Comedy Central Announces BROAD CITY Live Tour, Kicking Off This March

By: Jan. 29, 2014
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These two talented broads, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, who have been described as "passionate, funny and sometimes raunchy" by The New York Times, are hitting the road with the Broad City Live Tour. The pair's dynamic relationship, combined with their impeccable comedic timing and chemistry, has earnEd Jacobson and Glazer praise from The Wall Street Journal, Time Out NY, Entertainment Weekly and AV Club, among others.

Tickets for Broad City Live Tour will go on sale this Friday, January 31 at noon. (local time) with tour info and links to purchase tickets available at http://www.cc.com/comedy-tours and www.axs.com. The Broad City Live Tour is produced by AEG Live and kicks off on Tuesday, March 4 in Cambridge, MA at The Sinclair and travels nationally to 18 cities (full tour schedule enclosed).

"Broad City" is a weekly, half-hour scripted series featuring Upright Citizens Brigade alums Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer airing Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. The series is an odd couple comedy about two best friends navigating their twenties in New York City whose adventures always lead down unexpected and outlandish paths. They're broke, flawed and don't shy away from the sticky situations NYC throws at them -- they dive right into the muck. But no matter how bad it gets, these young broads are always down with whatever hits them.

Joining Jacobson and Glazer as series regulars are Hannibal Buress, Arturo Castro, Paul Downs, John Gemberling, Chris Gethard and Stephen Schneider. The ten-episode first season is executive produced by Amy Poehler, 3 Arts' Dave Becky, Sam Saifer, and Jacobson and Glazer. Tony Hernandez ("Louie") and Eric Slovin serve as Co-Executive Producers. Brooke Posch is the Executive in Charge of Production for Comedy Central.

Broad City Live Tour

DATE CITY VENUE

March 4 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
March 5 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero Theatre
March 6 Washington, DC* 9:30 Club
March 7 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
March 8 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
March 12 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot
March 13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall (2 shows)
March 14 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
March 15 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club (2 shows)
March 20 Austin, TX Stateside Theatre
March 21 Houston, TX Walter's Downtown
March 22 Dallas, TX The Kessler Theater
March 24 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater (2 shows)
March 26 Seattle, WA Neumos
March 27 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios (2 shows)
March 28 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
March 29 Los Angeles, CA Troubador
April 5 Brooklyn, NY The Bell House

*Tickets for the Washington, DC show at the 9:30 Club on March 6 will go on sale on Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

About AEG Live:

AEG Live (www.aeglive.com), the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance. AEG Live is comprised of touring, festival, broadcast, merchandise and special event divisions, fifteen regional offices and owns, operates or exclusively books thirty-five state-of-the-art venues. The current and recent concert tour roster includes artists such as Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, Cher, Enrique Iglesias, J Cole, Jennifer Lopez, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Kenny Chesney, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, The WHO, Trey Songz and Juanes. AEG Live has produced many comedy tours including Flight of the Conchords, Portlandia, The Kids In the Hall, Ricky Gervais, Jim Jefferies, Bo Burnham, Chris Hardwick, Tim & Eric and The Shaquille O'Neil All-star Comedy Jam. The company is also currently producing residency shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas including Celine Dion, Rod Stewart and Shania Twain and is the exclusive promoter at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. AEG Live is also the largest producer of music festivals in North America from the critically acclaimed Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival to Stagecoach Country Music Festival and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

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