NYC's topcomedy team Model Majority for a night of horse-ing around (comedy, music, special guests and...
Fun in Moderation
Feb 28
Fun in Moderation is BACK with all new sketches!Fun in Moderation is a New York City-based sketch comedy team comprised of Austin Elias-de Jesus (UCB),...
Catbaret! NYC's Cat-Themed Variety Show
Mar 5
Catbaret Presents: The Cat Lady Purr-ty! Comes to Caveat on March 5Catbaret — NYC’s beloved cat-themed variety show — returns to Caveat on March 5,...
The Legend of You
Mar 7
Join us at The Legend of You, the only show that literally fights your figurative demons! Each performance begins with an everyday problem. Then, we...
Michael John Ciszewski: MOTHER, SUPERIOR
Mar 15
Every gay guy has his diva—Madonna, Janet, Britney, Bey, Gaga—but New York City comedian Michael John Ciszewski’s has always been Sophie, his mother.She’s a nurse,...
Review: NOT NOBODY at 59E59 Theaters-Thought Provoking
by Marina Kennedy - February 13, 2026
Brian Dykstra's Not Nobody at 59E59 Theaters explores justice and moral dilemmas as a former ethics professor becomes a person of interest after aiding a wounded officer....
Past Shows
Transpositions: A Debut and Revue
Dec 28
Join Shatter The Glass Productions on Sunday December 28th at 5 PM EST at Caveat NYC for a night of trans joy and celebration as...
Constellations by Nick Payne
Nov 21
The acclaimed play Constellations by Nick Payne returns to New York City for a one-night-only immersive performance, reimagined by Argentinian director Milagros Luis.In Nick Payne’s...
Awkward Sex... and the City
Nov 13
Awkward Sex is exactly what it sounds like: comedians reliving intimate tales about their sex life and breaking barriers about sex and dating.Hosted by Natalie...
Fun in Moderation
Nov 8
Fun in Moderation is BACK with all new sketches!Fun in Moderation is a New York City-based sketch comedy team comprised of Austin Elias-de Jesus (UCB),...
Rouge Salon Presents: Death Squared
Nov 2
Three veteran storytellers illuminate obscure histories for your curiosity and delight.Featuring:Death Squared: A Mouse Utopia Goes WrongIn the 1960s, a mad scientist designed a perfect...
Catbaret! Purrsents...Meowloween
Oct 31
Catbaret’s Meowloween brings comedy, music, and purr-lesque to Caveat Oct 31. Expect free cat ears, a costume contest, raffle prizes, and campy feline fun.
Modern Whitney
Oct 25
Modern Whitney is an art comedy show where three comedians guess what they think famous art means. Afterward, an art expert explains to them what it actually means. This show...
Modern Whitney
Sep 27
Modern Whitney is an art comedy show where three comedians guess what they think famous art means. Afterwards, an art expert explains to them what it actually means. This show...
Mulatto Winnie the Pooh
Sep 15
Mulatto Winnie the Pooh is Niccolo Aeed's first stand up special. In this autobiographical special Nicco talks about identity, parents and how he just wants...
Fun in Moderation
Aug 22
Fun in Moderation is BACK with all new sketches!Fun in Moderation is a New York City-based sketch comedy team comprised of Austin Elias-de Jesus (UCB),...
Awkward Sex... and the City
Aug 1
Awkward Sex is exactly what it sounds like: comedians reliving intimate tales about their sex life and breaking barriers about sex and dating.Hosted by Natalie...
The Taming of the Shrew
Jul 11 – Jul 13, 2025
Don’t touch that dial! Join us as one of Shakespeare’s most controversial shows is transformed into a 1950s sitcom. Our hero Petruchio is new in...
Reali-Tease Burlesque: Summer Love Edition Comes to Caveat This July
Jul 10
Reality TV meets the art of striptease in this sizzling summer spectacle at Caveat.On July 10th, Reali-Tease Burlesque returns to Caveat NYC with Summer Love...
Rejects Anonymous
Jun 29
Feel like you can't do anything right? Does everyone swipe left on you? Then come on down to Rejects Anonymous, and spill your guts about...
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Modern Whitney
Jun 22
Modern Whitney is an art comedy show where three comedians guess what they think famous art means. Afterwards, an art expert explains to them what it...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Jun 12 – Jun 14, 2025
Arguably Shakespeare's most pervasive comedy, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' has a little something for everyone. Don't like the tangled web of misdirected lovers? Stay for...
