You won't find traditional standup at this 99-seat Hell's Kitchen theater. But nothing is traditional about Ars Nova, and that's the point of the place. It's a venue for emerging artists from playwrights to cabaret acts and the comedy you'll find here, such as Viva La Diva, is of the alternative kind.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's New York City 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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