March 2013

Expect the Unexpected

It should come as no surprise that Milwaukee’s Femme Fatale of Funny is launching its latest show. The all-woman comedy troupe known as broadminded is performing at 7:30 p.m., on Friday April 5 and 12 and Saturday April 6 and 13, at the Tenth Street Theater, 628 N. 10th St. Tickets are $10 at www.broadmindedcomedy.com. (For another $10, you can get a broadminded shirt.) The show is suitable […]

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They are Marquette

By Brynne Ramella Ever since Marquette’s new sketch comedy troupe, 33rd& State, has been on Twitter, I have noticed their interaction with The Naturals, the campus’s premier male a cappella group. Their banter has spanned from compliments on each other’s videos, requests for The Naturals’ bow ties and tweeting an embarrassing picture of a member

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Pity the fools

Celebrate April Fool’s Day appropriately. Some of Milwaukee’s funniest comedians are performing at the Sugar Maple’s monthly comedy & music show. You’ll start laughing at 8:30 p.m., Monday, April 1, at 441 E. Lincoln Ave., in Milwaukee’s hip Bay View district. Amanda Huff will provide the music. Lara Beitz is the emcee. Standup standouts include:

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Crack Open A Funny One!

Finally a comedy show you can look up too – Tall Boys improv brings you an all new comedy show at The UC April 12th with a stand up Special Guest!  Tall Boys features some of the funniest – and tallest members of the Milwaukee comedy scene in one hilarious improv show: Erik Koconis, Lee Rowley, James

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Girls just want to have funny

By Brynne Ramella Looking through my posts for this series, I had a realization: Nowhere, in any of my five previous posts, did I quote or even mention any of the four female members of 33rd& State, the new sketch comedy group at Marquette University. Obviously, that had to change. I researched the subject and

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Learn Some Improv!

Another session of our popular Long Form improv workshop returns to The UC downtown! Learn skills like increasing your confidence, overcoming stage-fright, and of course have lot’s of fun meeting new people! The Long-Form Improv Workshop will be offered for improvisational students of all levels and starts Monday, April 8th. The 6-week workshop will focus on saying “Yes” rather than

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Something else!

If you missed The Improvised Musical (T.I.M.) at its monthly show Thursday, you have second chance this week to catch the performers at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 23, as part of the Milwaukee Comedy Retro Comedy Night. Joining T.I.M. will be Milwaukee stand-up comedian Greg Bach, some more improv and a live re-enactment of one of

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Comedy galore

Whew, there’s a whole lot of comedy in Milwaukee on Thursday, March 21. Your options include: The ComedySportz Rec League has its free Game-O-Matic Showcase at 7 p.m. at ComedySportz, 420 S. 1st St. (click for more info) The Improvised Musical, T.I.M., creates its monthly, um, improvised musical at 7:30 p.m., in the main arena

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broadminded Surprise!

I just ordered my tickets to the next broadminded sketch comedy show. I made sure I got mine before I posted anything about the show here, just in case the show sells out fast. That must qualify for some sort of insider trading violation, but at least I’m being up front about it. I’ve heard talk

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Thar she blows!

That’s just a tease the whalers use to alert their crew mates that they’re approaching something epic – which is also the function of this new YouTube trailer.It’s promoting Milwaukee comedian Ryan Lowe‘s treatment of the great American novel “Moby Dick.” From Ryan: “When a bumbling simpleton befriends a mysterious-looking stranger in search of adventure on

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