Rodney Carrington at UIS Performing Arts Center
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Fri, Sep 29 , 2023 7:00pm - 10:59pm
One University Plaza, Springfield, IL 62703
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Comedian, actor, & singer; Rodney Carrington takes the stage at the UIS Performing Arts Center on Friday September 29th.
A platinum-recording artist, Rodney's recorded eight major record label comedy albums, followed by three albums on his own record label, Laughter's Good Records. Rodney is fresh off the release of his latest album, "Get Em Out," (released 2019) which hit #1 on iTunes. His album "Here Comes the Truth” (released 2017) climbed to #3 on the comedy charts, accruing tens of millions of streams on Spotify and even spawned a Netflix special.
Rodney also added "author" to his list of accomplishments with the release of his book “Rodney Carrington, Coming Clean'' published by Hatchette Books.
Over the years, he's starred in his own TV sitcom, “Rodney", which ran for two seasons on ABC, co-wrote and co-starred with Toby Keith in the feature film, “Beer for My Horses,” which won the Tex Ritter Award from the ACM, and starred in his own Netflix special "Here Comes The Truth.”
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