January 2013

Stand-up Swan Song

Damon Millard, co-founder of the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective, the driving force in the development of standup comedy in Milwaukee the past three years, has announced that he’s relocating to Texas. Of course, Damon isn’t just mailing a postcard with a forwarding address. At 8:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, you’ll get one more chance […]

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New Comedy, Old Ideas

Do you smell that?  No, not your dirty underwear. It’s some fresh nostalgia! The Retro Comedy Show returns for another jam-packed night of laughs. This Friday at The UC will feature stand up from Liza Marie, improv from “Funny, Son of Story” and the retro players: some of Milwaukee’s most talented funny people! And on top of

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Mark your calendar

The Milwaukee Comedy Festival has announced dates for its 8thannual extravaganza. The showcase of local and national talent performing improv, sketch and standup comedy will run from Aug. 1 through Aug. 4 at the Next Act Theatre space, 255 S. Water St., in Milwaukee’s Walker Point neighborhood. Watch this site for further details and updates,

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Need we remind you?

Maybe it’s time we stop telling you about Milwaukee’s T.I.M, The Improvised Musical, as if it’s sunshine or the Internet or WD-40 – as if it’s something we think you should know about because it will make your life better. After all, T.I.M. already has about1,500 views on its YouTube Channel. A couple hundred Facebookers

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broadminded Game Plan

It’s barely winter and already the sketchy damsels of Milwaukee’s broadminded Comedy – always thinking ahead – have announced their spring show. Mark your calendar (First, make sure it’s a 2013 edition.) for April 5, 6, 12 and 13 for the next broadminded sketch comedy show. The performances will be at the Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N.

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Locating comedy

The first show of the new year at Milwaukee’s Underground Collaborative is the Milwaukee debut of the two-person improv collaborative known as Funny, Son of Story. They look familiar because they are. Jazmin Marie Vollmar and Mike Walker previously performed together with the improv group Homegrown Electric Circus. Now you can see them as never

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It’s funny down there.

I know a groovy gathering three times a month on Humpday in an intimate downtown Milwaukee setting that serves adult refreshments as well as some of the best mix of standup talent around. And it’s free.It’s called Open Mic Under the Stairs. (As I typed it, Autospeller told me it’s Open MICE Under the Stairs,

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Untimely summons

Like a good neighbor, Joel D. Boyd and Brock Burczyk keep reminding us they’re just down the street. The Milwaukee comedy protégés continue their studies at Columbia College Chicago, where they reflect on their native state in a series of videos called Wisconsinuts.  In the latest episode, they poke fun at a familiar insurance spot (including an

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Lineage of Laughs

It’s a new year, and what better way to ring in the laughs than with an all new comedy team?  ‘Funny, Son of Story’ is an all new original two man improv team featuring former Homegrown Electric Circus member Jazmin Marie Vollmar and current HEC member Mike Walker. Although Funny, Son of Story has roots

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Champing at the bit

After selling out its New Year’s Eve shows in record time, ComedySportzhas a full schedule of regular weekend shows, and it’s starting a new round of ComedySportz workshops Jan. 8. The workshops teach the fundamental concepts of comedy improv and help participants apply them to the competitive team format that ComedySportz has been developing since

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