Russell Peters to Play Fox Theatre, 12/12; Tickets on Sale 8/6

Comedian Russell Peters will perform at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, December 12 at 8:00 p.m. His DVD, Outsourced, has gone eleven times Platinum in his home country of Canada.

In April 2005, Russell was the first South Asian to headline and sell-out the Apollo Theatre in New York City. In June 2007, Russell became the first comedian to sell-out Toronto's Air Canada Centre - performing for over 30,000 fans over two nights.

Russell has been nominated for four Gemini Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Emmys). He's performed sold-out tours of China, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Jamaica, St. Maartens, Trinidad, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates and in 2007, was the first North American comic to tour India.

In 2007, Russell completed two USO tours for the troops. In February 2008, Russell recorded his latest DVD, Red, White and Brown at Madison Square Garden. Red, White and Brown was released in January 2009.

Tickets ($45.00 and $60.00) go on sale this Friday, Aug. 6 at 10:00 a.m. and may be purchased at OlympiaEntertainment.com, the Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000.