NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Tickets
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Vienna, VA
Overall Rating
4.1
By Naomi
Worth the drive
Kodak Center - Rochester
I thought all comics did a great job, especially Alphonso. He was a great host, and very funny. We came from Buffalo to see the show - hopefully, the tour will stop there someday. I'll be sure to get tickets!
By Jsuda
Fantastic show!
Kodak Center - Rochester
Expected Bodden to be great, and he was. The other 3 comedians were very good. These all were professional performers.
By Bronco
So-so
Kodak Center - Rochester
I think, because I am an older person, the comedy did not resonate with me. I did not find the comedy funny, but more rancorous than I like. I appreciate that the younger audience really enjoyed the comedy, but, for me, it was not what I expected. I would rather have seen the radio version of the show. I should have read the ad for the show more closely and I would have realized that this would not be the radio version. I would not have gone, in that case. I felt that it was bit over priced, especially since I had to pay a ten dollar parking fee.
By A Duffy
Great show!!!
Kodak Center - Rochester
I thought I was ordering tickets to a Wait Wait tapping and didn’t know what to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised and my friend and I loved it! Each comedian was very different, but all were timely and very funny. We laughed till our faces hurt and would go again without hesitation. They were right that it’s not a show for kids but adults would certainly enjoy it.
By josie ace
Not bad, but not what I expected
Kodak Center - Rochester
From what was advertised, I believed this would be a REAL Wait, Wait Don't Tell me event ..... I had attended one of those several years ago, and it was GREAT! This was just stand-up comedy from 4 Wait, Wait comics, and didn't have the magic of the radio show performance I'd seen before. Wasn't bad, but we were disappointed, and if we'd known exactly what it was, we would NOT have gone to see it.
By Nikki
Excellent!
Kodak Center - Rochester
Great comedians! Everyone had a great time. It was a laugh a minute. I would go to the show again the next two me it is in town.
By Mary
Witty humor with some problems
Kodak Center - Rochester
All in all, an entertaining night with excellent comedians. Although I want the host to take his message and humor about race far and wide, I didn't appreciate his demeaning comments about watching the weather for a look at the women's bodies. Please, we women have struggled to gain acceptance in the media for our brains. Don't take that away from us with this salacious commentary.
By Susan
Not what I expected
Kodak Center - Rochester
I was not sure what I expected, but it was strictly stand-up comedy. I thought it would be more in line with the NPR show. I’m not a huge fan of stand-up and there were funny bits but overall, I could’ve skipped it
By JCN
Very funny!
Kodak Center - Rochester
I did not realize that the show was a series of stand-up sets by the NPR hosts. It did not recreate the game format, so I was a little disappointed. But all the comics were very funny, and we enjoyed the entire evening very much.
By Rey
Smart, edgy, and fun!
Kodak Center - Rochester
Loved the format- giving each panelist time to do their own standup, followed by Alonzo's hilarious monolog, then a Q & A with the audience. I listen to these comedians every week on the show, and it was a treat to hear more from them. We took our 16 year old son, who loved it, but I wouldn't take younger kids, as this is not the clean Saturday morning version!
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NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me On Tour
When the majority of news becomes downright depressing, the folks at National Public Radio (NPR) and WBEZ-Chicago have just the right tonic. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! is a Peabody Award-winning comedic news quiz show that's been offering up timely wisecracks since its on-air debut in January 1998. Over the years, it's become one of public radio's most popular shows, with millions of listeners tuning in nationwide every week.
Host Peter Sagal, a writer and playwright, has been with the show since its inception, originally as a panelist. Each week, Sagal leads a rotating panel of guests, including comedians, actors, writers, and listeners of the show as they pick apart the week's weirdest and most fascinating news — often to hilarious results. Since 2005, the show has been recorded in front of a live audience. It's taped nearly every Thursday evening, beginning at 7:30 PM at the Chase Bank Auditorium in downtown Chicago. But they also sometimes venture beyond the Windy City, making stops in various cities around the country every year.
Alongside regular panelists like Mo Rocca, Jessi Klein, and Paula Poundstone, a number of actors, musicians, athletes, and politicians have served as guests, from Barack Obama and Madeleine Albright to Salman Rushdie and Stephen Colbert. Listeners of the show also get a chance to participate in games based on the week's news, like "Bluff the Listener," in which the contestant has to pick out the real news story from three presented by the panelists. Winners get a custom-recorded greeting by one of the cast members for their personal voicemail.
Wait Wait continues to be a favorite among listeners and those lucky enough to see the show live. It was even given a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in 2008, 10 years after it first hit the air. After 10 more years, the show celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018 with a tour around the U.S., hitting up venues such as Los Angeles' Greek Theatre and New York's Carnegie Hall.