One of the purposes of the Comedy Arcade shows at downtown Milwaukee’s Arcade Theatre is to showcase Milwaukee comedy talent. The main purpose is to entertain Milwaukee audiences. This sneak peek at one of the newest Comedy Arcade performers, Josh Balew, should help fill both purposes. Josh is performing along with Jake Kornely and Kenny DeForest. […]
From the inventive mind of James Boland comes an improvised evening of comedy, role-playing and monster-slaying. Welcome to No Dice, in which James serves as game master and leads several audience members through a shared story, Dungeons & Dragons style. Adds James, via Facebook: “You don’t need to have any experience playing DnD.” Among other
Here’s a funny way to welcome the summer solstice: the Milwaukee Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. The name says it all. Well, it doesn’t tell you when and where and how much. But we can provide those details. The showcase is a production of the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective and displays select Milwaukee comedy talent, this
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With two shows each Friday and three every Saturday, ComedySportz is a prolific provider of comedy in Milwaukee. And because it’s improv, no two are the same – like snowflakes. So ComedySportz is like a snowmaking machine shooting out snowflakes every weekend. Almost 30 years old, ComedySportz also has cranked out a lot of talent,
Cereal connoisseurs know that cinnamon is the spice of Life. But variety is the spice of (lowercase) life. And so the Comedy Arcade figures to spice up Milwaukee’s night life with a variety of comedy acts on Thursday, June 20, at the Arcade Theatre downtown. Scheduled performers include unnamed improvisational comedy along with the standup art of:
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The Bay View watering hole known as the Down & Over has an open mic forum for standup comedy on Tuesday, June 18. But besides providing a stage for established and up-and-coming Milwaukee comics, the Down & Under is featuring a comedy set from New York-based Truen Kirk as well as bluegrass music from the
The last time we called for reservations for The Improvised Musical (aka T.I.M.), Mary Baird told us she usually doesn’t get many reservations. But that’s been changing. Because this monthly show – on the third Thursday of each month – has become a hot spot. That’s why. And guess what. Thursday, June 20, is the
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A favorite open mic venue for Milwaukee standup comedians and comedian wannabes is the Killer Open Mic at the Art Bar Riverwest. It’s eclectic. It’s free-wheeling. It’s free. It’s called Killer because it’s run by those folk at Milwaukee’s Caste of Killers Comedy Collective. It’s happening the second and fourth Thursdays of every month, and
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Just a few months ago, Homegrown Electric Circus had to cancel an improv show on account of a blizzard. Now, that storied Milwaukee quartet is playing the weather card again to promote its latest spontaneously divined comedy. Check out this Facebook submission: “Hey everyone, it’s summer and the weather outside is fantastic. I know. I’m
Milwaukee is a hotbed of improvisational comedy. Not only is it the home of ComedySportz, which started here nearly 30 years ago and has spread internationally. But it is also where Patrick Schmitz is based. Among Patrick’s accomplishments is assembling and coaching Organized Chaos, a team of more than 100 schoolchildren at the renowned First
