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Just when you thought you had too many choices for hilarity in Milwaukee, another show pops up. This one is called The Comedy Stache. Apparently, it’s the brainchild of Tim Higgins and Ryan Holman. It’s standup comedy featuring Tim, Ryan, Beth Lewinski, Jason Hillman, Nate Seek, Ryan Mason and Sammy Arechar. The Comedy Stache debuts […]

Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater has added a second show for Jerry Seinfeld on Saturday, Oct. 13. Because they already sold out the 7 p.m. show, that’s why. So the second show is at 9:30 p.m. Click here to learn more. In fact, Milwaukee is quite the destination for national comic tours in the next several weeks.

One good thing about the end of the month is the last Wednesday night. That’s when the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective emcees an open mic showcase at Milwaukee’s Comedy Cafe. From Facebook: “Some of the best up-and-coming comedians along with long time local favorites hit the stage and spread the laughter. Admission is free

Comedy is serious stuff to those who practice it. Each month, Erik Koconis – Milwaukee standup, actor and guru – orchestrates entertaining discussions about the art of humor at a gathering called the Comedy Conclave. The conclave is a free forum on the last Sunday of the month prior to the longstanding Sunday evening open

At the 7th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Beth Lewinski and Vince Figueroa are performing as part of the group Talking Points, in which Beth and Vince and their colleagues improvise comedy based on audience suggestions and current events. But Beth and Vince are elbow-deep in a show involving with historic and future events as well.

Reveal a video camera at a comedy festival, and it’s like hanging a piñata at a kiddie party. You’re just asking for everybody to take a whack at it. Between performances in the first leg of the 7th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, volunteers stepped up to share chicken jokes. Check the video below to hear

The 7th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival is showcasing 140 performers from near and far who are entertaining themselves as well as their appreciative audiences. Among the comedians at the six-day fest, which ends Aug. 11, are Cynthia Kmak, an aspiring improvistional actress, and Lara Beitz, an up-and-coming standup comic. (See their interviews below.) Cynthia, who

In the year and a half since he first tried standup comedy, Ryan Mason has been performing three or four times a week, thanks in part to the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective and the various open mics it has organized around Milwaukee. Ryan emcees the open mic on the second and fourth Thursdays every

Follow the Milwaukee Comedy Festival on Twitter @MilwaukeeComedy. We’re live-Tweeting the entire fest, the seventh annual, the largest comedy event in Wisconsin (which also is having a State Fair at this time). Better than Twitter, see the fest yourself – Aug. 3-11 at the Next Act Theatre space, 255 S. Water St., in Milwaukee’s Fifth

In the past year, three-fourths of the broadminded sketch comedy troupe became first-time moms. They talked with Milwaukee Comedy about the impact of parenthood on comedy – and vice versa. Broadminded has performed in every one of the previous Milwaukee Comedy Festivals. They’re not missing the seventh. You shouldn’t miss them. They’re in the 7:30