Wisconsin Hybrid Theater, Milwaukee’s source for live radio drama, is teaming up with WMSE’s Frontier Radio Theater this summer to bring you the “Best of Radio WHT,” rebroadcasts from two of their favorite past programs. On July 1st between 8-9am, WMSE (91.7FM) will air the first installment, “Dangerous Hospital.” On the first Sundays of July […]
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They’re not just walking the walk, they’re Running With, part of the youth movement in Milwaukee comedy.And they have another show of improvisational humor and videotaped comedy at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 27, at ComedySportz, 420 S. 1st St.From Facebook: “We will be showing two brand new videos for the audience to choose from so
Comedy fans and students of the humor sciences should be aware of the monthly Comedy Conclave meeting at 6 p.m., Sunday, June 24, at Rounding Third Bar and Grill, on N. 63rd St. and W. Bluemound Road.That’s where comic and comic guru Erik Koconis (right) leads an informal discussion on some of the theoretical and
For Father’s Day, I got a basketball with the signature of David Stern stamped on it. Since when does the commissioner of the National Basketball Association qualify as someone worthy of autographing a ball? Is that some way of authenticating my microfiber basketball, like the signature of the U.S. Treasury secretary on a dollar bill?
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The moment our loyal fans have been waiting for: You can WIN TICKETS to the Official Kick Off Party for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival! Post your best joke in the comments or on the Milwaukee Comedy Facebook wall and you just might snag yourself a pair of tickets to the Thursday, August 2 official kick off event
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Jacob Bach reminds us that The Improvised Musical, aka T.I.M., turns 1 next month. We can’t believe it’s been a whole year since Jacob and company have been creating spontaneous comedies of song and dance from audience suggestions accompanied (and often prompted) by T.I.B., The Improvised Band. If you failed to experience any of the
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Congress designated Mother’s Day a national holiday in 1914. Father’s Day followed suit much later. President Nixon signed it into law in 1972. So the first official Father’s Day was Sunday, June 18, 1972 – the day after the Watergate break-in. To paraphrase our friend Will Durst, you can’t
Saturday night, June 16, is your last chance to see the creatively hysterical original play “The Comedy Kid.” It’s written and directed by Milwaukee’s own Patrick Schmitz with an all-star all-local cast that features three teenagers from the improv group Organized Chaos. It includes improbable laugh-out-loud elements of “Star Wars,” film noir, vaudeville, reality TV and more. The
The dictionary definition of “festering” is a building up of poisonous, irritating ooze. The opposite of that would describe the giddy momentum that’s starting to bubble for the Milwaukee Comedy Fest.The 7th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival runs Aug.3 through Aug. 11 at the Next Act Theatre space, 255 S. Water St. It’s two weekends of
Catch the last weekend of Pink Banana Theatre’s “The End of the World” – the amusing and disarmingly poignant festival of one-act plays. The end begins at 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, at Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St. Tickets are $12 online or $15 at the door. (Read the review by Matthew Reddin at ThirdCoast
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