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Three men performing two one-man shows at the same time. OK, so the shows are in different places. Do the math. The one-man one-man show is award-winning Milwaukee comic John McGivern, who will contribute his Irish-Catholic storytelling to the grand opening of the fellowship hall at the Wauwatosa Avenue United Methodist Church. The event is […]

“Comics” and “funnies” are interchangeable references to the full-color cartoon section in the Sunday newspaper. They’re also overlapping descriptions of the next monthly show by the Worst Case Scenario improv group: “Superhero: An Origin Story.” Performers – including players from ComedySportz, cast from “Natalie Ryan and the Brain Thieves,” and members of the Meanwhile Improv

That big Texas reputation for grandiosity now can include being broadminded, as the Austin Sketch Festival has selected Milwaukee’s all-female sketch comedy troupe to perform in its gala on Memorial Day weekend. Broadminded is scheduled to display its witty insights alongside sketch groups from across the country at the Austin fest May 26-29. “Performing at

Sunday afternoon. Middle of May. Thinking leisurely day off and nicer weather, right? Think again. Try challenging your mind in a classroom and learning a game called “Freeze.”Turf Theater is offering a two-hour class on the improvisational comedy game. That’s the one where a scene is building, someone yells, “Freeze,” all the actors stop where

Here’s something.Scoot’s Schticks Teen Comedy Club (Scoot’s Schticks. Betcha can’t say it three times fast.) is scheduling what’s billed as its “last show” at 6 p.m., Friday, May 27, at the Martin Luther King Community Center, 1531 W. Vliet St.Scoot’s Schticks is a troupe of high school comedians practicing standup, short- and long-form improvisational comedy

What street brawls are to prize fighting, the Rec League is to ComedySportz. It’s a rawer, more developmental version of the short-form improvisational comedy that professional ComedySportz teams have been exhibiting for 27 years.I told you before about the free ComedySportz rec sessions open to the public most Sunday afternoons. Next Thursday, is something special.Rec

Love of Laughter, a Toastmasters club based in Waukesha, is hosting a standup comedy contest Thursday evening, May 5, at the Milwaukee Yacht Club, 1700 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive.The contest is an audition for talent to play at the comedy stage at the Wisconsin State Fair.Yacht club contestants will be placed in one of four

Don’t let the pizza throw you, Villa D’Carlo Restaurant, 5140 S. 6th Ave., Kenosha, also serves up hot, spicy comedy. The joint is hosting a standup showcase starting at 10 p.m., Friday, May 6.On the menu: Chicago-based Jesse Baltes Jason Hillman, from Milwaukee’s Caste of Killers Mario Robinson, also from Caste of Killers, and resident

Round 2 in the Improv Comedy Cage Match is slated for 8 p.m., Thursday, May 12, at ComedySportz, 420 S. 1st St. Admission: $5. In this corner, the challenger: Homegrown Electric Circus. And in this other corner, Winner of Round 1: The Midnight Show. The defending team’s going to be hard to beat if its

Madison-based comedy juggler, Truly Remarkable Loon, is performing his show, “Merry Anticipation of Disaster,” at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 30 at the Greenfield Performing Arts Center, 4800 S. 60th St. A news release for the show promises “a great variety of technical juggling and balancing feats, non-stop comedy patter and a big dose of foolishness.”