Congratulations to Milwaukee’s own Chastity Washington for winning win the 2015 American Black Film Festival’s Comedy Wings Competition, sponsored by HBO. Chastity is a dynamic, energetic standup who tours nationally and just happens to call Milwaukee home. From the competition site: Chastity is a former teacher and coach turned comedian and actress. Her stand-up career highlights include HBO […]
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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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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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Congratulations to The Underground Collaborative. The home of Milwaukee Comedy was the venue of two of the “15 best comedy shows we saw in 2014,” as declared by Tyler Maas, in the Milwaukee Record. Tyler cited: Johnny Pemberton and Josh Fadem, who appeared at The UC June 21 We were fortunate enough to be among
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After hitting the malls and the big-box stores on Black Friday, you can patronize mom-and-pop local merchants on Saturday, Nov. 29, then catch the Tall Boys/Goodnight Milwaukee show at 8 p.m. at ComedySportz, 420 S. 1st St. Just as they combined with Sketch Marks for two shows earlier in November, the Tall Boys are performing with Goodnight
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Many of us live all year long for Halloween. So we’re not going to let it get confined to just one day. That’s why you’ll find plenty of Halloween-flavored entertainment options well before and past Oct. 31. And you can include this: Halloween Comedy Show, Saturday, Nov. 1 As Tyler Maas explains in the Milwaukee
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[su_youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGq0V1Lx4R8″] Nick Thune is on fire. If you caught him in July on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon (above), you know how hilarious and absurd and downhome Nick Thune is. The success of his Netflix/iTunes/Vinyl comedy special “Folk Hero” attests to his popularity. Nick Thune is a treat to watchers of late-night variety shows,
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