John Oliver at Orpheum Theater on Dec. 7: This comedian's HBO series, Last Week Tonight, has been one of the hottest shows on TV since its launch in April -- so hot that his upcoming Madison show sold out four months in advance. Fans who missed out the first time around can rejoice now that the Orpheum has added a second performance to his Dec. 7 appearance.
Counting Crows at Orpheum Theater on Dec. 13: Aging rockers can be great joke fodder, but Counting Crows' new record, Somewhere Under Wonderland, finds the band in fine musical shape. After a string of European dates in November, they begin a short Midwest tour that luckily includes Madison.
