Recall Nick Vatterott’s recent appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (or watch the clip below), and you’ll recognize that this comedian is not just a joke-teller. Vatterott is a brilliant, multidimensional comedic entertainer. For one night only, you can experience Vatterott live in the intimate Arcade Theatre in Downtown Milwaukee. Nick Vatterott – 8 […]
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Rochester, N.Y., and Milwaukee, Wis., are a lot a like. Both are situated on Great Lakes, have a river running through the downtown and have been home to iconic global brands such as Kodak and Harley-Davidson. Matt Griffo grew up in Rochester before earning his musical comedy chops in Chicago. Maybe that’s partly why he seems
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Lisan Wood and Ryan Lowe, of RagTime and Lone Wolf Comedy, respectively, are cooking up a multi-artist, multimedia comedy show that includes sketch comedy, improvisation and the world premiere of two comedic short films. A Comedic Double Feature – 8 p.m. Friday, April 24 From Facebook: Don’t miss the event that brings together some of the best
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Have a blast from your past by enjoying an all-new rerun of one of your favorite childhood TV sitcoms. Retro Comedy Night – 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18 This is when some of Milwaukee’s finest comedians gather for a one-time re-enactment of an episode of one of your old beloved TV serials from the `70s,
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Economics 101 tells you it’s all about supply and demand. As public demand for a show exceeds the number of seats in the theater, then the show can charge more for the tickets and still expect to have a full house. The Improvised Musical – 7:30 pm Thursday, April 16 Closing in on four years
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Congratulations to Steve Breese, a Milwaukee comedy talent and indispensable Milwaukee Comedy behind-the-scenes workhorse. This weekend, April 9-11, Steve appears at Milwaukee’s Comedy Cafe, along with Carmen Morales, setting up the laughs for headliner John Conroy. From the Cafe: D.C. native, John Conroy, has devoted himself to making people laugh. John’s material is smart, aggressive and
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Steve Breese is at it again. He regularly sets up local, regional and even national comedy talent through his First Saturday SockiTumi Comedy Hour and insightful interviews with such up-and-comers as Sam Morril. As Tyler Maas reported in the Milwaukee Record, Steve has been responsible for bringing more high-stature comedians to perform in Milwaukee, including Godfrey and Nick Thune.
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It’s understood that (the potential) success in comedy has been pinned down to these key factors: working hard, getting more stage, and writing more material (This also means rewriting material to make the joke ‘just right.’) These are the sorts of answers that aspiring comedians often hear from comedians on their way up the ladder
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Fresh off the heels of “Holy Shit I’m 30!” a self-produced comedy show in The Underground Collaborative to celebrate his birthday, Milwaukee funny guy Adam Weidman has launched a website – “my brand new content network,” as he calls it. Toothpaste in My Chest Hair From Adam’s news release: This website will serve as the
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With the first weekend of the month comes another round of The SockitTumi Comedy Hour. Each first Saturday, Steve Breese puts on a comedy show in the Buddha Lounge at Sake Tumi, the funnily named Asian restaurant in downtown Milwaukee, 714 N. Milwaukee St. But it’s not just a lounge of laughs with powerful rice
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