The fantastic ladies of Broadminded want you to know how important it is to support the local comedy scene. Check out this video! Special thanks to Adam Gilmore! Did you know the Comedy Festival needs your support more than ever? Click here to make a difference!
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The comedy scene has been growing, and with so many incredible improv teams regularly performing all over the city, what better way to celebrate than with another Cage Match! The first Cage Match, a fundraiser for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival, was a hilarious improv face-off between Meanwhile Improv and the winners, The Midnight Show. The second round – this Thursday, May 12th
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What street brawls are to prize fighting, the Rec League is to ComedySportz. It’s a rawer, more developmental version of the short-form improvisational comedy that professional ComedySportz teams have been exhibiting for 27 years.I told you before about the free ComedySportz rec sessions open to the public most Sunday afternoons. Next Thursday, is something special.Rec
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Love of Laughter, a Toastmasters club based in Waukesha, is hosting a standup comedy contest Thursday evening, May 5, at the Milwaukee Yacht Club, 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive.The contest is an audition for talent to play at the comedy stage at the Wisconsin State Fair.Yacht club contestants will be placed in one of four
Don’t let the pizza throw you, Villa D’Carlo Restaurant, 5140 S. 6th Ave., Kenosha, also serves up hot, spicy comedy. The joint is hosting a standup showcase starting at 10 p.m., Friday, May 6.On the menu: Chicago-based Jesse Baltes Jason Hillman, from Milwaukee’s Caste of Killers Mario Robinson, also from Caste of Killers, and resident
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Milwaukee Comedy Festival Co-Producer Patrick Schmitz put together a great “behind the scenes” look at the goings on during Wisconsin’s largest comedy event! It’s a fun photo montage, and at 8 minutes you might think it’s a little long, but in reality it’s only a snapshot of the 30+ hours of shows and events! Check out all
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Round 2 in the Improv Comedy Cage Match is slated for 8 p.m., Thursday, May 12, at ComedySportz, 420 S. 1st St. Admission: $5. In this corner, the challenger: Homegrown Electric Circus. And in this other corner, Winner of Round 1: The Midnight Show. The defending team’s going to be hard to beat if its
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Madison-based comedy juggler, Truly Remarkable Loon, is performing his show, “Merry Anticipation of Disaster,” at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30 at the Greenfield Performing Arts Center, 4800 S. 60th St. A news release for the show promises “a great variety of technical juggling and balancing feats, non-stop comedy patter and a big dose of foolishness.”
The Milwaukee Comedy Festival is accepting applications to perform, but you better hurry, the deadline is May 3rd! If you read the original post, you know Wisconsin’s largest comedy event is accepting the best of the best from across the country to perform August 4-7, 2011 including sketch comedy, improvisation and funny. The deadline for submission is
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May Day is both a distress signal and International Workers’ Day. That may be ironic, but it’s not funny. This year, though, May Day in Milwaukee offers plenty to laugh about. You could go a full 12 hours Sunday getting your fill of comedy ranging from live radio to improv to live theater to standup.
