January 2011

Over Our Head Players begins the new year with the “2011 Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival,” the seventh anniversary production of the 10-minute original comedy competition that just keeps growing.  A selection of 10 minute comedies for the audience to vote on. Come and help choose the “Best In Snow“! Entrants from throughout the community, the […]

You know what they call a comedy competition in Milwaukee that’s put on by the most prolific group of stand up comedians in the midwest? Battle Royale. Do you know why they call it that? Because of the metric system? No, Brett. Because it’s the knock down, drag out, hottest contest this side of the

Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood  of  “Whose Line is it Anyway” at the Pabst Theater this weekendExpect the unexpected! An evening with Colin and Brad of Whose Line is a rollercoaster ride of brilliant and hilarious improv! From the web: Theeeey’re Baaack!! The Whose Line guys are back with an all new show for their

Free Stand up comedy 101/202 intro class tonight at Rounding Third!  Tonight at Rounding Third, 6317 W. Bluemound Rd., at 6:30pm You, yes YOU can take a free and fun class on stand up comedy brought to you by the Comedy College. Learn to write, edit and deliver your own material to a live audience. Registration

Milwaukee’s favorite long-form improv comedy team that people call Meanwhile is back with an entirely improvised hour-long comedy show, featuring some of Milwaukee’s funniest minds. Come see Meanwhile create hilarious improvised scenes inspired by real-life stories from their celebrity guests. Now in their third year, Meanwhile is moving to ComedySportz. In honor of the move,

Southern Fried Chicks is heading to UW-Whitewater The show is Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 7:30 pm Tickets: $28.50, $24.50, $19.50 From the web… Etta Mae and The Southern Fried Chicks tour combines three very different southern women; and their hilarious take on life, love and the pursuit of happiness. It’s an intersection of the

Dobie Maxwell presents Schlitz Happened! An Old Milwaukee Blatz From The Pabst Nationally touring standup comedian, Milwaukee Comedy Festival featured stand up comedian and Milwaukee native Dobie Maxwell has created a one of a kind special treat for anyone who lived in the Southeastern Wisconsin area in the second half of the 20th century. Dobie has

You can catch the newest installment of  Combat Theatre this weekend! 8 writers 8 directors30 actors16 plays in 48 hours Friday and Saturday, January 14th and 15th, 2011at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center (MYAC), 325 W. Walnut(It’s on the corner of Walnut and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr) Tickets are $18 a night or $30

Eight Week comedy workshop.  Special Discount if you sign up before February! Comedian LA Lycan is offering an exciting comedy workshop with a graduation show at Giggles Comedy Pub in Brookfield. The comedy class normally costs 200.00 but for people who sign up in Jan pay only $150.00 for 8 weeks. Payment plans available. Classes

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