There are plenty of smiles in the metro area thanks to the Detroit Lions’ playoff game on Sunday, Jan 14. And there will be plenty of laughs, too, as a couple of big comedy headliners hit town as part of a full weekend of stand-up.
Check out the chuckles with …
• Fresh off a role in last year’s hit film “Air,” Chris Tucker is back on stage and brings his The Legend Tour to the Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit, at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12. 313-471-7000 or 313Presents.com.
• Cedric the Entertainer never fails to, well, entertain, and he’ll do that again at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12, at Sound Board in the MotorCity Casino Hotel, 2901 Grand River Ave., Detroit. 800-745-3000 or soundboarddetroit.com.
• Canadian Comedy Award winner Deanne Smith stands up through Saturday, Jan. 12 at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 310 S. Troy St., Royal Oak. 248-542-9900.
• Greg Hahn, best known for his appearances on the syndicated “Bob & Tom Show,” hits the metro area Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, at One Night Stans Comedy Club, 4761 Highland Road, Waterford. 248-875-6524 or onenightstans.club.
• Ferndale’s Go Comedy! Improv Theater holds a 36-hour Snow Day Marathon to benefit three local cancer charities (Gilda’s Club, the Diana George Jacks Memorial Scholarship and the Tim Hayden Memorial Scholarship) on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 13-14. 261 E. Nine Mile Road. 248-327-0575 or gocomedy.net and snowdaymarathon.com
• Orlando Leyba, a finalist on NBC’s “Stand Up Showcase,” performs three shows Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, at the Detroit House of Comedy inside Hockeytown, 2301 Woodward Ave. 313-312-4965 or detroit.houseofcomedy.net.
