Playhouse Square to Welcome Russell Peters, 10/17

Straight off NBC's hit show, Last Comic Standing, plus Netflix and the critically-acclaimed movie, Chef, Canada's #1 stand-up export, RUSSELL PETERS makes his first Playhouse Square appearance Sat., Oct. 17 at 8 pm with all new material for his "Almost-Famous World Tour". The show will also feature Russell's Official Tour DJ, New York City's DJ Spinbad, as well as video cameras and screens for an up-close and intimate show.Tickets go on sale Fri., March 27 at 11 am at playhousesquare.org, 216-241-6000 and the Ticket Office. Prices will be: $69.50; $59.50 & $49.50.

Peters' "Almost-Famous Tour" is already receiving great media reviews: "Peters is constantly thinking up new material. He says his newest bits for the Almost Famous tour are less about lampooning cultural differences and more about "the culture of being Russell." - LA Times

The record-breaking Canadian comedian sells out arenas across the globe - he's one of the top ten highest grossing stand-ups in the world, and is on the Forbes List as one of the top ten Highest Earning Comics in the U.S. since 2009.

Russell Peters has spent the past 25 years building a career, and, thanks to YouTube and a global following, he has sold-out arenas from Madison Square Garden to the Sydney Opera House. Peters has also performed for the troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, on the USS Eisenhower and HMCS Winnipeg and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Lopez Tonight, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson plus HBO, CNN, MTV, BBC and Al Jazeera. His 2010 memoir, Call Me Russell, was a #1 bestseller in Canada.

Starting in 2008, Peters was one of the first stand-up comedians to self-finance, self-produce and distribute his own comedy specials and DVD's, with Red, White and Brown and 2011's, The Green Card Tour LIVE from the O2 Arena. The DVD's went on to sell over 350,000 units across North America. His last special, Notorious was the first original comedy special for Netflix. Notorious was also supported by a four-part documentary series, Russell Peters Vs The World. Peters currently has over seven hours of content on Netflix.

Peters has given away more than a million dollars over the past several years to various charities, from the Brampton Civic Hospital, to Heart House Hospice, Gilda's Club, the MS Society and a scholarship at his old high-school, The Russell Peters North Peel Scholarship, to send a deserving student to college. The scholarship is now in its fifth year.