Dreamweaver Marketing News, PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES CHRIS ROCK THE TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017

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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust:
Diana Roth, Communications Manager, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
412-471-8717 / Roth@TrustArts.org 

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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES 

CHRIS ROCK

THE TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017 

–The Acclaimed Comedian’s First Tour in 9 Years Starts February 14 in Durham, North Carolina– 

COMING TO PITTSBURGH IN MAY, 2017!

SECOND SHOW ADDED 

THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2017 | 8:00PM | BENEDUM CENTER

TICKETS GO ON SALE AT 10:00AM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2016 

Pittsburgh, PA–Grammy and Emmy Award winning comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, Chris Rock, announced today a highly anticipated return to live comedy with an all-new tour. The TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017kicks off on February 14, 2017 in Durham, NC at the Durham Performing Arts Center. The first leg of the TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017 will be the acclaimed comedian’s first tour in over 9 years and will visit cities throughout the U.S. including Atlanta, Minneapolis, Denver, Houston, Detroit and more. More dates will be announced soon.  A full list of tour dates is below.  Tickets go on sale Friday, December 9 at www.livenation.com and other outlets.  This event is presented by Live Nation.  

In Pittsburgh, Chris Rock The Total Blackout Tour 2017 will perform on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. (sold out), and a second show has been added by overwhelming demand for Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 8:00 p.m., at the Benedum Center, 237, 7^th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.  Tickets go on sale for the second show on Friday, December 9, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. ($49.50-$125.00) and will be available through the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s ticket sources online at www.TrustArts.org, by calling 412-456-6666, or in person at Theater Square Box Office, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 

Lauded by peers and critics alike, Chris Rock is one of our generation’s strongest comedic voices. As an actor, director, producer and writer he has created many memorable moments. 

Rock returned in 2016 to host the 88^th Annual Academy Awards. In the past year, he has directed HBO’s comedy special “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo.” 

With a career spanning more than three decades, Rock has enjoyed ongoing success in both film and television as a comedian, actor, writer, producer and director.  In 2014 he led the ensemble cast of “Top Five,” a critically acclaimed comedy feature that he also wrote and directed.  In 2009 Rock ventured into the documentary world as a writer and producer of “Good Hair,” and in 2014 he executive produced “Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of the Comic Strip,” a documentary recounting the history of one of New York’s most famous comedy venues.  His feature acting credits include the “Grown Ups” and “Madagascar” franchises, “Head of State,” “Nurse Betty,” “CB4”, “Death at a Funeral,” “I Think I Love My Wife,” “2 Days in New York,” “Dogma” and “New Jack City.” 

His television work includes serving as executive producer, writer and narrator for the series “Everybody Hates Chris,” which ran from 2005 to 2009, and as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” from 1989-1993. 

from Chris Rock, "Everybody Hates Chris."

Rock has won four Emmy Awards, three Grammy Awards and is a New York Times Best-Selling Author. In addition, he received two nominations for the 2016 Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Director for a Variety Special for “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo,” and Outstanding Special Class Program for the 88^th Annual Academy Awards. 

Chris Rock at the Oscars

CHRIS ROCK – THE TOTAL BLACKOUT TOUR 2017

All dates, cities and venues below subject to change. 

Tuesday, February 14, 2017	Durham, NC	Durham Performing Arts Center
Thursday, February 16, 2017	Cincinnati, OH	Aronoff Center
Saturday, February 18, 2017	Columbus, OH	Palace Theatre
Tuesday, February 21, 2017	Niagara Falls, ON	Fallsview Casino Resort*
Wednesday, February 22, 2017	Niagara Falls, ON	Fallsview Casino Resort*
Thursday, February 23, 2017	Niagara Falls, ON	Fallsview Casino Resort*
Friday, February 24, 2017	Reno, NV	Reno Events Center
Saturday, February 25, 2017	Phoenix, AZ	Comerica Theatre
Friday, March 3, 2017	Denver, CO	Bellco Theatre
Sunday, March 5, 2017	Richmond, VA	Altria Theater
Friday, March 10, 2017	Minneapolis, MN	Orpheum Theatre
Friday, March 24, 2017	Birmingham, AL	BJCC Concert Hall
Saturday, March 25, 2017	New Orleans, LA	Saenger Theatre
Wednesday, March 29, 2017	Hollywood, FL	Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*
Thursday, April 6, 2017	Tulsa, OK	River Spirit Casino Resort*
Friday, April 7, 2017	Thackerville, OK	WinStar World Casino*
Saturday, April 8, 2017	St. Louis, MO	Peabody Opera House
Friday, April 14, 2017	Tampa, FL	Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, April 19, 2017	Cleveland, OH	State Theatre
Saturday, April 22, 2017	Uncasville, CT	Mohegan Sun*
Friday, April 28, 2017	Detroit, MI	Fox Theatre
Wednesday, May 3, 2017	Indianapolis, IN	Murat Theatre
Saturday, May 13, 2017	Sugar Land, TX	Smart Financial Centre
Sunday, May 14, 2017	Austin, TX	Bass Concert Hall
Wednesday, May 17 & 18, 2017	Pittsburgh, PA	Benedum Center
Thursday, May 25, 2017	Cherokee, NC	Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Centre*
Friday, May 26, 2017	Atlanta, GA	Fox Theater
Saturday, June 3, 2017	Atlantic City, NJ	Borgata Hotel Casino*

* - Not a Live Nation promoted show 

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners.  Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization.  A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.  Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life.  Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Cultural Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.  For more information, visit TrustArts.org.

