The first Sunday of the month finds us hugging a fresh mug of our favorite hot beverage and cozying up to the cunning mirth of another 1940s-style radio melodrama from our friends at Wisconsin Hybrid Theater. This week, Sunday, March 3, we’re listening to WHT’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll House.” It’s at 8:30 […]
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Looking to stretch your funny muscles midweek? Here’s a deal: At 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, Milwaukee Comedy is running its weekly open improv. Veterans and novices led by such experienced facilitators as Lee Rowley, Vince Figueroa and Greg Bach, get a chance to explore characters and relationships and scene work. Admission is $3 per
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The debut last month of the Comedy Xtravaganza filled the envi Ultra Lounge in Racine. Tables can accommodate the first 40 people, and there’s limited standing room. We point that out because a packed house is the best environment for standup comedy – both for the performers and, therefore, for the audience. And, it’s free
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In addition to its regular weekend shows (7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Saturday matinees), Milwaukee’s ComedySportz runs a recreational league featuring teams of individuals trained through ComedySportz improvisational workshops. The 17th season of the ComedySportz Rec League starts Sunday, Feb. 24, with free shows at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., and
By Brynne Ramella The first hint that I’ve been hanging around this group too long? One of them tries to get me to leave before the interview starts. “No sick people allowed!” Bill Lacy shouted, as I walked into the dimly-lit Humphrey Hall auditorium, announcing my presence with a cough that belongs in the film,
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Milwaukee’s Angry Young Men Ltd. (The capital letters tell you they’re not just some generic group of angry young men.) is a puppet and performance collective that has been building puppets and putting on multidimensional shows since at least 2007.Their next performances are scheduled for the first two weekends in March at the Soulstice Theatre, 3770
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The pope is giving up his office for Lent. So cardinals will be flocking to Vatican City to elect his successor. But there’s a more immediate conclave closer to home that’s drawing both the high- and low-minded – and it’s open to the public. Milwaukee’s Comedy Conclave meets (as it does the last Sunday of
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Its ephemeral nature is part of what makes improvisational theater so precious. All the more so when you add singing, dancing, technical stagecraft and the promptings and accompaniment of a three-piece band. Milwaukee’s fleeting theatrical magic known as The Improvised Musical (T.I.M.) occurs the third Thursday of each month, which includes Thursday, Feb. 21. It’s
If you’ve got a hankering for some standup comedy in Milwaukee this week, as usual, you’re in luck. Of course, Milwaukee continues to draw top out-of-town acts, such as “The Late Late Show’s” Craig Fergusonand “Park & Recreation’s” Nick Offerman, performing Friday and Saturday, respectively, at the Pabst Theater. But there’s loads of Milwaukee talent to
By Brynne Ramella When I learned that 33rd & State, the new comedy sketch group, was meeting to cover character development, I knew that group member Chris O’Reilly would be the perfect subject for an interview. With his knack for accents, dead-on impressions and Chris Farleyesque mannerisms, he often seems like he is already in
