Your Guide to Getting Some Laughs in N.Y.C.

HERE'S THE LIST OF THE TOWN'S MOST RELIABLE STAND-UP & IMPROVE CLUBS

Boston Comedy Club
Tuesday- Thursday 9:30 pm.
Friday-Saturday 8pm, 10pm, midnight
82 West 3rd St.
(477-1000).

Carolines
Nightly. Mondays: "New Talent Night"
$12.50-$18.50, two-drink minimum.
1626 Broadway (between 49th and 50th Sts)
(757-4100).

Catch a Rising Star
Tuesday 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday and Thursday 9 p.m
Friday-Saturday, 9pm and 11 p.m.
253 West 28th St.
(244-3005).

Chicago City Limits (Improv)
Wednesday-Thursday 8:30 pm
Friday-Saturday 8pm and 10:30 pm
$20 cover.
Chicago City Limits Theatre
1105 First Ave at 61st St.
(888-LAFF).

Comedy Cellar
Sunday-Thursday at 9pm
Friday at 9pm and 11 pm.
Saturday at 8:30 p.m., 10:15 pm, and 12 am.
117 MacDougal St.
(254-3480).

Comic Strip
Nightly
1568 Second Ave., bet. 81st and 82nd Sts.
(861-9386).

Dangerfield's
Sunday-Thursday continuous from 9pm
Friday 9pm and 11:15 pm
Saturday 8 pm., 10:30 pm., and 12:30 am.
Cover $12.50-$15.00 weekends
No minimum on weeknights.
1118 First Ave., bet. 61st and 62nd Sts.
(593-1650).

Gotham -
Sunday-Thursday. at 8:30 p.m.
Friday at 9pmand 11pm.
Saturday at 8:30pm and 10:30 pm.
Cover is $12 Friday-Saturday
$8 other nights 2-drink minimum.
34 West 22nd St.
(367-9000).

Luna Lounge
$5 cover.
171 Ludlow St.
(260-2323).

Stand-up New York
Sunday-Thursday at 7 and 9pm
Friday-Saturday at 7, 9, and 11:30 pm.
Cover is $7-$12.
236 West 78th St.
(595-0850).

Surf Reality (Improv)
172 Allen St., 2nd floor.
(673-4182).