'Lewis Black Live: Let Them Eat Cake' Hits the Road Beginning May 1 in Santa Barbara with Tickets on Sale Now

'Lewis Black Live: Let Them Eat Cake' Hits the Road Beginning May 1 in Santa Barbara with Tickets on Sale Now

Tour Info and Links to Purchase Tickets Available at www.comedycentral.com and www.lewisblack.com

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Lewis Black is one of the most prolific and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author. Black's live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. "Lewis Black Live: Let Them Eat Cake" kicks off May 1 at Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara and travels to more than 30 markets nationwide with additional shows to be announced (see list at the end of this release). COMEDY CENTRAL is pleased to work with the industry's leading tour promoter of comedy, Live Nation.

For tour info and links to purchase tickets, viewers can log onto www.comedycentral.com and www.lewisblack.com. Tickets for "Lewis Black Live: Let Them Eat Cake" are on sale now.

Currently, Black stars in COMEDY CENTRAL's "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil." The series pits either two people such as Kim Jong Il and Tila Tequila or pop culture topics such as You Tube vs. Porn against each other in an open debate setting. A rotating group of comedians take the stage and argue who or what is most evil with Black making the final decision. "Lewis Black's Root of All Evil" airs Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Lewis Black is a passionate performer who is more pissed-off optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon. He's perfected expressing what the rest of us cannot say in polite company. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs over 200 nights a year to sell-out audiences throughout Europe, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is one of few performers to sell out multiple, renowned theatres including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On February 11, 2007, Black received a Grammy award for "Best Comedy Album" for "The Carnegie Hall Performance" stand-up CD released by COMEDY CENTRAL Records.

In August 2007, he was the first stand-up comedian to perform in concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In December 2007, he was part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's Christmas Show -- along with Robin Williams, Kid Rock, Lance Armstrong, Ronan Tynan and Miss USA, Rachel Smith -- that entertained U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Kryzistan, Spain and Italy.

In 2006, Black had a break out year as an actor. He co-starred with Robin Williams in Barry Levinson's "Man of the Year" (Universal Pictures), appeared as "the fake dean of a fake college" in Steve Pink's "Accepted" (Universal Pictures) and as the harried airport manager in Paul Feig's "Unaccompanied Minors" (Warner Brothers). In addition, he lent his voice to the role of "Jimmy" in Bob Sagat's parody, "Farce of the Penguins" (Thinkfilm).

In the midst of a rigorous touring schedule and several TV appearances, Black's first book, Nothing's Sacred (Simon and Schuster, 2005) debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List. His second tome titled, Me of Little Faith will be released by Penguin on June 3, 2008. It is a ferociously funny exploration of religion and faith in which he examines how the rules and constraints of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all. His hilarious experiences with rabbis, Mormons, gurus, psychics, and even the joy of a perfect round of golf give Black the chance to expound upon what we believe and why -- in the language of a shock jock and with the heart of an iconoclast.

"COMEDY CENTRAL Live" is the network's successful live comedy venture working with today's leading stand-up comedians. Celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2007, "COMEDY CENTRAL Live" has sold over one million tickets and grossed 40 million dollars in box office receipts. The tours feature the hottest stand-up comedians on the scene including Carlos Mencia, Jim Gaffigan, Demetri Martin, Brian Regan, Dave Attell, Wanda Sykes, Drew Carey and Dave Chappelle.

COMEDY CENTRAL, the only all-comedy network, currently is seen in more than 91 million homes nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address is www.comedycentral.com. For up-to-the-minute and archival press information and photographs visit Press Central, COMEDY CENTRAL's press Web site at www.comedycentral.com/press.

   DATE    CITY                VENUE    May 1   Santa Barbara, CA   Arlington Theatre   May 2   Thousand Oaks, CA   Fred Kavli Theatre - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts   May 3   Long Beach, CA      Terrace Theater - Long Beach Convention Center   May 4   Santa Cruz, CA      Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium   May 8   Boston, MA          Opera House   May 9   Syracuse, NY        Landmark Theatre   May 10  Sewell, NJ          Commerce Bank Arts Centre   May 11  Rochester, NY       Rochester Aud Theatre   May 15  Washington, D.C.    Warner Theatre   May 16  Washington, D.C.    Warner Theatre   May 17  Washington, D.C.    Warner Theatre   May 18  Washington, D.C.    Warner Theatre  

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