Brad Garrett Comes to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Tonight

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present Brad Garrett tonight, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m.

Tickets start at $39 and are available through www.ScottsdalePerformingArts.org or 480-499-TKTS (8587).

Brad Garrett earned three Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award playing Ray Romano's big brother Robert on the iconic CBS series Everybody Loves Raymond. Returning to his stand-up comedy roots in this wickedly funny one-man show, he tosses political correctness out the window and takes jabs at everyone, including the audience.

Garrett's stand-up career has spanned more than 30 years. He was one of the youngest comics ever to appear on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and in the late 1980s he opened for Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. In 2012, Garrett opened his own comedy club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he performs regularly to sold-out audiences.

Garrett's trademark voice has been heard in more than 20 animated features, including the contemporary classics Casper, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille and Tangled. His film credits include David Chase's Not Fade Away as well as Music and Lyrics, Suicide Kings and Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown. Garrett also performed on Broadway in Neil Simon's The Odd Couple, and he was nominated for an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards for his portrayal of Jackie Gleason in the TV movie Gleason.

The Gallery division of Simon & Schuster purchased Garrett's autobiographical book, When the Balls Drop, an honest look at life's second half, which is due to be released in 2015. Garrett also recently starred alongside Robin Williams in The Crazy Ones on CBS.

Garrett's performance is for mature, adult audiences only. Comedian Sam Fedele, who has been seen on NBC, Comedy Central and CBC Television in Canada, will open the show.