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If you caught them in their previous engagements, including the conclusion to the 9th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, then you won’t want to miss the talented teenagers in 4 Guys, 1 Mic. The cast includes four recent Milwaukee high school graduates (and one who’s going to be a junior) who are about to part ways […]

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/igGuGXLlmXo”] After his smash-hit spoof of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Milwaukee comedy yoda Patrick Schmitz chose a lesser-known work to parody: Romeo and Juliet. As he notes in the video interview above (shot at the Milwaukee Comedy Festival), Patrick pays homage to the Shakespeare tragedy while making it a comedy. The cast is a

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/cskFXdtpj7o?list=UUGGRtzGXpe37qM-_8xtIUFw”] Fresh off of the fabulous 9th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Comedy is offering its Free Open Improv Wednesday at Milwaukee Comedy's Arcade Theatre. The first two Free Open Improv sessions attracted an amazing  mix of veteran and novice improvisers who collaborated in free-flowing impromptu acting. With your participation, the third bi-weekly session, Wednesday, Aug. 13,

Congratulations to Milwaukee’s T.I.M. (The Improvised Musical) for being selected to perform in The New York Musical Improv Festival (T.N.Y.M.I.F). How does T.I.M. get there, you ask? Well, it’s going to take more than practice. That’s why T.I.M. has started a fundraising campaign to send its cast and band and instruments to the 6th annual

The Milwaukee Comedy Festival is not just about putting on four days of shows, featuring a variety of comedy styles and acts both local and out-of-state for Milwaukee audiences. From its beginning in 2006, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival has sought to foster development in the Milwaukee comedy. For many of the Milwaukee performers in the

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/0-1RXG55ifQ”] The Milwaukee Comedy Festival runs from Thursday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 10. But it really starts at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6. Because the kickoff event will be just as worth seeing as the other nine shows. That’s why. Unlike the other nine shows, the kickoff features only local talent, instead of

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/58yMnff5LRE”] The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, which runs from Thursday, Aug. 7 through Sunday, Aug. 10 is drawing comedy performers from across the country and even Canada. That means that once again the 9th annual festival is an international event. The Canadian representatives bringing the international distinction to the fest are the six-person comedy sketch team of

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/AGA5s6xPeUM?list=UUGGRtzGXpe37qM-_8xtIUFw”] This is how rumors get started. A caption on a photo accompanying an article on WisconsinGazette.com might suggest that Matt Kemple is the same person as Jimbo Jameson. In the article, Matthew Reddin reports on the 9th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Aug. 7-10. He writes: “What’s the funniest event in Milwaukee? Most comedy

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/iJTiaHDMsk8?list=UUo0EzXdQG7Lo8i7K-XvtgGA”] Back again to make the Milwaukee Comedy Festival a truly international comedy festival is Cash Grab – a sketch comedy troupe based in Toronto. Members include Steve Gignac, Kyle McParland, Ashley Moffatt, Bruno Seiler, Ron Sider and Kyle Woolven. Ashley is the only woman. We just point that out because Ashley can be

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/oC6c4LMUcRI?list=UUGGRtzGXpe37qM-_8xtIUFw”] The year was 2006. The 140-character Internet messaging service Twitter is launched. President George W. Bush signs a law renewing the anti-terrorist Patriot Act and includes a statement to Congress that he does not have to tell them how the law is being used. After singing about it for 48 years, finally, Paul