2011

Die Laughing

Caste of Killers Comedy Collective, a year-old Milwaukee-based standup troupe, announces two more regular open mic sessions.Already, COK – as they like to call themselves – runs Killer Open Mic, with registration at 8:30 p.m. and shows starting at 9 p.m., on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at Art Bar Riverwest, 722

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Three on One

Three men performing two one-man shows at the same time. OK, so the shows are in different places. Do the math. The one-man one-man show is award-winning Milwaukee comic John McGivern, who will contribute his Irish-Catholic storytelling to the grand opening of the fellowship hall at the Wauwatosa Avenue United Methodist Church. The event is

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Great Caesar’s Ghost!

“Comics” and “funnies” are interchangeable references to the full-color cartoon section in the Sunday newspaper. They’re also overlapping descriptions of the next monthly show by the Worst Case Scenario improv group: “Superhero: An Origin Story.” Performers – including players from ComedySportz, cast from “Natalie Ryan and the Brain Thieves,” and members of the Meanwhile Improv

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Casting Call for THE MUTES!

The one of a kind M.U.T.E.S. (Marvelous Unspeaking Troupe of Entertaining Scoundrels) have performed all over the city including more than once at the Milwaukee Comedy Festival!  They are looking for new cast members to fill their ever growing bag of talent.  Interested?  Check out the info below and contact founder Alice Wilson to set

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Loaned Stars State

That big Texas reputation for grandiosity now can include being broadminded, as the Austin Sketch Festival has selected Milwaukee’s all-female sketch comedy troupe to perform in its gala on Memorial Day weekend. Broadminded is scheduled to display its witty insights alongside sketch groups from across the country at the Austin fest May 26-29. “Performing at

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Freeze! What are you doing Sunday?

Sunday afternoon. Middle of May. Thinking leisurely day off and nicer weather, right? Think again. Try challenging your mind in a classroom and learning a game called “Freeze.”Turf Theater is offering a two-hour class on the improvisational comedy game. That’s the one where a scene is building, someone yells, “Freeze,” all the actors stop where

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Swan Song?

Here’s something.Scoot’s Schticks Teen Comedy Club (Scoot’s Schticks. Betcha can’t say it three times fast.) is scheduling what’s billed as its “last show” at 6 p.m., Friday, May 27, at the Martin Luther King Community Center, 1531 W. Vliet St.Scoot’s Schticks is a troupe of high school comedians practicing standup, short- and long-form improvisational comedy

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