FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2015 MEDIA CONTACT: Mariesa Bus, Marketing Assistant Manager Phone: 253.573.2507 | Email: [email protected] | Web: BroadwayCenter.org Comedian Arsenio Hall Performs stand-up at Tacoma’s historic Pantages Theater June 4, 2016 Tacoma, Wash.– Beloved comedian of Emmy Award-winning The Arsenio Hall Show and co-star of Coming to America Arsenio Hall will perform at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater on June 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now for Broadway Center Members, and go on sale to the public on November 20 at 11:00 a.m. In 1987, Arsenio Hall was asked to replace Joan Rivers on the Fox Network series The Late Show. On the strength of his work as interim host, he was signed to a film and television deal with Paramount Pictures, which subsequently led to the opportunity to co-write and co-star along with Eddie Murphy in the hit (Paramount) comedy Coming to America. On January 3, 1989, The Arsenio Hall Show made its debut. Virtually overnight, Arsenio changed the face of late-night television by captivating the young viewers across the country. During his successful five-year run as Executive Producer, Arsenio provided a forum for cutting-edge comedy, politics and the television debut of such pop superstars as Mariah Carey, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Boyz II Men, and countless others. After resigning from The Arsenio Hall Show in 1994, Hall went on to star in CBS’s Martial Law, and as the host of Star Search. Arsenio was featured as a guest mentor on the OWN Network’s Your OWN Show, as well as appearing as a guest host on the daily talk show Access Hollywood LIVE!, CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight and The View. In 2012, Arsenio was crowned the Celebrity Apprentice for season five of Donald Trump’s hit reality show on NBC, where he competed for his charity, The Magic Johnson Foundation. Most recently, he returned to late-night television as executive producer and host of the CBS Television Distribution/Tribune Broadcasting nationally syndicated The Arsenio Hall Show, which aired on stations around the country during the 2013-14 season. Tickets to Arsenio Hall at the Pantages Theater on June 4, 2016, are $19, $40, $55, and $69 and are on sale now for Broadway Center members. Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday, November 20 at 11:00 a.m. To purchase tickets, call the Broadway Center Box Office at 253.591.5894, toll-free 1.800.291.7593, visit in person at 901 Broadway in Tacoma's Theater District, or online at BroadwayCenter.org. ### The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following for support of the 2015-16 Season: ArtsFund, Ben B. Cheney Foundation, The Boeing Company, CHI Franciscan Health System, City of Tacoma, The Forest Foundation, MultiCare, The News Tribune, Pierce County Arts Commission, The Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Washington State Arts Commission, and Wells Fargo. .