You’ve heard the old trick about picturing the audience in their underwear to calm stage fright… but what if you were stripped down to your skivvies too?

On Tuesday night, four standout comedians did exactly that, performing not on a stage but on the steps of a sauna at one of the city’s buzziest bathhouses, delivering the hottest show at this year’s New York Comedy Festival .

Between punchlines, guests at Othership in Flatiron swapped sweat for shivers, plunging into icy pools and turning the night into a wild fusion of comedy and contrast therapy — one of the trendiest practices in wellness.

Founded in Toronto, the social schvitz has developed a cult following in both Canada and New York.

The business got its start during the pandemic, when Robbie Bent was suddenly flooded with int

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