Comedy

The Sklar Brothers head Adler’s Comedy Classic lineup October 9

August 17, 2015

Way back in the early 2010s, FM102.1's "Kramp & Adler" morning program was metro Milwaukee's go-to destination for laughs between 20-year-old songs by The Offspring. For a couple years before Brian Kramp wa...

Sammy Arechar gives Milwaukee one last laugh

Tyler Maas

August 12, 2015

Milwaukee's ongoing comic exodus is no joke. Within the last two months, veteran road comic Johnny Beehner and the Late Show With David Letterman appearance credit he acquired in January moved to Los Angeles. H...

Brian Posehn ends Milwaukee Comedy Fesitival strong at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

August 10, 2015

The 10th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival was far and away the event’s biggest and best year yet. The festival’s first three days found comedy fans filling Next Act Theatre while taking in a diverse and altoget...

A comprehensive guide to the 2015 Milwaukee Comedy Festival

Tyler Maas

August 5, 2015

Between the true opening night of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival on Thursday, August 6 through Sunday night's finale with beloved alt-comic Brian Posehn at Turner Hall, Milwaukee will be a very funny place. A co...

Todd Barry quietly kills at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2015

For 27 years, beginning long before the term "alternative comedy" was in circulation, Todd Barry has managed to stand out in the world of stand-up with his dry, sardonic witticisms delivered in his patented sof...

Milwaukee Record presents “Extra Laughs” Milwaukee Comedy Festival pre- and post-show series

Tyler Maas

July 22, 2015

Entering its 10th year, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival is a true local treasure. A four-day celebration (August 6-9) of stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy that melds some of Milwaukee's best and a cluster of th...

End of an error: Milwaukee’s Comedy Cafe scales back

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2015

Last week, a new era dawned upon Milwaukee’s Comedy Cafe. Though it was “consistently rated as one of the best comedy clubs in the country for two decades” (source: a Shepherd Express print ad that gave no attr...

Hannibal Buress is coming to Riverside Theater on September 19

Tyler Maas

July 20, 2015

In February of 2014, Chicago-born comic Hannibal Buress filled Turner Hall Ballroom on the weight of his role in the new Broad City series, his co-hosting gig on the incomparable cult classic The Eric Andre Sho...

Comedian J.J. Harris comes clean about going dirty

Tyler Maas

July 16, 2015

No matter how you cut it, stand-up comedy isn't easy. That said, you're unlikely to have a smoother entrance to this altogether difficult art form than Christian comedy. Just ask Milwaukee comic "Loveable Mr." ...

Tyler Menz talks Voyager, opening for Todd Barry

Tyler Maas

July 15, 2015

Milwaukee comedian Tyler Menz isn't the type of performer who's comfortable standing still. Sure, he's prone to dust off his now-classic "Muffins Milwaukee" joke from time to time, but the busy local comic reve...

Jeff Wheatley-Heckman suits up for ComedySportz’s Summerfest lineup

Tyler Maas

June 30, 2015

In 2010, Jeff Wheatley-Heckman moved from Maryland to Milwaukee with the intent of helping inner city youth. After the comedy fan's noble work experience concluded, he decided to stay in town and help himself t...

Lineup for 10th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival announced

Tyler Maas

June 26, 2015

Last month, we were excited to reveal that certified Comedian Of Comedy Brian Posehn would headline the final night of the 10th annual Milwaukee Comedy Festival, which is taking place at Turner Hall on Sunday, ...

Chastity Washington wins HBO’s 2015 ABFF Comedy Wings Competition

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2015

Though she’s not quite a household name in Milwaukee outside of the comedy community, comedian Chastity Washington has earned her fair share of attention and accolades from some pretty impressive places. The 20...

Kyle Dunnigan somewhat entertains a patchwork Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

June 12, 2015

Kyle Dunnigan is a tough sell at the ballroom level. Though the comic's work is certainly recognizable, the fact that the best known components of his comic catalog come in the form of a little-known character ...

Bad Comedy Theatre squeezes laughs from lemons

Tyler Maas

June 11, 2015

Not unlike having sex or driving, performing stand-up comedy is something that's the most exciting for the person doing it when they're new to it. Unfortunately, for those in the bed, in the passenger's seat or...

Help “Things That Should Exist But Do Not” exist

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2015

Josh Ballew is one of the funniest, most active, and most all-around ambitious comedians in Milwaukee. When he’s not delighting audiences throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois with his stand-up skills, the...

No longer new in town, John Mulaney slays in hilarious Milwaukee return

Tyler Maas

June 1, 2015

Former Saturday Night Live head writer John Mulaney's uproariously funny 2012 special New In Town is on the short list of the best hours of comedy captured on tape in recent memory. The intensely quotable—"OHH!...

Todd Barry will return to Turner Hall on July 24

Tyler Maas

May 29, 2015

With more than 30 years of stage time beneath his belt and an often-imitated, never replicated wry and soft-spoken comedic style, Todd Barry is on the cusp of comedy legend status. Though he's performed in Wisc...

Pauly Shore Stands Alone: A backhanded Wisconsin love letter

Tyler Maas

May 28, 2015

Not unlike Crystal Pepsi, Hypercolor t-shirts, and the LaserDisc, Pauly Shore was a cultural bullet point that was emblematic of what America’s pop culture landscape was like during the early-to-mid ’90s. The c...

Kyle Kinane’s growing star burns ever brighter at Turner Hall

Tyler Maas

May 27, 2015

Kyle Kinane is a comedian's comedian. The Illinois-born comic's gravel-voiced musings manage to appeal to all brow levels while being delivered in a way that is both inimitable and universal. Since leaving Chic...