Like letting the inmates run the penitentiary, here’s a display of comedians put together by comedians. It’s called the Milwaukee Stand-Up Comedy Showcase. And it’s run by your friends at Caste of Killers Comedy Collective. From the Web: “This is a show for comics by comics which means we put the laughter above all else, […]
As part of the Milwaukee Film Festival (Sept. 22 – Oct. 2), MilwaukeeComedy is backing four showings of the award-winning German film “Vincent Wants to Sea,” a touching and hilarious dramedy about a Tourette’s sufferer who escapes with two other patients from a mental institution. Get your tickets here. And while you’re at the Milwaukee
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Milwaukee Public Theatre is looking for culturally diverse performers for its resident ensemble. If you’re 13 or older and are an experienced actor, dancer, singer, musician, juggler, clown, mime, acrobat, magician and/or variety artist, consider sending your photo, résumé, contact information and references to: Grand Venue Producer/DirectorMilwaukee Public Theatre626 E. Kilbourn Ave., #802Milwaukee, WI 53202
September 2001. America is reeling from terrorist attacks, seeking traction from economic recession. In Milwaukee comedy, a bunch of up-and-coming comics decides to break away from the G-rated family-friendly confines of short-form improv at ComedySportz. Together, they experiment with bawdy, uncensored, late-night long-form and call themselves The Midnight Show. Ten years later, America is still
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Maybe – if you’re creative – you can imagine an improvised musical with impromptu feature-length stories and composed-on-the-spot scores and even seat-of-your-pants lighting. But one of the unexpected pleasures of Milwaukee’s T.I.M. (The Improvised Musical) is the spontaneous choreography. Seriously, some of these comic improvisers can dance. And they’re not afraid to use it. The
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It’s the morning before Labor Day. So listen to your radio already as Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Hybrid Theater launches into its second year by celebrating the appendage most targeted for humor. From the web: “Wisconsin Hybrid Theater celebrates our 1st anniversary with our adaptation of ‘The Nose,’ by Nikoli Gogol. It is about a barber who
Not only is Milwaukee comedy growing, but the diversity of acts is broader than ever. Improv group Homegrown Electric Circus jokes about it in promoting its latest show, Friday, Sept. 2. Offering to change up its format, Homegrown Electric Circus suggests several alternative approaches, only to realize that each is represented by an existing group.
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Greg Kuper, event coordinator of the Kenosha Film Festival, is casting about for actors, writers and filmmakers for the event, which is scheduled for Nov. 12 at the Rhode Center for the Arts, in Kenosha. “Without participants, this won’t be much of a festival,” Greg says. To wit, he’s looking for actors to sign up
As Ryan Holman describes it, it’s part of a pre-party for the Made in Milwaukee event Labor Day Saturday at Cathedral Square Park. But this is happening the night before – Made in Milwaukee Eve, let’s call it. And it’s not Downtown but Bay View. Ryan and some of his standup friends are offering a
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Russ Bickerstaff, of the Shepherd Express, says Milwaukee comedy is growing. (Click here if you don’t believe me.) So does Tim Higgins, of The Midnight Show improv group, who has spent more than half his life in Milwaukee comedy. (Do the math. But first, catch his interview below, performed after The Midnight Show’s appearance in
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