Maurine & Maurice Show
May 12
Maurine & Marurice Show: it’s a high-stakes,high-energy mob-comedy experience where the audience is part of the action from the start.After years of living a life of crime,...
Muslim Girls DTF Standup Show
May 10
What do Muslim women think? Since nobody ever asked, Aizzah Fatima (HBO’, Dirtry Paki Lingerie) and Atheer Yacoub (Comedy Central) created the show Muslim Girls...
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Catbaret Purrsents: Just Kitten Around!
Apr 24
Cat lovers are in for a paws-itively purrfect evening with Catbaret, a cat-themed variety show celebrating spring and kitten season, hosted by Gemma Smith. Packed...
PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement
Apr 20
It’s the show NoHo Arts District calls “absolutely genius,” recipient of Best Musical Comedy Award at United Solo fest Off-Broadway in NYC, and Solofest Best...
BALLS: The Monster-Catchin' Musical Comédy
Apr 18 – Apr 19, 2025
World Premiere! An interactive, one-of-a-kind, musical extravaganza - overflowing with 8-bit bops, improvised battles and original Collectabuddies. Every performance is a new adventure!
The Super Crazy Funtime Show
Apr 5
A high energy comedy that places you directly in the action of a fictional TV game show experience.
Send in the Clowns: Comedians Sing Sondheimn
Mar 23
It's Stephen Sondheim's 95th birthday! Celebrate with host Orli Matlow (Adult Swim) and a lineup of comedians paying exuberant homage to the man whose musicals...
Fun in Moderation
Mar 21
Fun in Moderation is BACK with all new sketches!Fun in Moderation is a New York City-based sketch comedy team comprised of Austin Elias-de Jesus (UCB),...
Chronically Petty
Mar 1
Presented by the 6th annual Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest and Limitless Laughs Productions, get ready to laugh until your sides ache at “Chronically...
Leo Still Dies In The End
Feb 22
It’s been 84 years… or 25 years, since April 1999, when six-year-old Alice was finally allowed to watch a recorded-from-HBO VHS of the 1997 James...
Almost Hot
Feb 11
ALMOST HOT is a slightly deranged and absolutely earnest solo show that explores one of our most pervasive cultural values: hotness.
Model Majority Year of the Snake Comedy Show
Feb 1
Celebrate Lunar New Year with Model Majority (Good Morning America, Time Out, CBS) for a night of comedy, music, snakes and more.
Frog Boyz Presents
Jan 18
Frog Boyz Presents KATIE BOYLE (Just For Laughs New Faces)NAT TOWSEN (The Tonight Show)MARIO BENITEZ (Saturday Gigantic) SKETCH TEAM 6 Dan Conroy (Peoples Improv Theater)Tenaya Griffin (Peoples Improv...
Character Night
Jan 7
Named the best Character Show in NYC, Character Night is showcases original characters, impressions, and bits featuring some of the most talented, inventive, bold, and friggin'...
Character Night
Jan 7
Named the best Character Show in NYC, Character Night is showcases original characters, impressions, and bits featuring some of the most talented, inventive, bold, and friggin'...
Rejects Anonymous
Dec 30
Improvisors Double D will take the audience’s tales of rejection and use them to create a whole cast of hilarious characters right before your eyes.
Comedy
Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works
Dec 1
SHOW INFODoors 2:00 PMShow 2:30 PMTickets$15 early bird (until Nov 24, 02:30PM)$18 standard$23 at the door$10 livestream21+ No outside food or drink allowed. Tickets may be refunded up...
In Order to Not Work a 9 to 5
Nov 23
A refreshingly honest and engaging exploration of the pursuit of passion...one odd job at a time.
Lizzy Sunshine
Nov 18
With her co-star unaccounted for, ever-positive Lizzy Sunshine carries a vaudevillian double act alone. This show-within-a-show ends with a twist, revealing the farcical fate of addiction's little...
Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show! (2024 NY Comedy Festival)
Nov 16
The 2024 New York Comedy Festival features “Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show!” With comedians from The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, and more...
Fun in Moderation
Nov 15
Presented by The New York Comedy FestivalFun in Moderation is BACK with all new sketches, stand-up, games, and more!Fun in Moderation is a New York...
New York Comedy Festival Presents: Bada Swing!
Nov 9
The boys are back, baby! Michelle Chan Bennett and Josh Nasser are Bobby Bingus and Tommy Linguini, two 1960's crooners whose careers, livers, and opinions...