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Dreamweaver Marketing News, MADEA ON THE RUN THE NEW MUSICAL STAGE PLAY BY TYLER PERRY

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Local Show Publicist: Shaunda Miles, Director of Public Relations, 412-471-1578 / Miles@TrustArts.org

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PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST ANNOUNCES

TYLER PERRY’S

MADEA ON THE RUN

THE NEW MUSICAL STAGE PLAY BY TYLER PERRY

TICKET ON SALE NOW

TYLER PERRY & CASSI DAVIS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, PA—The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces that Tyler Perry will star

in his new musical stage play Madea On The Run at Pittsburgh’s Benedum Center (237 7^th Street, Downtown Pittsburgh) for a limited engagement.  Three performances of Tyler Perry’s Madea On The Run are scheduled for Friday, February 26, 2016 at 8:00 PM and Saturday, February 27 at 2:00 PM and 7:00PM.

Tickets ($44.25-$71.25) vary according to performance and are available at TrustArts.org, by phone at (412) 456-6666, or in person at the Box Office at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue.

About the Show

Madea is at it again in Tyler Perry’s most outrageously funny stage play ever.  In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law.  With no place to turn, she volunteers to move in with her friend Bam who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.   Bam is so grateful that her faithful friend Mabel is putting her life on hold in order to nurse Bam back to health.  Unknown to Bam however, Madea is only using the concerned friend gag as a way to hide out from the police.  But as they say… all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose.  Madea’s presence at Bam’s house is just what the doctor ordered.  Bam’s family is in desperate need of some home improvement, and it is the only kind of family makeover that Madea could deliver.  Starring Tyler Perry as Madea, and Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam, Madea On The Run delivers a couple hours of pure joy and laughter.  With brand new music written by Tyler Perry, the show delivers a finger snapping and inspirational evening of theater.  Madea’s life lessons on friendship, marriage, personal reflection, and overcoming, leave audiences with some great food for the soul.   Don’t miss Tyler Perry’s Madea On The Run.

Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard streets of New Orleans to the heights of Hollywood’s A-list is the stuff of American legend. Born into poverty and raised in a household scarred by abuse, Tyler fought from a young age to find the strength, faith and perseverance that would later form the foundations of his much-acclaimed plays, films, books and shows.  It was a simple piece of advice from Oprah Winfrey that set Tyler’s career in motion. Encouraged to keep a diary of his daily thoughts and experiences, he began writing a series of soul-searching letters to himself.  His writing inspired a musical, I Know I’ve Been Changed, and in 1992 and in 1998 his perseverance paid off when a promoter booked I Know I’ve Been Changed for a limited run at a local church-turned-theatre. This time, the community came out in droves, and soon the musical moved

to Atlanta’s prestigious Fox Theatre. Tyler Perry never looked back.And so began an incredible run of 13 plays in as many years, including Woman Thou Art Loosed!, a celebrated collaboration with the prominent Dallas pastor T.D. Jakes. In the year 2000, I Can Do Bad All By Myself marked the first appearance of the now-legendary Madea. The God-fearing, gun-toting, pot-smoking, loud-mouthed grandmother, Madea, was played by Perry himself. Madea was such a resounding success, she soon spawned a series of plays - Madea’s Family Reunion (2002), Madea’s Class Reunion (2003), Madea Goes To Jail (2005) - and set the stage for Tyler’s jump to the big screen. In 2015, Perry returned to the stage, performing his new original play, Madea on the Run, to sold out audiences across the United States.

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations: turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors, and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity.  Using the arts as an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban redevelopment through the arts.

About Tyler Perry

Perry’s first feature film, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, debuted at number one nationwide. His ensuing films, Madea’s Family Reunion, Daddy’s Little Girls, Why Did I Get Married?, Meet The Browns, The Family That Preys, I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Why Did I Get Married Too?, For Colored Girls, Madea’s Big, Happy Family, Good Deeds and Madea’s Witness Protection have all been met with massive commercial success, delighting audiences across America and around the world. He starred in the Rob Cohen directed Alex Cross and helped release Academy Award-nominated Precious, a movie based on the novel Push by Sapphire, in conjunction with his 34th Street Films banner, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Lionsgate.

In the fall of 2008, Perry opened his 200,000 square foot Studio in Atlanta, situated on the former Delta Airlines campus of more than 30 acres. The Studio consists of five sound stages, a post production facility, a pond, a back lot, a 400-seat theater, a private screening room, and designated areas for entertaining and hosting events.

Tyler recently garnered rave reviews for his role opposite Ben Affleck in David Fincher’s box office hit, Gone Girl. He will next be seen on the big screen in 2016 for Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel as the villain "Baxter Stockman." 

A philanthropist, New York Times best-selling author, television producer, actor and activist, Perry continues to break television network and box office records with his unique brand of inspirational entertainment to a devoted new audience. It is a brand that quickly became an empire. Perry has garnered a Helen Hayes Award for Excellence in Theater, the Brandon Tatikoff Legacy Award from the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), an MTV Movie Award, over 20 NAACP Award nominations and over a dozen subsequent awards.

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