From the folks who brought you Evil Dead: The Musical (“Audiences left covered in copious amounts of fake blood and with huge smiles on their faces!”) comes a midwinter mindblower: Spread the Nudes Here’s a description, via the website of Jared Stepp’s Giant Spider Productions, which is presenting Spread the Nudes with Milwaukee Comedy: The […]
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One of our favorites in Milwaukee Comedy is the very versatile, creative and multi-disciplined Ryan Lowe. He spoke recently with Rachel Owens and Matt Kemple as part of a new series on WUWM Radio – 89.7 FM. Ryan refers to himself as the Lone Wolf and the idiot-savant of comedy. He discusses his craft and
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You know him as a nationally touring standup and a character actor in such films as “Meet the Browns” and “Barbershop 2: Back in Business.” This past weekend, Milwaukee’s own Allen Edge directed one of the 10 comedy sketches at Patrick Schmitz‘s semi-annual Sketch 22. Now, you get a chance to see him deliver his masterfully
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Fresh from her Jan. 9 appearance in the Ragtime Variety Hour and her exclusive interview in The Milwaukee Record, Liz Ziner is joining a handful of other brash young standup comedians in the Comedy Show Comedy Show with Jake Kornely and Friends. 8 p.m., Jan. 10, Bremen Cafe, 901 E Clarke St. Click the link above to
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Resolve to laugh more in 2015. You know it’s good for you. We’re here to help. Check out our comedy events calendar regularly for shows to enjoy and workshops to participate in. (If you’re practicing comedy in the Milwaukee area, be sure to share performance dates on the calendar for others to see.) Keep tabs on upcoming
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It seems like only yesterday when T.I.M. (The Improvised Musical) began its third-Thursday-of-the-month song-and-dance shows at ComedySportz. With some cast changes, additional instruments in The Improvised Band and hours upon hours of rehearsal and experience, T.I.M. is set to present its third annual holiday show. T.I.M. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 If you haven’t been
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broadminded Comedy, Milwaukee’s premiere sketch comedy group, has something for everyone in its Thanksgiving show: musical parody political satire a live turkey actual text messages football The all-female troupe – featuring Megan McGee, Anne Graff LaDisa, Stacy Babl and Melissa Kingston – perform the last its four shows at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28 and 29,
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The National Football League has tried to make Thursday nights a bigger deal by scheduling games then (much as it has tried to do with Monday nights and Sunday nights, because, you know, football makes everything better, and we can’t get enough on Sunday afternoons alone to satisfy us for the whole week). Of course,
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Midway through the football season, it’s about time to venture off the couch in your man cave or the bar stool at your local sports pub and do what real men do for entertainment: See a play. Pink Banana Theatre Co. has just the ticket for you: Any Given Monday. It’s a dark comedy that
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First. Be sure to vote Nov. 4. Second. Celebrate that exercise of democracy (and your survival of the political campaigns) by treating yourself to see W. Kamau Bell, whom The New York Times calls “the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.” Bell is creator, writer and host of the critically acclaimed
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