Author name: Rodney

Caste of Killers goes for 3

The Caste of Killers Comedy Collective seems to be everywhere all the time, wreaking influence on regular standup comedy performances such as High Brow Comedy at the Nice Ash Cigar Bar in Waukesha, the Milwaukee Comedy Stand-Up Showcase at Karma Bar & Grill and the Open Mic at Art Bar Riverwest. But the caste has […]

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News Bulletin

You’ve scoured the headlines, skimmed the exposés, scanned the nightly news. Now it’s time – as Paul Harvey would say – for the rest of the story. Get the Talking Points take on the current events and news of our day. The ensemble of improvisational comics both enlightens and entertains. Your deadline for being in

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Launchpad Milwaukee?

Just 15 months after his first standup performance, Ryan Holman has established two monthly shows in Milwaukee, including the next one, Thursday March 15, at the Sugar Maple, 440 E. Lincoln Ave. The $5 tickets go on sale at 8:30 p.m. Katie Rash opens with live acoustic music. Then laughter ensues, hosted by Liza Marie.

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Et tu, Brute?

T.I.M. could stand for The Ides of March, which this year happens to coincide with T.I.M., The Improvised Musical. This month, Nevin Langhus, of Running With, joins the ensemble, to perform a one-time-only made-up-on-the-spot Broadway-style musical (singing, dancing, the whole shebang) based on a suggestion from the audience. As in every monthly show, the cast

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That time of month

Caste of Killers Comedy Collective reminds us that Tuesday, March 13, is the second Tuesday of the month, which means it’s high time for the monthly Highbrow Comedy Show at the Nice Ash Cigar Bar, 323 and 327 W. Main St., Waukesha. The headliner for this month’s show, which starts at 8:30 p.m., is Erik

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Spring training

Time is running out to assemble comedy improv teams for the next season of the ComedySportz Recreational League. Beginning Sunday, March 11, teams of qualified players begin two weeks of workshops and then engage in weekly competitions as only ComedySportz does them. Team fees are $350 for the season. Spectators watch for free. For more

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Improv-to-Sketch classes

Besides being improvisation coach at First Stage Children’s Theater and organizer of Organized Chaos, a student improv troupe, Patrick Schmitz has written and directed two plays, written and performed for the improv/sketch group The Gentlemen’s Hour and is founder and creative director of the guerilla sketch comedy event known as Sketch 22. So it’s with

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Cactus comedy

If you are where you play, expect these comics to have dry and prickly humor. Standup Ryan Holman has assembled a lineup for 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the Cactus Club, 2496 W. Wentworth Ave., in Milwaukee’s Bay View. The talent includes Ryan, Lara Beitz, Jason Hillman, Ryan Lowe, Mario Robinson and Tony Tudor.

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Reely Funny

As fate would have it, Milwaukee actor and playwright Jeffrey James Ircink approached Jim Sorenson about possibly screening Ircink’s short film “Pass the Salt, Please” at the Horny Goat Hideaway. The Horny Goat just so happens to be trying to distinguish itself as an entertainment venue in addition to a brewing company, said Sorenson, who’s

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