Comedy

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Matt Wild

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

Tyler Maas

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’

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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

Tyler Maas

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...

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

Tyler Maas

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...