Al Romas headlines at the Comedy Corner (833-1812) in West Palm Beach with Tom Ryan as the feature act tonight through Sunday. The astute Ryan has sold several monologue jokes recently to Comedy Central’s Politically Incorrect.

After seeing Martin Lawrence’s stand-up act, you might know more about feminine hygiene than you care to. But, for better or worse, audiences get a comedic voice working fearlessly on the free-speech platform of stand-up comedy. And fearless, independent voices are rare in any medium.

Lawrence is allowed three curse words during each episode of his hit Fox sitcom Martin. As was clearly evident in his NC-17 concert film You So Crazy, he plays by no such rules onstage.

Perhaps tired of working under the repressive (but well-paying) standards of network television, Lawrence is coming to Miami’s Knight Center for a one-man show at 8 p.m. Nov. 26.

About the only similarity between Martin and Lawrence’s stand-up act is over-the-top charm and energy. Lawrence is so winning a personality that he makes his TV gig work, even though it goes against his comedic grain.

In an Entertainment Weekly profile last February, Lawrence said, “I have to fight and fight to do the Martin show my way. You can’t say this, you can’t say that. … I’m like, ‘Hey, people know Martin. They ain’t surprised by this …”‘ The occasional stand-up concerts may be a temporary sanctuary for Lawrence. He’s planning a movie career that will rival Eddie Murphy. Lawrence filmed Bad Boys with co-star Will Smith in Miami this past summer.

“To do what Eddie’s done is very hard,” Lawrence said. “He’s a rare brother that comes along now and then. But he ain’t the only one. I know I can do it.”

Tickets for Lawrence’s show are $35, $28.50 and $25, and available at the Knight Center box office or Ticketmaster.

Around town

Walli Collins, former host of Stand-Up, Stand-Up on Comedy Central, headlines at Uncle Funny’s (474-5653) in Davie through Sunday.

Dave Miller, Jim Mendrinos and Sheila Kay are at the Comic Strip (565-8887) through Sunday.

Michael Winslow is at the Comedy Corner next Tuesday, and Uncle Funny’s on Wednesday, for one show each night.

Dom ‘badda-boom, badda-bing’ Irrera brings his cadre of Philly characters to the Corner Nov. 25-27, and Uncle Funny’s for a five-day run starting Nov. 30.

The Sunrise Musical Theatre has booked Howie Mandel for Dec. 2 and Garry Shandling for Dec. 31. Tickets for Mandel are $27.75 and $22.75. Shandling tickets are $50 and $35. Tickets to both shows are available through Ticketmaster and the Sunrise theater’s box office.

Comics over SoBe

Local stand-up comics Jimmy Shubert and David Stebbins just completed roles in the feature film Where in Hell is Robin Goodfellow?, a satire set on South Beach and loosely based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Stebbins, the 1992 winner of the Comedy Corner’s open mike contest, plays Robin, a SoBe bartender turned elf who reconciles love-torn couples with the help of purple juice.

Shubert, a member of Ron Bennington’s Disciples of Comedy, plays Dr. Theo Seuss, a plastic surgeon who’s a little too intense about his work. Shubert said the Disciples are currently writing their own film script. “It’s The Sting meets Reservoir Dogs with a Sneakers backdrop,” he said. Nice pitch.

David Merles, an executive producer on the film, said post-production will be done by Feb. 1. A distributor is being sought.