Arts & Entertainment

Hey, Joliet: Kevin James To Bring The Irregardless Tour To Rialto

Tickets to see Kevin James perform in Joliet at the Rialto Square Theatre go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m.

Kevin James was producer, co-writer, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2, Zookeeper, and Here Comes The Boom.
Kevin James was producer, co-writer, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2, Zookeeper, and Here Comes The Boom. (Image via Rialto Square Theatre )

JOLIET, IL — The Rialto Square Theatre plans to pack its historic theater with more laughter as world famous comedian Kevin James will be bringing The Irregardless Tour to Joliet's downtown for a 7:30 p.m. Thursday performance on Sept. 21.

Tickets go on this sale this Friday at 10 a.m. Tickets will range in price from $99.50, $79.50, $59.50 and $49.50. Additional fees apply when buying tickets online through Ticketmaster.

Kevin James has 2.8 million followers on his Facebook page.

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According to Rialto's marketing staff:

James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, he signed a network development deal to create his own sitcom. The King of Queens, which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS with James starring and executive producing, and it garnered him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

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James also starred in, and executive produced The Crew, a sitcom set in the world of NASCAR and is currently developing a single camera comedy both for Netflix.. James brought his stand-up act to TV with Sweat the Small Stuff, a one-hour special for Comedy Central. Kevin James and Ray Romano executive produced and starred in the HBO Sports Special Making the Cut: The Road to Pebble Beach; a documentary about the Pebble Beach Pro Am Golf Tournament that was nominated for a Sports Emmy. His second comedy special Never Don’t Give Up premiered on Netflix to critical acclaim.

James was the producer, co-writer, and star of the hit comedies Paul Blart: Mall Cop 1 & 2, Zookeeper, and Here Comes The Boom. James made his feature film debut in Columbia Pictures’ Hitch starring opposite Will Smith, and starred alongside Adam Sandler in Pixels, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and Hubie Halloween. He starred in the feature True Memoirs of an International Assassin for Netflix, the independent action thriller Becky, and starred in and produced Home Team for Netflix.

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