WAIT WAIT Stand-Up Tour Coming To Duke Energy Center For The Performing Arts December 15

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! has launched a stand-up comedy tour! This fall, NPR's weekly hour-long quiz program will be traveling to ten cities across the U.S. for nights of stand-up comedy featuring Wait Wait's funniest panelists.

Wait Wait will be in Raleigh at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts on December 15. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 7 at 10am and are available at dukeenergycenterraleigh.com, 1-800-982-2787, and at the Duke Energy Center box office.

The tour launched in June with pilot shows in Denver and Salt Lake City. "We love doing this," said comedian and host of the tour Alonzo Bodden. "It's not your typical Saturday morning comedy. These are the funniest Wait Wait panelists, uncensored."

"The stand-up tour has the smarts and surprise of Wait Wait, but it's a little more raw, with more laugh-out-loud moments," said Doug Berman, the creator and Benevolent Overlord of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. "There's just not enough time during an hour of Wait Wait to really get to know the panelists. They're some of the smartest and funniest people on the planet, and this is a chance to spend an evening laughing with them."

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