I participated in a Digital Teambuilding Improv Workshop with my Exec team at work, and it was a great experience! Dana was our instructor, and she guided us through the improv session with energy and ease. It was very engaging, even as a Zoom call. Mac also did a great job in the planning stages listening to what our team hoped to gain from the session, and got to know us before it even began. Highly recommend for any team!
The PIT did a fantastic job for a 7th birthday party. The personalized show as excellent and so much fun.
This is a great venue for grabbing a drink and seeing a comedy show. If you want to try doing improv you should come here too, or put up a show of your own.
Great place to see some live improv theater! Their beers and drinks are pretty cheap. Also every time I've visited the performaners were top notch. I've been a few time to their classes & some jams which are really welcoming! They do musical improv (lyrical & rapping) and have a dedicated hype man for added emphasis (he's hilarious)! And they take complete beginners & can pair you up so that your experience is fun & engaging. It's a great place that I recommend at least once if you're in the area for sure!
We went to see an improv musical on a Thursday. It was such a great show--we saw two different groups perform. There's a bar area outside to hangout in before the show starts; there is limited seating, but bar staff was really friendly. This is a great place to catch a fun and entertaining show with friends--it's always something different!
It would have been a 4 or 5 stars because i loved the look and feel of the place. The service was good and this was right next to Baruch where i went to school. I was there yesterday to support a friend performing that night and was being served by a female bartender. I got 6 blue moons for two people for about 40 bucks before the show. That's reasonable. After the show i decided to get one more for the road. The place accepts cards only and the male bartender charged me $10.89 for that blue moon. I guess he figured I was too busy with convo to notice and he was probably right. I only realized as I was on my way home. Not gonna call them but the most I could do was this. Pay attention, patrons!
We were lucky enough to participate in a digital team building workshop and I can't rave enough about it! They asked for feedback on our team and put together an hour long session that was filled with fun exercises that were designed to help us communicate more effectively and efficiently and they did just that. And we got to have a blast while doing it! Can't rave about, and recommend, Patrick and Sarah enough! And Mac was great at planning the whole thing.
Have been going here for years and it seldom disappoints! My favorite improv venue by far! The performers and crew are all super polite and fantastic. I recommend VERN (improvised musicals on wednesday nights!). Other than that, I just wish they wouldn't shuffle around teams so often!
Always enjoyed going to shows here. An alternative to UCB.
An inexpensive show to be sure, but its long-form improv. I've seen 3 shows here and all were very long and self-indulgent. The laughs were few and far between. The emphasis seems to be on making stuff up rather than to be funny. If thats what you're looking for then great, but I like my improv to give me belly laughs, and I didn't have a single one here.
from the intial phone call for a quote to email communication to back and forth calls to the official event day - Mac too care of us like royalty. We had about 20 employees for a team building event and we had an absolute blast! they organized two instructors and with the team I was on- our instructor (jamie) was really great with communication, fun and got the ceo and cfo to reveal their fun nature ! I loved every minute of it and cant wait to go back and join some classes for my own fun!
I have been to this venue a few times over the past couple of years. It is a nice venue, however (and this is a big however) there is NO air conditioning at all in the basement. The main level is comfortably air conditioned but the basement (where I saw a friend perform) is NOT. Please fix / install Air Conditioning in the basement. It was like a sauna down there. I have asthma and felt very uncomfortable downstairs.
In my ancient days of glory I performed here. Gather around O' children! Come on down to The PIT!
Great place to hang out after a show. Saw The Chris and Paul Show here. Recently saw Paul Valenti's mYshow. Would definitely go back based on those experiences.
Great improv and comedy shows, decent beer selection.
Much love for the PIT. They're not as crisp as Upright Citizens Brigade, but they're still great. Plus, I love that you can show up 10 minutes before a show, buy $5 tickets, and then see a show. That low-key approach is great, and I feel like if I lived closer to PIT, I'd be there all the time.
I also saw a sign for drop-in improv classes. Tempting tempting.
Nice club, saw a great show called Laughs for Puerto Rico
This was not at all what we expected, it was a pretty immature type of physical comedy. I felt at some points like I had to laugh out of being uncomfortable which isn't something you should feel in a show.
I've been here for two shows, one with an improv group, and one featuring prepared presentations by comedians on celebrities, the latter of which we left early, because it was so unbearably cringey and dumb. Both were honestly awful and not funny at all, unless you're extremely drunk, which most of the audience was. The jokes feel forced, and I'm also not a fan of the basement auditorium with its limited seating, dank feel, and loud echoes. There's far better comedy clubs in the city.
Had an absolute blast watching the North Coast hip hop improv here on a Saturday night! Went with my boyfriend for a 9pm show and it was great! $10pp for a ticket and no 2 drink minimum needed. Everyone was so talented and funny. Highly recommend! I would definitely come here again
I enjoyed my time at the PIT.
I went through all 5 levels when I lived in NYC 2011-2012.
I had Meg, Ashley, Scott, Nate and Ali as my teachers.
The PIT is a fun place to perform and connect with other comedians.
Wednesday night house teams were always fun.
If you can I recommend interning for nearly free classes, it is a fun experience and a great deal.
Great teams, large space, very reasonable prices on drinks food and tickets. A great way to spend a weekend.
The shows are fun, great and local improv people stick around for fun, refreshments, and to hang with you. See an incredible show for cheap and then have a few at the most reasonable prices in Manhattan. Improv makes you laugh and alcohol helps. Go go go!
Catch some awesome improv, character shows, and sketch shows. $1 student tickets for any student ID. Super Crazy Fun Time Variety Game Show Hour and The Magical World or Musical Improv are the best shows.
Excellent comedy for low prices. Tons of talent and a kickass bar. Perfect combo.
This place is always good for a laugh and very affordable. I really enjoyed BBC2
Did an open mic here very supportive crowd of fellow comics the m.c. didn't show (very typical) they allowed 12 comics to sign up but didn't let more than 7 get on stage I wonder what happened to that extra $25. I would love to rate them higher if they were a little more organized they would be a 5 spot for any open micker
I know theres different comedians each time you go but my experience was pretty trash, I fell asleep and theres gotta be someone in the soundroom that they pay to laugh obnoxiously loud when nothing is really funny.
I went to the PIT to support my room mate who was having and improv grad show in the basement and was so pleasantly surprised by the whole vibe of the place. Very laid back and friendly ticket booth and bartenders. The show was entertaining and the drinks were on par with the rest of it. Definitely recommend.
BJ Thorne and Stephanie Holmes make this comedy club/theater a must for any comedy lovers taking a trip to NYC!
I'm indebted to this place. Great community and low ticket prices. It's a theater and bar, but no two-drink minimum.
Great place for laughs from up and coming comedians, as well as some more established ones
Fun venue with solid comedy lineups. Great place to learn comedy.
This show was by far the worst comedy show I have ever seen. Not because of lack of effort. Just lack of comedy, arcade Andy is great though.
Best improv school and theater in NYC bar none! Great place to learn improv, see hilarious shows and connect with a great community.
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