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Kudos to Christina Wright and ThirdCoast Digest for this trend-spotting and informative article on the burgeoning standup comedy scene in Milwaukee. With that in mind, here are some upcoming shows to check out: 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, Darryl Lenox with Jacob Williams and Dan Ronan at Comedy Café, 615 E. Brady St. 7:30 p.m., […]

Milwaukee’s Bunny Gumbo Combat Theatre is presenting a show of quick-baked original comedy sketches on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1.  Taking advantage of seasonal goodwill, Bunny Gumbo is calling the show “Combat for the Holidays.” From Facebook: “30 actors, 8 writers and 8 directors bring you 16 new works of theatre all created

It’s that time of the month, and Erik Koconis is gathering a group of funny folk for the Comedy Conclave. That’s where practitioners and aficionados of comedy chat about what makes people laugh. Much of their insight is based on first-hand knowledge of laughing. It’s informal, informative and free. It starts at 6 p.m., Sunday,

OK, so fast-forward past Thanksgiving. You’ve consumed the turkey and fixings, the pies and whatnot. Enough eating, right? You’ve caught up with the family, had your fill of football, up to here with shopping. But you’ve got a long weekend. You just want to hang out. You want to go out. You need to be

They say there’s no place like home for the holidays (or anytime, if you’re wearing ruby slippers). And if your home is around Milwaukee, you’re lucky enough to have that in common with Will Durst. The cradle of comedy, hometown to Gene Wilder, Dan Harmon and Charlotte Rae – among others, is beckoning back Will

Congratulations to the Spasmodic Dinosaurs for winning the ComedySportz Rec League championship for the Fall 2012 season. The Dinosaurs – featuring Victoria Shaw, Eric Wertzler, Pam Zorko and Ben Scharf – out-improvised the Poster Children team that won it all a year ago. The Rec League functions twice a year at ComedySportz Milwaukee and involves

A few months back, we channeled you to the work of Milwaukee brothers Jack and Nick Packard and their crazy-science physics experiments with canned beer. Their latest foray involves another Milwaukee icon: Bowling.  In case you haven’t seen the video yet on Funny or Die – in case you want to see it yet again

Thanksgiving this year is just about as early as it can be. I think it has something to do with global warming. Anyway, that means there’s an even longer shopping season before Christmas. And that means you’ll need more diversions. Luckily, the debut of broadmindedComedy’s new show coincides with Black Friday. The fab four females

Once again this year, the male cast members of The Improvised Musical (T.I.M.) are forgoing their razors and putting the “sha” in NoSHAVEmber. From (whiskered) Facebook: “This month T.I.M. is working to raise donations for prostate cancer research. We’re growing our beards and mustaches, and we’re lookin’ burly for a cause! Come help us raise

This is the second-last weekend for Harold Pinter’s “The Hothouse,” directed by James Boland.  It’s an unsettling comedy about dysfunctional bureaucracy meted out by  deranged characters running an asylum. And it involves a lot of whiskey. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls it “wickedly funny and disturbingly creepy at the same time.” ThirdCoast Digest says it’s “captivating