If you’re looking for diversions from midwinter midweek slumps, consider these openings: Veteran Milwaukee improviser Lee Rowley is facilitating an open improv at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. Sessions started last week. Anyone who’s game is invited to bring $3 to the Arcade Theatre, in the Underground Collaborative, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., and join in. It’s […]

Catching up with Milwaukee-grown college comedians Joel Boyd and Brock Burczyk and their weekly comedy video sketch series, Wisconsinuts, we couldn’t help chortling over the clouds of conversation the guys share. (Hey Brock, nice T-shirt!)

Actually, there are 11 things, sometimes more. They just whittle the list down to a round number. Really, there are fewer than 10 things. They just pad the list to reach a round number. They know that you don’t have the attention span to process anything more than a glancing hint of something that may

Be aware of a couple of chances to catch the stunningly funny Lara Beitz, whose accomplishments include winning a standup contest, co-sponsored by Milwaukee Comedy and the Caste of Killers Comedy Collective. Lara will emcee the February installment of the Sugar Maple Comedy & Music Show, which starts at 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7, at

If you haven’t heard already, the Super Bowl was Sunday, and Milwaukee’s own Homegrown Electric Circus contends it was instrumental in the annual tussle for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. You’ll have to look them up on Facebook to learn more. Or better yet, ask them in person. (from left to right) Scott Heaton, Mike Walker, Josh Barto

By Brynne Ramella I dropped by last week’s 33rd & State meeting, which kicked off with a casual, “All right, peeps. Let’s get to it,” from co-president Charlie Mohl. Their meetings take place in Marquette University’s Humphrey Hall. The building houses a number of upperclassmen at Marquette and a shabby auditorium that has become a

A whole lot of improv gets rolling this week in the Milwaukee comedy community. 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 4, a six-week long-form improv workshop begins at the Underground Collaborative, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Lower Level. Classes are two hours every Monday and cost $75. Please click here for more information and to sign up. 7

For more than a year, the Retro Comedy Night has been showcasing Milwaukee comedy talent in an entertaining mix of standup, improv and sketch comedy. The next show is at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9. And the lineup includes standup by Sammy Arechar, the improvisations of (Chicago-based but Milwaukee-grown) Jack and the Wolf, and a

Our friends at Wisconsin Hybrid Theater tell us: “You had to read it in high school, whether or not you remember.” And before you say you would prefer not to, let’s just note that they’re referring to Herman Melville’s short story “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street.” WHT will present “our comedic spin

By Brynne Ramella  According to my parents, I bounded down the stairs one Sunday morning at age 11 and asked them, “Have you ever heard of this show ‘Saturday Night Live’?” I remember being entranced with the show the night before. As I watched it, I thought to myself, “I wish I could write like