Wednesday, February 13th

When striking writers decide to get out of their pajamas and put away their lube and UsWeekly, what do they do? Former Daily Show writer Ben Karlin performs “Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me … LIVE!” (oh, we could so perform this show about the men who’ve dumped us … watch out, suckers!), featuring male writers Jonathan Ames, A.J. Jacobs—in his trademark tight trousers!—and Sam Lipsyte at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. And meanwhile, on this eve of V-Day, saucy single women everywhere prepare to get drunk on chocolatinis and engage in sinister gossip about exactly whom their leggy coworker is boinking (did you see those roses?) while we brace ourselves for the annual shrub bush from Mom and then rent Harold and Maude.

[Ben Karlin at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, 307 West 26th Street, 7:30 p.m., www.ucbtheatre.com/ny]