Steve Martin and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Join NPR News Quiz 'Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! – Live' Cinema Event 5/2

After spray-tanning away their Chicago winter complexions, the cast of NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" is ready for its close-up with comedy's "Wild and Crazy Guy." The public radio sensation announced today that comedian Steve Martin and musical guest ShaRon Jones and the Dap-Kings will join host Peter Sagal and official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell on Thursday, May 2 in the show's big screen debut of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! - Live."

The event will be broadcast to more than 600 select movie theaters across the country LIVE from New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT and tape delayed at 7:00 p.m. MT / 8:00 p.m. PT, featuring panelists Paula Poundstone, Mo Rocca and Tom Bodett in a larger-than-life version of the show's comic review of the week's news. Select theaters nationally will present an encore on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:30PM (local time).

In this live special of the weekly radio show, Sagal and Kasell test the current events knowledge of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" panelists and listener contestants. Multi-talented entertainer Steve Martin jumps down the "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" rabbit hole and plays "Not My Job," the show's segment where famous people are asked questions completely outside their purview. ShaRon Jones and the Dap-Kings kick up the fun atmosphere with live jams between segments.

Presented by NCM Fathom Events, NPR, WBEZ-Chicago and BY Experience, the event will be broadcast to select movie theaters across the country through NCM's exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit www.FathomEvents.com (theaters and participants are subject to change).

"We're incredibly excited to do a live broadcast from New York City with Steve Martin and a live band," says Sagal. "It'll be just like 1978, except instead of sitting in my pajamas watching, I'll be on stage with everybody."

In addition to a funky soundtrack and "Not My Job," the live cinema event will include other favorite "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" segments including "Who's Carl This Time?" where contestants guess what newsmakers Kasell is impersonating, and "Bluff the Listener," challenging players to select the one true story out of three unlikely tales from the panelists. All along, contestants vie for the most coveted prize in all of public radio: a custom-recorded voicemail greeting by Kasell.

A trailer starring Sagal and produced by NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" team is available online now.

Now in its 15th season, the Peabody Award-winning "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" has an audience of 3.3 million listeners weekly on more than 640 NPR Member public radio stations. The radio show is produced by NPR and WBEZ. To find local stations and broadcast times, get the free podcast, and digest the culinary courageousness of Sandwich Monday, visit www.npr.org/waitwait.