News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

TruTV Impractical Jokers Add Second Show At DPAC 7/1

By: Jan. 09, 2018
Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe.




Existing user? Just click login.

By popular demand, an additional show for the cast of truTV's Impractical Jokers has been added at DPAC on July 1, 2018 at 5:00pm. The cast of truTV's Impractical Jokers a.k.a. acclaimed comedy troupe The Tenderloins will be touring the country for their runaway smash "Santiago Sent Us."

The highly anticipated multi-city trek will hit major markets throughout the US. Impractical Jokers will be bringing their over-the-top hijinks and hilarious pranks to DPAC on Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 5:00pm and 8:00pm. Guests can expect a night of outrageous laughter and entertainment as TV's favorite pranksters perform live.

Tickets go on sale Friday, January 12 at 10:00am:

"For truTV's Impractical Jokers to choose DPAC for two shows speaks to the reputation of both DPAC and the great comedy audiences here in the Triangle. Our guests know there is no better place to see comedy than DPAC," says Candice Terrell, Assistant Director of Marketing at DPAC.

The Tenderloins are a New York-based comedy troupe, whose four members - Joe Gatto, James Murray, Brian Quinn and Sal Vulcano - are the creators, executive producers, and stars of truTV's hit series, Impractical Jokers. Now in its 6th season, Impractical Jokers follows The Tenderloins as they coerce one another into doing public pranks while being filmed by hidden cameras. With each new season, the show continues to take dares to outrageous levels with new over-the-top hijinks.

At the end of its 4th season, the series celebrated 100 episodes in the US with a live television event, The Impractical Jokers Live Punishment Special. Hosted by Howie Mandel, the special drew in 3 million viewers with an impressive 150 MM social media impressions. The Troupe have toured steadily nationwide over the last three years with their highly successful "truTV Impractical Jokers 'Where's Larry?' Tour Starring the Tenderloins," playing to thousands of fans per market including a 3-night sold out run at New York's historic Radio City Music Hall.

The new tour, "Santiago Sent Us," continues on The Tenderloins' success on the road, broadening the live show's reach in the US and the United Kingdom, selling out 4 shows at The O2 Arena in London in January 2017.

About The Tenderloins

Natives of Staten Island, NY, Sal, Joe, "Murr" and "Q" met while attending high school and later formed The Tenderloins Comedy Troupe in 1999. After years of performing live improv and sketch comedy shows, The Tenderloins crossed over to the web, garnering millions of views for their internet sketches, eventually creating the runaway success Impractical Jokers for truTV. Impractical Jokers is top 5 in its timeslot on cable in the US and is the #1 show on Comedy Central in the United Kingdom and India.

More info on The Tenderloins and their 'Santiago Sent Us' Tour can be found at www.thetenderloins.com

About DPAC

Since its opening in 2008, DPAC has become the center for live entertainment in North Carolina. Recognized for its contemporary design, DPAC features 2,700 seats, intimate sightlines and state-of-the art sound and video. Listed annually among the top venues in the country by multiple publications that track attendance and live event sales, DPAC is currently the #4 ranked theater in the U.S.

With a mission of presenting one-of a-kind live entertainment events, DPAC truly has "something for everyone", hosting over 200 performances a year including spectacular touring Broadway productions, high-profile concert and comedy events, family shows and the heralded American Dance Festival. Owned by the City of Durham and operated under the direction of Nederlander and Professional Facilities Management (PFM), since 2011 DPAC has been listed the #1 performing arts organization in the region by the Triangle Business Journal.


For more information please go to www.DPACnc.com.



Comments

To post a comment, you must register and login.

Join Team BroadwayWorld

Are you an avid theatergoer? We're looking for people like you to share your thoughts and insights with our readers. Team BroadwayWorld members get access to shows to review, conduct interviews with artists, and the opportunity to meet and network with fellow theatre lovers and arts workers.



Videos