Comedy

Hannibal Buress will DJ at The Tonic Tavern tonight

September 11, 2016

If you didn't act fast enough to get tickets to tonight's sold-out Eric Andre Live! show at Turner Hall, you might be in luck. No, the venue isn't releasing more tickets, but The Tonic Tavern is offering th...

Stacy Pawlowski to be “even livelier” in second one-woman show

Tyler Maas

August 25, 2016

Over the last 20 years, Stacy Pawlowski has been making Milwaukee laugh in a variety of ways. Though she cut her teeth in the city's once-formidable sketch comedy scene, she's also transitioned into stand-u...

Marisa Lange celebrates a year of Sorry Not Sorry showcase

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2016

//Technically speaking, Marisa Lange has been doing comedy since the mid-'90s. Though her teenage flirtation with stand-up didn't last long, Lange eventually made her way back to the stage roughly two year...

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2016 Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Tyler Maas

July 29, 2016

//The Milwaukee Comedy Festival will officially kick off next Thursday. Going on its 11th year, the event pre-dates the city's still-swelling comic boom, and certainly helped local comedy evolve, through s...

Hear Dan Harmon talk about losing his virginity under the Hoan Bridge

Tyler Maas

July 26, 2016

//This week Thursday through Saturday, comedian John Roy will come to Wisconsin to record his next album at Madison's renowned Comedy Club On State. Beyond amassing an impressive list of credits on every l...

Join us in the Grand Avenue basement for a special live podcast

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2016

What are you doing the afternoon of Sunday, August 7? Cancel it! Here's what you're doing.In accordance with the 11th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Milwaukee Record is recording a special live episode o...

Come to our “Roast Of Milwaukee” event August 2

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2016

//Last year, we decided to informally help kick off the Milwaukee Comedy Festival by asking eight comedians to gently (or, in some cases, straight-up viciously) rib the city they love in our inaugural Roas...

Bird up! Eric Andre is coming to Turner Hall September 11

Tyler Maas

July 11, 2016

//Sup, Mello? What are you doing Sunday, September 11? If you don't have plans yet, we highly suggest venturing down the rabbit hole of comedic oddity and experiencing Eric Andre Live! at Turner Hall Ballr...

Here’s the 2016 Milwaukee Comedy Festival lineup

Tyler Maas

July 1, 2016

Milwaukee Comedy Festival turned 10 last summer. Originating long before the city had anything even resembling a sustainable comedy community, the Matt Kemple-curated undertaking has grown and evolved in kind w...

12 standout summer comedy shows

Tyler Maas

June 24, 2016

//We're just days into another Milwaukee summer and life is good. Between now and the end of September, the city will be alive with festivals, block parties, weekly music series, and conditions conducive t...

Carly Malison delivers in female-focused Hellcat Amazons showcase

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2016

//It usually takes a comedian years of trial and error to find their voice. Carly Malison didn't have that problem. Mere months after trying stand-up for the first time, she topped a crop of comics—many of...

Louie Anderson’s bad Summerfest experience inspired him to write a book about his alcoholic father

Matt Wild

June 13, 2016

//Louie Anderson has been flexing his comedic chops for more than 30 years, racking up old-school Tonight Show appearances, numerous stand-up specials, TV and movie gigs, an Emmy-winning animated series, a...

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

Matt Wild

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

Tyler Maas

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”

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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”

Tyler Maas

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...