Tag: comedy

A group of people dressed in country attire lies in a circle on straw, holding hands and corn cobs in the center. The text reads: shucked: The Tony Award-winning musical comedy.

Shucked

Shucked is the Tony Award®–winning musical comedy about an unlikely hero, a lovable con man, and an a-maize-ing battle for the heart & soil of Cob County.

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An older man in a suit holds a cigar, with text beside him that reads: Richard Thomas stars in Mark Twain Tonight! by Hal Holbrook on a dark blue background.

Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight!  

Join the millions who have cheered for the legendary one-man show, bursting with Twain’s “uproariously funny” and “pungently wise” humor (Time Magazine). Tony-nominated and Emmy-Award® winning actor Richard Thomas brings to life “the nation’s one true comic genius” (The New York Times) in Mark Twain Tonight!, written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook.

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A smiling man in a white nurse outfit with a stethoscope stands in front of a blue sky background. Text reads: Nurse Blake But Did You Die? Comedy Tour, November 18, Loeb Playhouse.

Nurse Blake

Nurse Blake is back with his hilarious new comedy tour with all new content, diving into the wildest things patients and their families say and do. From self-diagnosing Stage 8 Cancer with WebMD to hitting the call light like they are on a game show, nothing is off-limits! Join us at Purdue’s Loeb Playhouse on November 18, 2026 for a night to remember!

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Tom Segura

Tom Segura brings global ‘Come Together’ tour to Elliott Hall of Music

One of comedy’s biggest names, Tom Segura brings his 2025 global tour Come Together to West Lafayette. Segura’s highly anticipated new hour of comedy started touring last year and has sold out stops across Asia and North America.

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The image features the Beetlejuice musical logo with irregular black and white vertical stripes. The text reads Beetlejuice and The Musical. The Musical. The Musical! with a small green beetle on the letter I, capturing Beetlejuice's quirky charm.

Beetlejuice

Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, BEETLEJUICE tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes.

Entertainment Weekly calls it “a feast for the eyes and the soul!”

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THE BOOK OF MORMON

The Book of Mormon

This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, THE BOOK OF MORMON has truly become an international sensation.

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10/24 Tom Segura at Elliott Hall of Music

Tom Segura: Come Together

Comedian Tom Segura, known for his Netflix specials and hit podcasts, will bring his COME TOGETHER tour to Elliott Hall of Music on October 24, 2025. Following the success of his I’M COMING EVERYWHERE WORLD TOUR, Segura’s new hour of comedy is sure to deliver his signature humor to fans nationwide.

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Two men in Renaissance costumes stand before a theater set. One looks surprised, while the other raises a tankard and smiles. A banner reads Something Rotten!, hinting at the witty chaos of this hit Broadway musical.

Creating the completely new Broadway musical “Something Rotten!”

Most Broadway newcomers don’t get their first show produced by Tony Award-winner Kevin McCollum, and they don’t typically land Tony-winner Casey Nicholaw as their director-choreographer. But brothers Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick and British comedy writer John O’Farrell, the creators of...
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Something Rotten

The unique humor of Broadway’s funniest show

The laugh lines in the Broadway hit Something Rotten! flow from different sources. Some come at the expense of William Shakespeare, the rock star of his day, here played as a world-weary writer who finds being famous so much more...
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A stylized grand piano on an orange background with scattered piano keys. The lid features the text: A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, inspired by Darko Tresnjak’s vision, in decorative fonts.

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”

When the Tony Awards were handed out in June of 2014, the stylishly comic musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, took home four trophies, including the biggest: Best Musical. “It was the most incredible thing,” says author Robert...
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Two actors in period costumes from A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder raise mugs joyfully on a decorated stage, while a third actor stands as bartender behind a bar set with shelves of bottles in the background.

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” writers Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman

https://live-convocations.pantheonsite.io/event/gentlemans-guide-love-murder/ I just wanted to talk to you about the whole process of putting Gentleman’s Guide up on Broadway and winning the Tony Award.  As they say in Sound of Music, let’s start at the very beginning.  How did you...
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A group of actors in elaborate period costumes pose dramatically around a dinner table on stage, all with surprised expressions and raised hands, in a scene from A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” director, Darko Tresnjak

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think it’s quite safe to say that a great deal of the success of the show is in the staging and just the absolute fun of it. Why don’t we start with...
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