LaughMasters: The Most Serious Comedy Competition
Nov 8
LaughMasters is a one-of-a-kind comedy competition that mixes pre-filmed challenges with onstage banter to bring audience members a rollicking good time. This installation’s lineup is...
3 KIDNEYS, NO COLON
Oct 3
After a successful run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dave Piontkowski is bringing his groundbreaking comedy show, 3 Kidneys No Colon, to Caveat on October 3rd...
Boyband Breakup: The Musical
Sep 14 – Sep 27, 2024
Boyband Breakup is a musical sketch show about the chaotic, on-stage collapse of multi-ethnic boyband, the Groove Guys. But who causes the breakup?! Sing along...
Doctors Without Boundaries
Sep 4
ER doctor Aaron Bola and friends welcome chronically over-sharing comedians to tell stories of their weirdest diagnoses. The doctors then do what they wish they...
The Flash Follies: A Lightning Fast Showcase of Music & Comedy
Aug 26
The Flash Follies: A Lightning Fast Showcase of Music & Comedy, is an hourlong, one-night-only showcase of talent featuring the members of the cast, crew,...
Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works
Jul 22
Two Clowns Google Translate Shakespeare entire work 15 times and perform them to the highest of standards. What are you going to do about it?Devon...
In Order to Not Work a 9 to 5
Jul 20
A refreshingly honest musical comedy: chasing dreams in NYC, one odd job at a time.
Comedytown
Jul 19
This month we have Lucas O'Neil (Comedy Central), Jared Goldstein (Netflix), Sabrina Wu (The Tonight Show), Molly Ledbetter (NY Comedy Festival), & improv from Lisa...
Doctors Without Boundaries
Jul 3
ER doctor Aaron Bola and friends welcome chronically over-sharing comedians to tell stories of their weirdest diagnoses. The doctors then do what they wish they...
Fun in Moderation
Jun 28
Fun in Moderation is a New York City-based sketch comedy team comprised of Kendall Bowden, Nick Ryan, Austin Elias-de Jesus, and Syd King. The show...
Reali-tease Burlesque Presents...Pumped! The Vanderpump Rules Parody
Jun 25
Join Reali-tease Burlesque for an evening of Vanderpump Rules-inspired entertainment as we transport you from the Lower East Side straight into the heart of West...
The Last Neighbors Presents...
Jun 22
The Last Neighbors builds improvised One-Act plays with grounded characters and unexpected plot lines, based off the title created by their audiences! From capers and...
Leo Still Dies In The End
Jun 5
In April 1999, a six-year-old was allowed to watch the 1997 classic “Titanic” on a VHS after her mom taped it off of HBO. Over...
Scandalton: LIVE!
May 24
Scandalton LIVE!The Jane Austen RPG Show.Ever wanted courtside seats to a courtship? Done waiting for the next season of Bridgerton? In Scandalton LIVE!, all-star storytellers...
Lil Miss Kate - Ward of the State LIVE!
Apr 30
Audio comedy podcast ‘Lil Miss Kate - Ward of the State’ is producing their first-ever live show at Manhattan’s ‘Caveat’ theater. Written and Produced by...
Catbaret! A Purrfect Variety Show
Apr 25
Meow! Calling all cat lovers—join us for a purrfect variety show at Caveat!
A NIGHT WITH FOUR SKETCH TROUPES: A COMEDIAN'S DOZEN
Apr 23
Caveat presents a sketch comedy night with four NYC based troupes performing a variety of new, hilarious, and exciting material! Including performers you've seen at...
Send In The Clowns: Comedian Sing Sondheim
Mar 17
It's Stephen Sondheim's 94th birthday and we've booked some clowns! Celebrate with host Orli Matlow (Adult Swim) and a lineup of comedians paying exuberant homage...
Greener Pastures Variety Hour
Mar 4
humor and satire website greener pastures presents a night of humor readings, improv, sketch comedy, stand up, character work, and music with guests alison leiby...
"America's Next Top Glow Up Runway Project
Feb 22
In this show, six comedians navigate challenges in either makeup and fashion. Three compete in makeup, three compete in fashion and then the top two face...
Welcome To The Big Show
Oct 9 – Oct 14, 2023
Gara Lonning's first Stand Up Hour is coming to NYC for three nights at Caveat in October!Fresh off his successful 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Run, the...
Benny Go Home
Sep 23
Carnival Girls Productions announces the staged reading event of the season!A dejected big city playwright escapes down the Jersey Shore only to take on more...
