CPAB's 2014 Homecoming Comedy Show to feature Tony Rock

9:07 a.m., Oct. 2, 2014--Tony Rock will headline the University of Delaware Cultural Programming Advisory Board’s 2014 Homecoming Comedy Show to be held Saturday evening, Oct. 18, in Mitchell Hall.

The show will start at 7:30 p.m., with the doors opening at 7.

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Advance tickets, which will go on sale Friday, Oct. 3, at UD box offices and Ticketmaster outlets, cost $5 for UD students, with a limit of two per UD ID, and $15 for the general public. Ticket prices may increase at the door.

For ticket information, call 302-831-4012.

Rock, the brother of comedian Chris Rock, is a comedian and actor and the host of the newly revamped Apollo Live talent competition on BET. He also is a regular on BET’s Reed Between the Lines.

Special guest will be Ken Boyd, who in 2011 was named the Houston Improv’s “funniest comedian in Texas.”

For general information about the show, call UD’s Center for Black Culture at 302-831-2991.