You think your Thanksgiving gatherings were humorous? How about the Milwaukee comedy artists cooking up a big mess of giggles and guffaws for you to feast on this weekend! Among your options: Indulge yourself at the closing weekend of Jerks!, the latest sketch comedy show from Milwaukee’s broadminded Comedy. Check out their interview on WITI-TV. The first two shows […]
Give thanks for Milwaukee comedy Read More »
Yet another option for Milwaukee comedy fans to round out the last two weekends in November is a play debuting at the Boulevard Theatre. It’s called “The Olde Garde,” and according to advance publicity, it’s a satire that “relates the tale of a once-thriving theatre company… which is floundering on arid fiscal shores, due to one
Milwaukee comedy about keeping theater afloat Read More »
The big weekend at Milwaukee’s Arcade Theatre begins on Thursday with this month’s Comedy Arcade Show. It’s another laugh fest showcasing local standup comedians and some improvised comedy. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, at the Arcade Theatre, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., lower level. It features stand-ups: Josh Balew Tom Grimm Jason Hillman
Comedy Arcade launches Jerks! run Read More »
We’re delighted to announce the debut of a new original Broadway-style musical comedy – and it’s one night only – and only in Milwaukee. That’s about all we can tell you, though, because we don’t know the name of the musical or what it’s about. Even the actors, who have been rehearsing for weeks, don’t
Milwaukee musical debut Read More »
Weeks have passed since we first tipped you off that Milwaukee’s premier comedy sketch troupe was performing a new show the last two weekends of November. Well, it’s almost that time. Expect to be seeing and hearing more about the broadminded Comedy show “Jerks!” – including this interview on OnMilwaukee.com. Before there’s so much publicity
“Broads” on “Jerks!” Read More »
The hub of Milwaukee’s improvised comedy is housing a two-day workshop this weekend for sketch comedy writers. Kevin McDonald – the comedian, actor and voice artist best known as a cast member of “Kids in the Hall” – is presenting a 14-hour how-to on creating comedy sketches from improv. “I get students to do improv
Improv-to-sketch workshop Read More »
As the days shrink shorter and the nights grow longer, they remind us that we’re nearing Winter Solstice, which rhymes with Soulstice, which is the name of the Milwaukee theater group that’s performing a Steve Martin play Nov. 8-23. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described it, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” is a comedy of
Let the comedy shine Read More »
Our pal Brynne Ramella, who wrote a series of blogs for Milwaukee Comedy last spring about an upstart comedy troupe at Marquette University, now is blogging about a two-man improv team in the works. The two Marquette guys are Chris O’Reilly and Spencer Rose, formerly of Marquette’s 33rd & State sketch group and Studio 013 Refugees
Marquette for comedy Read More »
Keep checking back in this space for updates on the latest open mics for standup comedy in the Milwaukee area. Usually, those open mics are free. And they serve up a good mix of relatively new comics discovering their voice and established pros working out new material. Don’t believe us? Check out the Comedy Show
Of the chief forms of comedy, the rarest in Milwaukee is sketch. We’ve got plenty of standup and improv. But sketch shows have been less frequent. There’s been Sketch 22 twice a year, and Broadminded comedy with their latest production, “Jerks!” scheduled for the last two weekends of November. Of course, sketch comedy is featured in
Embarrassing sketch comedy Read More »