Fun In Moderation
Aug 23
Fun in Moderation offers a famously good time. This show is an all-night party featuring sketch comedy, stand-up, games & surprises. Written and performed by...
Muslim Girls DTF
Aug 4
What do Muslim women think? Since nobody ever asked, Aizzah Fatima (HBO's High Maintenance, Dirtry Paki Lingerie) and Atheer Yacoub (Comedy Central) created the web...
ACAB: Angry, Crazy & Black! Sydney Duncan’s One Woman Show
Jul 25
Character comedian, Sydney Duncan invites you inside the mind of an angry and crazy black woman. Through characters, impressions, and storytelling, this show is all about...
Before The Drugs Kick In
Jul 25
A 62-year-old woman in an insane asylum closes her eyes and becomes a 28-year-old stand-up comedian. But not just any stand-up comedian, a comedian who...
Carlos and Shannon Take a Completely Ethical Vacation
Jul 12
Comedians Carlos Nolla and Shannon Constantine (UCB) have planned the perfectly ethical summer vacation -- or, they will by the end of the night!With the...
Comedytown
Jul 7
Comedytown is BACK this month featuring standup by Brittany Carney (Comedy Central), Steven Castillo (SNL), Auguste White (SNL), musical comedy by Kyle Gordon (Comedy Central),...
REPARATIONS! A Juneteenth Celebration of Black Improv Comedy
Jun 19
You’re invited to the 2nd Annual passing out of “REPARATIONS!” Come join host, WNO's Sydney Duncan, as she celebrates Juneteenth with a blackity-black showcase of...
Duty Free Live!
May 26
“Duty Free Live! Unauthorized Imported Game Shows!” is a comedy show bringing international game show formats to (unauthorized) life by New York’s best comedians. Led...
Comedytown
May 25
Join us in person or via livestream! Comedytown is one of the hottest traveling variety shows nationwide. Join us this month for standup, music, and...
Duty Free Live!
Apr 28
“Duty Free Live! Unauthorized Imported Game Shows!” is a comedy show bringing international game show formats to (unauthorized) life by New York’s best comedians. Led...
Duty Free Live!
Mar 24
“Duty Free Live! Unauthorized Imported Game Shows!” is a comedy show bringing international game show formats to (unauthorized) life by New York’s best comedians. Led...
Praying For Godot
Mar 22
Rogue lesbian nuns conduct their own improved version of the Catholic Mass in “Praying For Godot” at Caveat Theater, 9:30PM March 22nd, 2023The Good News...
Duty Free Live!
Feb 24
“Duty Free Live! Unauthorized Imported Game Shows!” is a comedy show bringing international game show formats to (unauthorized) life by New York’s best comedians. Led...
Old Pros Show
Jan 28
On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 9:30pm, Old Pros, a non profit media organization working to change the status of sex workers in society, is...
Duty Free Live
Jan 27
“Duty Free Live! Unauthorized Imported Game Shows!” is a comedy show bringing international game show formats to (unauthorized) life by New York’s best comedians. Led...
Bloody Mary: LIVE!
Jan 7
It's the resurrection of the century, bitches.Fresh off a critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival '22, teen Queen Mary Tudor takes to the...
Old Pros Show
Nov 30
Title: Old Pros Show is Raising Money and Awareness for Sex Worker Rights! On Wednesday, November 30th at 9:30pm - Old Pros, a non profit media...
Duty Free Live
Nov 21
Hong Kong and Canadian Game Shows Brought To Localized and Unauthorized Life In “Duty Free Live!” at Caveat Theater, November 21st, 2022LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW...
How to Restaurant
Nov 16
A sketch show about two objectively awful people giving horrible advice on how to behave in restaurants!Written and directed by comedians Jared Eimicke & Stacey...
MEGA THE PODCAST With Jason Mantzoukas
Nov 12
MEGA is a satirical podcast from the staff of a fictional mega church. Hosted by Holly Laurent and Greg Hess, the show features a rotating...
Duty Free Live!
Oct 21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOCTOBER 2022 Japanese and British Game Shows Brought To Localized and Unauthorized Life In “Duty Free Live!” at Caveat Theater, October 21st, 2022LOWER EAST...
A Drinking Game NYC presents ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
Oct 1
A toast, to the glorious mysteries of life, to all that binds an audience as one, to mirth, to merriment, to manslaughter, to ADDAMS FAMILY...
Five Times In One Night
Sep 1 – Sep 5, 2022
In this comedic quintet, five couples explore the delights and disappointments of their sex lives. Whether they are the first two people on Earth or...
