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Listen to RISK! podcast’s “Live From Milwaukee” episode

December 8, 2015

// If you didn't make it to the Back Room at Colectivo's Prospect Avenue cafe back on November 14 to witness the sold out Milwaukee stop on the perpetual tour of Kevin Allison's RISK! storytelling podcast, ...

Amy Schumer finishes strong year with BMO Harris Bradley Center victory lap

Tyler Maas

December 7, 2015

// It's safe to say Amy Schumer had a pretty big 2015. In a year that found the comedian starring in a well-received major motion picture, taking home an Emmy for her Comedy Central series, hosting SNL, put...

Liza Marie aims to finish 2015 strong

Tyler Maas

December 3, 2015

// In a year that has seen an unprecedented exodus of talented comedians leaving Milwaukee in search of increased opportunities in more established comedy communities, it's refreshing to see a stand-up come...

Comedy, tragedy, time: Jon Kuderer builds humor out of hardship

Tyler Maas

November 25, 2015

// In stand-up comedy, "the light" is a common tool used to warn a comedian their time on stage is close to running out. Milwaukee comedian Jon Kuderer estimates he ran the light by at least five minutes th...

Patton Oswalt will headline Laugh It Up Milwaukee on January 30

Tyler Maas

November 17, 2015

// You'd be hard-pressed to find a modern comedian who as influential, who is quoted as often, or who holds a higher average ranking among today's self-described comedy nerds than Patton Oswalt. The veteran...

RISK! takes Colectivo’s back room on emotional, rewarding ride

Tyler Maas

November 16, 2015

// Over the course of six years and 700-plus episodes, there isn't much that RISK!—the popular storytelling podcast hosted by Kevin Allison of The State semi-notoriety—hasn't done. The comic and his eclecti...

Kevin Allison reaps rewards from RISK!

Tyler Maas

November 10, 2015

// In the years since being a cast member on the seminal sketch show The State, Kevin Allison fell on some tough times. As his comedy cohorts were amassing credits, he battled social anxiety, stage fright, ...

Jackass’ Preston Lacy does, uh, something at Cactus Club

Tyler Maas

November 6, 2015

// Ironically, comedy can oftentimes be a cruel and humorless industry. While the art of making others laugh can propel people to international notoriety, untold levels of wealth, and immense influence, the...

Ton Johnson talks storytelling, comic collaboration, 2016 goals

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2015

// Though he says he tried and failed to be the class clown in high school, Milwaukee comedian Anton "Ton" Johnson eventually developed his material enough to give stand-up a belated try. Since he made his ...

Author Patrick Tomlinson prepares to launch ‘The Ark’

Rob Wieland

November 2, 2015

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo if you’re into the whole brevity thing, began yesterday. Writers throughout the country go on something of a creative crash diet to do the one thing everybody needs to...

Ozmi Osbourne talks comedy, honesty, Palestine

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2015

With about a year to his credit, Azmi Abdel-Hamid (better known as "Ozmi Osbourne") has no problem admitting he's new to doing stand-up. However, he's no stranger to the Milwaukee comedy scene. Before he steppe...

Bill Burr takes Riverside Theater on a wild ride

Tyler Maas

October 28, 2015

In this ongoing epoch of never-before-seen comic saturation that finds Netflix and iTunes releasing new stand-up specials at an astounding rate, every person who has ever told a joke beginning a podcast to talk...

Addie Blanchard starts strong in Milwaukee stand-up scene

Tyler Maas

October 27, 2015

During a six-month stint of comedic mass exodus that saw four of the city's strongest stand-up comics relocating to Chicago, another four funnymen heading to L.A., and one comedian even moving to Washington D.C...

Amy Schumer is coming to BMO Harris Bradley Center December 4

Tyler Maas

October 26, 2015

In a year that saw Amy Schumer partnering with Judd Apatow on Trainwreck, hosting SNL, winning an Emmy for her eponymous Comedy Central series, putting out her Live At The Apollo special on HBO, and crossing th...

Andy Kindler is coming to Club Garibaldi next year

Tyler Maas

October 14, 2015

Even if Milwaukee's comedy clubs are utterly failing to book notable comedians (unless you count Pauly Shore), you have to hand it to a small-yet-passionate group of independent promoters for filling the city's...

Sklars, Glaser, Dore bring laughs to Adler’s Fall Comedy Classic

Tyler Maas

October 12, 2015

Say what you will about the station's music rotation that pretty much ranges from The Offspring to Pearl Jam to that song where the dude yells "SAIL!" and back to The Offspring again, but FM102.1—and, more spec...

Kaitlin McCarthy produces results in local comedy

Tyler Maas

October 8, 2015

In the world of stand-up, the producer is one of the more thankless roles involved with a comedy show's execution. When an event goes as planned, kudos are almost exclusively allocated to the on-stage talent, w...

Tim Higgins talks improv, acting, elaborate beer passing

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2015

// If you've spent enough time in Milwaukee, you've probably seen Tim Higgins. The humorist has been teaching and performing improv at ComedySportz since 1992. He's dabbled in stand-up and acting. Perhaps h...

Barry Crimmins adds a comedy show to his Milwaukee Film Festival itinerary

Tyler Maas

September 23, 2015

On Monday, the Milwaukee Film Festival announced that veteran comedian Barry Crimmins would be coming to town to attend two screenings of Call Me Lucky, the Bobcat Goldthwait documentary about the influential h...

Steve Martin and Martin Short will bring double the Martin to Riverside Theater in November

Matt Wild

September 21, 2015

// There are comedy legends, and then there are Comedy Legends. Steve Martin and Martin Short clearly belong in the latter, capitalized category. Alone and together, the two Martins have redefined stand-up co...