Billy Gardell

Celebrate Father's Day with a laugh! A quartet of comedy favorites is returning to the Raue Center, offering a unique and entertaining experience for the whole family.

Jennifer looks ahead to the 2024 Ruffles NBA All-Star Celebrity Game in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday, February 16, and performing during half-time for the All-Star Game on Sunday, February 18. Then Billy Gardell joins Jennifer and reflects on getting his big break in “Mike and Molly” with Melissa McCarthy. Watch the videos from the episode!

Sarah Silverman discusses her experience with a pet psychic and appearing in viral celebrity photos on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show.' Plus, NBA player Chris Matthews helps Jennifer prepare for the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game. Watch the videos from the episode now!

Don't miss the hilarious stand-up comedy shows on Feb 23 & Mar 1 at Florida Rep.

​​​​​​​Raue Center goes back to school with an A+ comedy show guaranteed to make the grade! Don't be tardy for Teacher's Lounge Comedy, a hilarious night of stand-up where real teachers-turned-comics take the stage to share their unique experiences, anecdotes, and frustrations about school life and being an educator. Join us as these witty educators let loose, dish out comedic stories, and poke fun at the ups and downs of their profession.

Gina Yashere the British-Nigerian comedian, author and stand-up will get back on the road with her fierce and funny comedic style in a multi-city solo tour, The Woman King of Comedy. 

 Veteran comedians Steve Cochran, John Da Cosse, Tim Benker and Mike Toomey team up for The FourFathers comedy show on June 16 @ 8 p.m.  With over 160 years of combined experience and over 50,000 shows in front of more than 10 million people, they're four Dads ready to give their take on marriage, kids, and growing older.

Gina Yashere the British-Nigerian comedian, author and stand-up will get back on the road with her fierce and funny comedic style in a multi-city solo tour, The Woman King of Comedy. 

Multi-platinum selling pop icon Debbie Gibson returns to Long Island, N.Y. to surprise her longtime friend and manager, Heather Moore, with a ranch-style home renovation. Debbie’s time in Long Island becomes an emotional journey, as she visits many of the people and places from her childhood that helped shape her into the person she is now.

Season two will also include Utkarsh Ambudkar (GHOSTS), NBA All-Star Devin Booker, GRAMMY® Award winner and reality TV personality Kandi Burruss, Olympic gold medalist ice skater Nathan Chen, award-winning singer-songwriter Debbie Gibson, legendary NBA champion Shaquille O’Neal and GRAMMY®-nominated singer Nicole Scherzinger.

Metropolis fan favorite “Uncle Lar” brings his wise-cracking humor to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre for An Evening with Larry Reeb and Friends March 25, 2022.

Raue Center For The Arts has announced the return of Steve Cochran’s New Year’s Eve Comedy Show at 3 p.m. on December 31, 2021.

The series stars real-life, viciously sparring married couple, actor Larry Clarke (Twin Peaks) and comedian Fielding Edlow (BoJack Horseman) who say the things couples only think. Season 2 features zoom couples therapy with (John Michael Higgins), retroactive pre-nups with their quirky attorney, and aggressive owl-beating Q-Anon neighbors.

Live comedy is making a huge comeback in Portsmouth at the Roundabout Diner.  Jim McCue and Helen DeMarzio founded the Boston Comedy Festival, now considered among the most prestigious comedy events in all of America. The BCF is joining forces with the Roundabout Diner to open McCue’s Comedy Club in Portsmouth, NH.

A New 'Let's Make a Deal Primetime' Special Airs Monday, Jan. 18 At 9:00 PM, with Special Guests Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku, Stars of CBS' BOB ♥ABISHOLA, and Over $300,000 in Cash and Prizes

“Bob Hearts Abishola' star Billy Gardell joins this The Kelly Clarkson Show's 'Best In Class Hour' to share a heartfelt story about a drama teacher who pushed him to follow his dreams in entertainment, and he explains how it deeply impacted his career in comedy today. Tune in for more with Billy.

Multi-platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning artist EVERLAST has partnered with Combustion Live for an interactive live and acoustic show on July 25th, 2020 broadcast directly to fans worldwide via the Combustion Live Youtube Channel.

The host of a?oeThe Late Late Showa?? on CBS is the star of One Man, Two Guvnors - one of the funniest productions in National Theater history! The Ridgefield Playhouse is bringing the feel good production back to the big screen on Saturday, August 8 at 8pm as part of the Northern Trust Broadway and Cabaret Series with support from Teed & Brown.  In 2012, Corden won a Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play Tony for his role as Francis Henshall.  Fired from his skiffle band, Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée's dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who's been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketers' Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with one Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be reunited with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart.  Simple.

Fall in love with Linda Ronstadt all over again when The Ridgefield Playhouse screens Linda Ronstadt:  The Sound of My Voice on Friday, July 10 at 8:30pm as part of the Pepsi Rock Series powered by Xfinity. 

Kenan Thompson, Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish and Byron Allen will serve as co-hosts for the two-hour comedy special “Feeding America Comedy Festival” on Sunday, May 10 from 7-9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.