Portly Lutheran Know-It-All
Aug 31
Portly Lutheran Know-It-All is a solo show well worth the Reformation. The show mixes standup, storytelling, and light Bible study.Written and performed by Matt Storrs...
A Drinking Game NYC present TWISTER
Jul 29
Only one of us has ever seen an F5... until July 29th! Join A Drinking Game NYC as they lovingly recreate this iconic film while...
We Stan Together
Apr 13
We Stan Together is a hilarious liveshow and pop culture academic symposium that examines entertainment gossip and mass media trends with academic rigor. Smart people,...
THE DATA SCIENCE SPECTACULAR with ANDREA JONES-ROOY, Ph.D.
Mar 1
WHAT:A live and livestreaming informative comedy show about data and decision making in the real world. WHO: Hosted by Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph.D: data science professor,...
Vintage Basement w/ Max & Nicky, ft. JOE PERA + MORE!
Feb 21
After a three-month safety hiatus, twin brothers Max and Nicky Weinbach are back with their monthly neo-retro night of stand-up comedy and music. Max &...
Current Ex Boyfriend Presents: The Secret to Love, Happiness and Other Easily Attainable Dreams
Feb 15
In this show an expert in the business of love will share hot takes and sound advice that will inspire improv comedy, which will inspire...
Adult Sex Ed Holiday Show
Dec 22
Hosted by Dani Faith Leonard, ADULT SEX ED is a comedy show that plugs the holes in your education through storytelling, deep dives, and hilarious...
Half-Full: Comedy from the Staff at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Nov 8
Half-Full: Comedy from the writers, correspondents and staff at Full Frontal with Samantha BeeThe Emmy-award winning staff at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee celebrates their...
A Drinking Game NYC presents GHOSTBUSTERS
Oct 16
When its time to get the Gatekeeper and the Keymaster back together, who you gonna call? A Drinking Game NYC! Join us as we lovingly...
Nore Davis: LIVE!
Oct 1
In the last year, Nore Davis has released his third comedy album Too Woke, filmed his first Comedy Central Half Hour Special which aired in...
Queer Window
Sep 26
Queer Window is an LGBTQIA+ themed sketch show written, performed, created, produced, and conceived by an all-queer cast that was forged in the flames of...
A Drinking Game NYC presents INDEPENDENCE DAY
Jun 29
"Hello, everyone! WE'RE BAAACK!" Let's welcome each other back to Earth with A Drinking Game NYC as they lovingly recreate this iconic film and turn...
Chaos Theory
Mar 13 – May 7, 2020
What happens when a TED talk about chaos theory goes wildly off the rails? CHAOS THEORY is a comedic, immersive experience exploring the underlying chaos...
A Drinking Game NYC presents INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE
Apr 3
Don't mail your ticket to the Marx Brothers and don't call us Junior, because up next is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! Come fly...
A Drinking Game NYC presents BACK TO THE FUTURE
Jan 10
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads! Just plutonium and beers. Join A Drinking Game NYC as they lovingly recreate this cult classic film...
Dirty Bingo Night! A Fundraiser + Convo with Trust Women Wichita & Lizz Winstead
Jun 6
Dirty Bingo Night! A Fundraiser + Convo with Trust Women Wichita & Lizz WinsteadTHU // JUN 06 // 06:00PMThe Trust Women abortion clinic was founded...
NYC's Secrets & Lies
Apr 9
"Money makes the world go 'round" is a widely-used saying invented right here in New York City so this month New York City's Secrets and...
New York City's Secrets & Lies
Feb 7
Can you tell the difference between a secret and a lie when it involves New York City history? This month, were spinning tales about What...
Hypatia and the Heathens: A Musical Bacchanalia
Dec 8
If the civilization around you were rapidly collapsing, what would you save? “Hypatia and the Heathens: A Musical Bacchanalia,” is a new interactive party musical...
New York City's Secrets and Lies
Dec 6
Can you tell the difference between a secret and a lie? New York City's Secrets and Lies is an original storytelling show that has a new...
An Inconvenient Talk Show
Aug 6 – Dec 3, 2018
Al Gore has been trying to make climate change sexy for 30 years. But after two depressing movies, he’s finally found the answer: A Late...
Illegal Ink: The bizarre story of NYC's Tattoo Ban
Sep 30
A stellar lineup of five historians and tattoo artists who lived this history tell the story of the tattoo ban in NYC that lasted from...
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