Comedy

We’re hosting a conversation with comedian Dave Hill at Boswell Book Company June 9

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 2, 2016

// Hey! On Thursday, June 9, you should totally stop by Boswell Book Company for a sure-to-be hilarious, insightful, and face-melting free shindig with comedian/author/musician Dave Hill. Hill's new book, D...

Louis C.K. is coming to the BMO Harris Bradley Center August 1

May 16, 2016

// If you had to choose a single comedian to represent an entire generation, you could do worse than Louis C.K. From his incisive and hilariously honest stand-up to his critically adored FX series, C.K. has...

Here’s everything you need to know about the Cream City Comedy Festival

May 11, 2016

// On Thursday night, the inaugural Cream City Comedy Festival will begin and, in the process, will usher in four days worth of laughs during a total of 11 shows featuring more than 70 comedians performing ...

Support MKE Puppet Theater and watch “Zombie Sunday”

May 9, 2016

// When Ryan Lowe puts his mind to something, he can't be stopped. Not only is the veteran comedian one of the funniest and most innovate people in Milwaukee stand-up, his mad genius has manifested itself i...

Here’s the Cream City Comedy Festival lineup

April 28, 2016

// Last month, Milwaukee Record (a proud event sponsor) announced the existence of Cream City Comedy Festival. Founded by up-and-coming Chicago comics, Milwaukee comedy scene expats Sammy Arechar and Liz Zi...

Alecia Altstaetter brings motherly material to parent-themed showcase

April 21, 2016

// As a mother of four, it's safe to say Alecia Altstaetter has her fair share of stories about the trials and tribulations of parenting. Unfortunately, the thespian-turned-stay at home mom didn't have an o...

Cream City Comedy Festival puts no price on premium stand-up

March 29, 2016

// Though they both relocated to Chicago last summer, up-and-coming comedians Sammy Arechar and Liz Ziner haven't forgotten where they got their start in stand-up. Aiming to "celebrate and raise awareness o...

“Comedian” Carlos Mencia to bring “comedy” to Milwaukee “comedy club”

March 23, 2016

// Last year, we posited Milwaukee Comedy Cafe's relocation from the Brady Street space it occupied for 27 years to a smaller, second floor space above a restaurant on Old World Third Street officially dash...

Tracklist: 11 notable (active) comedians with Wisconsin roots

March 21, 2016

// On Saturday night, the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center played host to Jackie Kashian, a now-Los Angeles based comedian and—with all due respect to NBA journeyman power forward Kurt Nimphius—probab...

Sarah Silverman & Friends to headline PrideFest’s opening night

March 21, 2016

// Last Monday, PrideFest announced Blondie and GGOOLLDD would be closing out the weekend's festivities with a June 12 Henry Maier Festival Park performance. Today brings news that actress, comedian, and im...

Comedian Dylan Payne making good on early opportunities

March 9, 2016

// With a little more than a year of true stage time to his credit, comedian Dylan Payne is part of an encouraging young crop of comics pushing Milwaukee stand-up onward after the city said goodbye to a han...

Tracklist: 7 comedy specials filmed in Milwaukee

March 7, 2016

// Last Saturday, Pabst Theater hosted veteran comedian Kathleen Madigan for a pair of shows, which doubled as a live filming for her yet-untitled fourth comedy special. Citing reasons like the city's ease ...

Damon Millard talks ‘Shame, Pain, And Love’ before album recording

February 23, 2016

// Though he currently lives in Reno, Nevada (at least until his roving stand-up career takes him to yet another city), comedian Damon Millard got his start in Milwaukee. When he was, as he says, "learning ...

TV’s favorite dirty dad Bob Saget is coming to Pabst Theater March 11

January 29, 2016

Everywhere you look (everywhere) lately, there's a prominent '90s comedy figure being booked by Pabst Theater Group. Perhaps you're reading this while picking pieces of watermelon out of your hair after last ni...

Dave Chappelle will return to the Pabst for 8 shows in 4 nights, beginning this Sunday

January 25, 2016

// It seems like only yesterday when Dave Chappelle dropped by Milwaukee for two—no, make that four; no, make that six—shows at the Pabst Theater. That instantly sold-out three-night stint was one of the hi...

‘Harsh’ finds humor in heated debate

January 21, 2016

// After what he justifiably called "a weird, shitty year" in which his mother passed away and his girlfriend moved out, Cudahy comedian Adam Loeding is ready to get back on stage in 2016. Following the len...

Greg Bach talks Throwback Thursday, ‘The Simpsons’

January 6, 2016

// When we last caught up with Greg Bach (excluding the time he drove us to Chicago to try to get drunk at a Taco Bell), the late-blooming comedian was making up for lost stage time by performing as much as...

David Cross is coming to Pabst Theater on March 15

January 5, 2016

// At a time that finds America's ideological gap widening at an alarming clip and the upcoming election only fueling the flames of political divide, the country needs a good laugh. Enter David Cross. Over ...

Carson Leet moves forward in Milwaukee comedy

December 31, 2015

// On New Year's Eve, as one calendar year gives way to another, it's hard to avoid looking back on the previous 365 days and take stock of where your life is now compared to a year earlier. At this point l...

The 15 best comedy shows we saw in 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 29, 2015

// It's safe to say that Milwaukee has become a true blue comedy town. Once city touring talent passed over and a place utterly lacking any semblance of a local scene, Milwaukee comedy has quickly shifted f...