Last month, the longtime Milwaukee-based improv troupe Homegrown Electric Circus said it had performed its last show. But Milwaukee continues to have a vibrant improvisational comedy scene. For instance: Tall Boys – featuring James Boland, Robby McGhee, Lee Rowley and Erik Koconis – performs limprov at this weekend's fundraiser for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival. The […]
Trying out your stand up comedy skills for the first time can be down right terrifying. Focus on doing your best and having some fun, and take a look at these Seven Easy Tips for First Time Open Mic Comedians. 1) Prepare yourself—write some jokes, locate an open mic, and tell your friends to come enjoy
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Up-and-coming Milwaukee comedian Sammy Arechar joins the nationally touring Vince Maranto and R. Michael Gull at the next Papa's Social Club Comedy Tour. Featured on the recently released Comedic Release Show CD, Sammy is a prolific performer whose recent gigs include the Underwear Comedy Party at Art Bar Riverwest. Papa's next show starts at 8 p.m.,
Mike Stanley is a fearless and captivating performer. He’s definitely a comedian who offers an entertaining and rewarding show for audiences; and a show all comedians can appreciate and observe his craft of storytelling. Milwaukee Comedy had the chance to correspond with Mike Stanley before he hits the stage this weekend at The Comedy Cafe
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As previously reported, Milwaukee has a plethora of standup comedy to choose from this week. But if you're more in the mood for a movie, you can find some standup comedy there, too. Because Ryan Lowe is presenting another Stand-Up Cinema. That's why. At 10 p.m., Friday, April 4, the Times Cinema is showing the "The Goonies." But
If you think back to 2010, It may not seem that long ago. But when you look at where the comedy scene was 4 years ago versus now, you may notice a big difference. One of those reasons is Jason Hillman and the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective. They just so happen to be celebrating
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Milwaukee has a slew of open mic sessions and standup comedy showcases this week. That's appropriate because this week also marks a celebration of the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective, which for the last four years has been fostering standup artists and performances in Milwaukee and beyond. As founders Damon Millard and Jason Hillman told Third Coast Digest in
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If you started counting at New Year's, we're about halfway through 2014 on the way to the 9th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival.* To give you a bit of a taste for how funny that will be (and to prime the pump for the big show), Milwaukee Comedy is having two fundraising shows this weekend, Friday, April 4,
The grandes dames of Milwaukee comedy are at it again, and they're doing it as you'd expect: Themselves. The four-women sketch comedy troupe, broadminded Comedy, has a do-it-yourself (DIY) theme for its spring show, which runs the first two weekends of April at the Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. 10th St. From broadminded's news release: "After eight years
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Joke writing can be a daunting task. It’s hard to come up with an original premise, and make it work on stage. Sure, your co workers may say you are the funniest person in your office, or you were voted “Class Clown” in your high school. Congratulations. The translation from what works in a group
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