March 2012

Launchpad Milwaukee?

Just 15 months after his first standup performance, Ryan Holman has established two monthly shows in Milwaukee, including the next one, Thursday March 15, at the Sugar Maple, 440 E. Lincoln Ave. The $5 tickets go on sale at 8:30 p.m. Katie Rash opens with live acoustic music. Then laughter ensues, hosted by Liza Marie. […]

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Et tu, Brute?

T.I.M. could stand for The Ides of March, which this year happens to coincide with T.I.M., The Improvised Musical. This month, Nevin Langhus, of Running With, joins the ensemble, to perform a one-time-only made-up-on-the-spot Broadway-style musical (singing, dancing, the whole shebang) based on a suggestion from the audience. As in every monthly show, the cast

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That time of month

Caste of Killers Comedy Collective reminds us that Tuesday, March 13, is the second Tuesday of the month, which means it’s high time for the monthly Highbrow Comedy Show at the Nice Ash Cigar Bar, 323 and 327 W. Main St., Waukesha. The headliner for this month’s show, which starts at 8:30 p.m., is Erik

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Comedy Battle Royale Sign Up!

Updated! 3rd round added at Comedy Cafe!The Stand Up Comedy BATTLE ROYALE returns and the winner will earn a spot in this years Milwaukee Comedy Festival! Three Rounds:  April 2nd @ Carte Blanche Studios, April 26th @ Art Bar River West and Comedy Cafe April 11th added to the line-up due to the large numbers of submissions for the

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Spring training

Time is running out to assemble comedy improv teams for the next season of the ComedySportz Recreational League. Beginning Sunday, March 11, teams of qualified players begin two weeks of workshops and then engage in weekly competitions as only ComedySportz does them. Team fees are $350 for the season. Spectators watch for free. For more

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Improv-to-Sketch classes

Besides being improvisation coach at First Stage Children’s Theater and organizer of Organized Chaos, a student improv troupe, Patrick Schmitz has written and directed two plays, written and performed for the improv/sketch group The Gentlemen’s Hour and is founder and creative director of the guerilla sketch comedy event known as Sketch 22. So it’s with

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