Charlie Berens Adds 2nd Joliet Rialto Show For January

JOLIET, IL — On Tuesday, Rialto marketing officials announced that due to overwhelming demand, Charlie Berens: Good Old Fashioned Tour will be adding a second show at the Rialto Square Theatre at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, January 26. Tickets are on sale now and the prices are $59.50, $45 and $37.50. Additional fees may apply when using Ticketmaster.

According to the Rialto:

Behrens is a comedian, New York Times Best Selling Author, Emmy-winning journalist, musician and creator of the Manitowoc Minute. The Wisconsin native has been featured on Comedy Central, Fox, CBS, Funny or Die, TBS, Variety, MTV News and more. He creates weekly content for his various social platforms and has amassed over 7.5 million followers.

Charlie began his career working for MTV News' Choose or Lose. After that he worked in front and behind the camera for emerging YouTube news channels. In 2012, Tribune Media tapped Charlie to host the comedic news show Nightcap. In 2013 he won an Emmy for "The Cost of Water" while reporting for KDAF.

In 2017, Charlie began hosting his weekly comedic online news show, the Manitowoc Minute. Since then, Charlie’s been creating Midwest-focused sketch comedy videos on his social media platforms. He’s also traveled the country with three sold out stand-up comedy tours.

Charlie hosts the Cripescast podcast where he interviews musicians, artists, comedians, creators and more to talk about their story and connections to the Midwest. Guests have included Jeff Foxworthy, Nate Bargatze and Roy Wood, Jr.