Enjoy an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy with the finalists from NBC’s popular laugh fest Last Comic Standing, as the official NBC tour comes to the Xanadu Theater at Trump Taj Mahal on Saturday, November 29 at 8 p.m. The sixth season of “Last Comic Standing” – hosted by Bill Bellamy (“Def Comedy Jam,” “Any Given Sunday”) – began airing on NBC in May. The “Last Comic Standing Live Tour” will feature the finalists from this popular series. Included in the line up are finalists, Marcus, Jeff Dye, Louis Ramey, Iliza Shlesinger and Jim Tavare (line-up subject to change). For the first time ever on the series, a parade of NBC comedy stars from past and present hit shows will join “Last Comic Standing” as talent scouts this season. Helping to “find the funny” are talent scouts Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Brian Baumgartner and Kate Flannery (“The Office”), Dave Foley (“Thank God You’re Here!” “Newsradio”), Neil Flynn (“Scrubs”), George Wendt and John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”), Richard Belzer (“Law & Order: SVU”), Steve Schirripa (“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”), Kathy Najimy (“Veronica’s Closet”) and French Stewart (“Third Rock From the Sun”). Josh Gomez (“Chuck”), Lonny Ross and Keith Powell (“30 Rock”) also serve as talent scouts, along with Richard Kind and Fred Willard (“Mad About You”) and Alfonso Ribeiro (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”).Top comedians from more than 20 countries - including the U.S., England, Australia, Scotland, Sweden, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Norway, Japan and Israel - auditioned during the international search, which took talent scouts to LA, NY, Toronto, Minneapolis, Houston, Tempe, San Francisco, Nashville and Miami. Plus, for the first time ever on the show, Bill Bellamy went to eight additional cities on his own - including Boston, Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Honolulu and Atlanta - surprising the best comics at local venues with a direct pass to perform for the scouts in the closest audition city. After the audition search was completed, the best of the best traveled to Las Vegas to perform for a huge crowd at the Paris Las Vegas, where the top 12 comedy acts were chosen as finalists. They then moved on to the challenge rounds for a comedy showdown week by week, until the funniest comics returned to Paris Las Vegas for the finals and finale.Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey is the final destination for these comics to compete against eachother when America gets the chance to vote to decide who will be the "Last Comic Standing" and win the $250,000 grand prize, including an exclusive talent deal with NBC, a brand new Honda, and a starring appearance in Jubilee! at Bally's Las Vegas.Tickets, priced at $48 & $28 can be obtained by either calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420, on line at www.ticketmaster.com or in person at the Taj Box Office. For box office hours and more information call (609) 449-5150, or log on to
http://www.trumptaj.com/.
Enjoy an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy with the finalists from NBC’s popular laugh fest Last Comic Standing, as the official NBC tour comes to the Xanadu Theater at Trump Taj Mahal on Saturday, November 29 at 8 p.m. The sixth season of “Last Comic Standing” – hosted by Bill Bellamy (“Def Comedy Jam,” “Any Given Sunday”) – began airing on NBC in May. The “Last Comic Standing Live Tour” will feature the finalists from this popular series. Included in the line up are finalists, Marcus, Jeff Dye, Louis Ramey, Iliza Shlesinger and Jim Tavare (line-up subject to change). For the first time ever on the series, a parade of NBC comedy stars from past and present hit shows will join “Last Comic Standing” as talent scouts this season. Helping to “find the funny” are talent scouts Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez, Brian Baumgartner and Kate Flannery (“The Office”), Dave Foley (“Thank God You’re Here!” “Newsradio”), Neil Flynn (“Scrubs”), George Wendt and John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”), Richard Belzer (“Law & Order: SVU”), Steve Schirripa (“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”), Kathy Najimy (“Veronica’s Closet”) and French Stewart (“Third Rock From the Sun”). Josh Gomez (“Chuck”), Lonny Ross and Keith Powell (“30 Rock”) also serve as talent scouts, along with Richard Kind and Fred Willard (“Mad About You”) and Alfonso Ribeiro (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”).Top comedians from more than 20 countries - including the U.S., England, Australia, Scotland, Sweden, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Norway, Japan and Israel - auditioned during the international search, which took talent scouts to LA, NY, Toronto, Minneapolis, Houston, Tempe, San Francisco, Nashville and Miami. Plus, for the first time ever on the show, Bill Bellamy went to eight additional cities on his own - including Boston, Denver, Seattle, Detroit, Honolulu and Atlanta - surprising the best comics at local venues with a direct pass to perform for the scouts in the closest audition city. After the audition search was completed, the best of the best traveled to Las Vegas to perform for a huge crowd at the Paris Las Vegas, where the top 12 comedy acts were chosen as finalists. They then moved on to the challenge rounds for a comedy showdown week by week, until the funniest comics returned to Paris Las Vegas for the finals and finale.Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey is the final destination for these comics to compete against eachother when America gets the chance to vote to decide who will be the "Last Comic Standing" and win the $250,000 grand prize, including an exclusive talent deal with NBC, a brand new Honda, and a starring appearance in Jubilee! at Bally's Las Vegas.Tickets, priced at $48 & $28 can be obtained by either calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420, on line at www.ticketmaster.com or in person at the Taj Box Office. For box office hours and more information call (609) 449-5150, or log on to http://www.trumptaj.com/.
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