Bill Engvall Comes to State Theatre Tonight

Part of the enormously successful Blue Collar Comedy franchise, Bill Engvall is one of the top comedians today. The comedic genius behind "Here's Your Sign" returns to the State Theatre for two shows tonight, November 22nd.

Show times are 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Tickets are $55 and $50 and can be purchased by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org. Sponsored by J.G. Petrucci Company, Inc, weathertrends360.com, CAT Country 96 and lehighvalleylive.com.

Engvall's first album, HERE'S YOUR SIGN, has been certified platinum and held the #1 position on the Billboard Comedy Chart for 15 straight weeks. It went on to peak at #5 on Billboard's Current Country Album Chart and reached the Top 50 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The single of the same name was ranked #1 on Billboard's Country Singles Sales Chart for ten weeks, reached the Top 30 on the Billboard's Singles Sales Chart, and achieved Gold status, which is not a common occurrence in the comedy market. His second CD, DORKFISH, was certified gold (500,000 copies), and had the honor of being ranked #1 on Billboard's Comedy Chart, surpassing Jerry Seinfeld's album. All of his following comedy album releases debuted at #1 on the Billboard Comedy Chart, including 15° Off Cool and Aged and Confused.

With appearances on both The Tonight Show and the Late Show with David Letterman under his belt, Bill Engvall won the American Comedy Award for "Best Male Stand-up Comedian" in 1992. He followed that up with the successful Blue Collar Comedy concert films, which have sold more than 9 million units and are some of the most watched movies and specials in Comedy Central history. The soundtrack for Blue Collar Comedy Tour- One For The Road was nominated for a Grammy Award. Along with his Blue Collar movies, Bill has several solo specials which aired on Comedy Central including Aged and Confused, 15° Off Cool and Here's Your Sign, Live. He reunited with Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy on the Them Idiots Whirled Tour, which was filmed as a special for CMT and aired in March of 2012.

Along with his comedy shows, Engvall has hosted numerous television shows including the game show LINGO for GSN, Country Fried Videos and Mobile Home Disasters, for CMT as well as several award shows. He had a 3 episode arc on the TNT show Hawthorne, narrated a documentary for the Speed Channel on Darrel Waltrip and starred in the Hallmark Channel movie Kiss at Pine Lake. Bill starred in and executive produced his own self-titled sitcom for TBS, which ran for three seasons. Bill also starred in the NBC series, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, where he played Jeff's best friend. In 2013, Engvall competed on the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars, where he made it to the finals, finishing fourth.

For more information on Bill Engvall, visit BillEngvall.com.