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Milwaukee’s comedy scene has been trending toward variety in the last year or so. Instead of going somewhere and seeing just an improv group or just some standups, you’ll see an improv group and some standups or a standup and some sketch comedy or, in the case of the Cactus Club Comedy & Music Night, standups and […]

One measure of the progress the Milwaukee comedy scene has made since the first Milwaukee Comedy Festival in 2006 is how vast and varied the kickoff has become. Even a couple of years ago, the kick off was little more than an improv jam the night before the fest started. This year entails four full

When’s The Fest? It’s Aug. 1-4. Every egghead knows that. (That’s a Thursday through Sunday. Look it up.) Again, Wisconsin’s largest comedy event is at the Next Act Theatre space, 255 S. Water St., in Milwaukee’s historic Walker’s Point. Click this for all the info. And thanks for asking.  

From those comically busy folks at Caste of Killers Comedy Collective comes another Milwaukee Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. That’s just what it sounds like: The collective displaying some of the funniest talent they can assemble. Specifically, this show – at 8:30 p.m., Friday July 19, includes: Christopher E Barnes Josh Ballew Mark Placek Greg Willett Krains

Milwaukee’s four-man improv team known as Homegrown Electric Circus has announced a special half-off show. Because Saturday, July 20, they’re performing a two-man show, that’s why. It’ll be a first for Scott Heaton and Josh Barto, to do a whole comedy show with just the two of them. But it’s improv. Every performance is a

If you knew of a very special occasion approaching, I’d want you to tell me. So I could check my calendar and save the date. That’s why. And just to be nice, I’m telling you that The Improvised Musical is celebrating its second anniversary at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 18, at ComedySportz, 420 S. 1st St.

If you are a fan of improvisational comedy, here’s your chance to be wowed by masters. If you are not a fan, here’s how to become one. The Tall Boys are an ensemble of experienced, avid, elongated Milwaukee comedians who began joking together in earnest earlier this year. By name, they are Lee Rowley, James

For years, Patrick Schmitz has made a reputation for himself in Milwaukee teaching improvisational comedy at such venues as ComedySportz and First Stage children’s theater. Now, he’s making a living for himself teaching drama at Brown Deer High School, which he discusses in the YouTube video above. But, as most teachers, Patrick Schmitz is more

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel informed us of the history of comedy at Summerfest. Lewis Black makes a case for comedy’s inclusion in “The World’s Largest Music Festival” by saying in a promotional video: “This is a lot of music, and music needs to be leavened with funny. Music tends to be a little pretentious, but

Wednesday, June 26, marks the onset of Milwaukee’s Summerfest, which is beloved and renowned as the world’s largest music festival. But it’s also the place where comedy history took place, playing a pivotal role in the career of George Carlin, as Michael Prigge recently reminded us in the Shepherd Express. This year’s lineup includes the