Two improvisers one-manning it

[su_youtube url=”http://youtu.be/k73js8dOJmI”] As birthdays go, No. 30 is up there as a monumental occasion. And with ComedySportz turning 30 this year, the anticipated events are forming a sort of family reunion for comedy improvisers. For instance, Alex Grindeland, who practically grew up at Milwaukee-based ComedySportz, moved to Seattle a couple of years ago to start

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Tall Boys in, School’s out

Just seven months after raising funds for a high school initiative for Milwaukee’s Tamarack Waldorf School, Milwaukee’s vertical virtuosos of comedic improv are staging a celebration. Tall Boys The improv troupe aka James Boland, Erik Koconis, Robby McGhee and Lee Rowley is performing at the Tamarack Grant Celebration Party. And get this: It’s free! The show starts at 7

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“The broads” benefit Ex Fabula

So I get this email the other day from broadminded Comedy, and it’s offering to have Milwaukee’s premier all-female sketch group perform a true story about myself. Turns out, “the broads” as they call themselves (You can’t call them that.) are part of a fundraiser for Ex Fabula, the Milwaukee-based storytelling community. “The broads” (Note

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Allen Edge has character

Allen Edge is a Milwaukee treasure. He is a nationally touring comedian, a character actor appearing in such feature films as “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” and “Meet the Browns,” and he calls Milwaukee home. We’ve seen him participate in Milwaukee open mics and Erik Koconis‘s Comedy Conclave, which tells you: Allen Edge is a professional

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Time for Patrick Schmitz Comedy

You’re familiar with the formula, Tragedy + Time = Comedy. Well, Patrick Schmitz waited more than four centuries to follow up a Shakespeare classic with a parody that only Patrick Schmitz could do. So, really, it was “Romeo and Juliet” that waited 400 years for Patrick Schmitz. Either way, we’ve got the Tragedy and the

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