Lewis Black’s Off The Rails 2022 Tour

Lewis Black’s Off The Rails 2022 Tour
Makes a Stop at Celebrity Theatre
Saturday, October 1st

Danny Zelisko Presents and Live Nation welcome the legendary spokesman for our times Lewis Black and his Off The Rails Tour.The stand-up comedian just announced summer and fall 2022 tour dates that include a stop at the Valley’s historic Celebrity Theatre at 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 1st. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday, March 25th at celebritytheatre.com

Black’s Off The Rails tour kicked off in January with two performances at Denver’s Paramount Theatre. Newly announced shows include a second performance in Washington, DC as well as stops in San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Orlando and Phoenix (full itinerary below).

Black says, “If you have to ask why I am calling this the Off The Rails Tour, then we are truly off the rails.”

Known as the King of Rant, Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and animated finger pointing to skewer anyone and anything that gets under his skin. His comedic brilliance lies in his ability to make people laugh at the absurdities of life, with topics that include current events, social media, politics and anything that exposes the hypocrisy and madness he sees in the world.

A Grammy Award winning stand-up, Black performs more than 200 nights annually, to sold-out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is one of a few performers to sell out multiple renowned theaters, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center, the Main Stage at the Mirage in Las Vegas and a sold-out Broadway run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City.

Black does a live streaming show called THE RANT IS DUE at the end of each of his standup performances. This show is written by the audience watching throughout the world and also by the audience in the area of each show. With so much to get off their chests, people use Lewis’ platform to Rant about what is on their minds. These rants are now also available on his podcast, Lewis Black’s Rantcast.

The stand-up comedian-author-actor continues as the longest running contributor to THE DAILY SHOW on Comedy Central. He has had comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and Epix. In 2001, he won Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards. Black’s newest special, which is currently nominated for a Grammy Award, Thanks for Risking Your Life, was his last live performance before the Covid lockdown. He has released ten comedy albums, including the 2007 GRAMMY Award-winning The Carnegie Hall Performance. He won his second GRAMMY Award for his album Stark Raving Black and has published three bestselling books: Nothing’s Sacred (Simon & Schuster, 2005), Me of Little Faith (Riverhead Books, 2008) and I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Riverhead Books, 2010). In 2012, he performed eight sell-out shows at Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway as well as did one of his two HBO Specials BLACK ON BROADWAY. In 2015, Black notably voiced the character “Anger” in the Academy Award winning film from Pixar, “Inside Out.”

Doors open at 6 p.m. Reserved tickets ($25, $49.50, $59.50 and $79.50) go on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday, March 25th at www.celebritytheatre.com. All tickets are subject to sales tax, facility and ticketing surcharges. Celebrity Theatre is located at 440 N. 32nd St., in Phoenix.

LEWIS BLACK: OFF THE RAILS 2022 TOUR
^New Dates
*Rescheduled Dates
Fri Mar 25 – Hershey, PA – The Hershey Theatre
Sat Mar 26 – Philadelphia, PA – Merriam Theater
Sun Mar 27 – Port Chester, NY – Capitol Theatre
Fri Apr 1 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts
Fri Apr 02 – Syracuse, NY – Crouse-Hinds Theater
Sat Apr 03 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
Fri Apr 08 – Chattanooga, TN – Walker Theatre
Sat Apr 9 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Sun Apr 10 – Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
Thu Apr 21 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
Fri Apr 22 – Akron, OH – Goodyear Theater
Sat Apr 23 – Mt. Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort
Fri Apr 29 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore Detroit
Sat Apr 30 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre
Sun May 1 – Champaign, IL – Virginia Theatre
Thu May 05 – Richmond, VA – Dominion Energy Center
Fri May 06 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre
Sat May 07 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre^ (second show added due to overwhelming demand)
Sun May 8 – Greensburg, PA – The Palace Theatre*
Fri Jul 22 – Niagara Falls, ON – Fallsview Casino Resort (Avalon Theatre)^
Thu Sep 15 – Northampton, MA – Academy of Music^
Fri Sep 16 – Lowell, MA – Lowell Memorial Auditorium^
Sat Sep 17 – Waterville, ME – Waterville Opera House^
Thu Sep 22 – Warren, OH – Packard Music Hall^
Sun Sep 25 – Ft. Wayne, IN – Embassy Theatre^
Thu Sep 29 – Albuquerque, NM – Natural Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theatre^
Sat Oct 01 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre^
Thu Oct 06 – Riverside, CA – Fox Performing Arts Center^
Fri Oct 7 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Fremont Theater^
Sat Oct 8 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield^
Fri Oct 14 – San Diego, CA – Balboa Theatre*
Sat Oct 15 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theatre*
Thu Oct 20 – Eugene, OR – Hult Center for the Performing Arts^
Fri Oct 21 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall^
Sat Oct 22 – Seattle, WA – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall^
Sun Oct 23 – Bellingham, WA – Mount Baker Theatre^
Thu Nov 03 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody Theater^
Fri Nov 04 – Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre^
Sat Nov 05 – San Antonio, TX – Empire Theatre^
Sun Nov 6 – Beaumont, TX – Julie Rogers Theatre^
Thu Nov 10 – Marietta, OH – Peoples Bank Theatre^
Fri Nov 11 – Durham, NC – DPAC^
Sat Nov 12 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium^
Fri Dec 2 – Torrington, CT – Warner Theatre^
Fri Dec 9 – West Palm Beach, FL – Kravis Center for the Performing Arts^
Sat Dec 10 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live Orlando^

About Danny Zelisko Presents: Danny Zelisko has been bringing shows to the Southwest since 1974. He founded the legendary Evening Star Productions in 1976, helping make the Southwest a viable stop on most contemporary tours, producing thousands of shows over the years. Danny proudly partnered Grateful Dead shows with Bill Graham Presents in Phoenix and Las Vegas in the ’80s and ’90s.

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About Celebrity Theatre: Celebrity Theatre is one of Phoenix’s most intriguing historic landmarks. The venue opened in 1964 with the musical “South Pacific” starring Betsy Palmer. In the years since, it has hosted such stars as George Carlin, Joe Cocker, Carol Channing, Billy Joel, Def Leppard, Smashing Pumpkins, Louis CK, Chris Rock, David Bowie, B.B. King, Nat King Cole, Roger Daltrey, Don Rickles and Fleetwood Mac among many other legendary performers. For more than 50 years, the facility has provided patrons with the ultimate in entertainment viewing featuring an extremely rare revolving stage and no seat is more than 70 feet away from the stage!