Big-name acts bring laughs

Life these days seems to be one giant stress test. If it's not the umpteenth bailout or stimulus going to help the other guy, it's having to toss your MacDonald's hamburger wrapper into a $1,000 Luke Ravenstahl commemorative trash can. Our advice: catch one, two or three of the big comedy shows headed to Pittsburgh this weekend, before Harrisburg and our local elected officials find a way to pass a laugh tax.

Friday, a reunited Cheech and Chong bring their joint efforts to the Benedum Center as part of their "Light Up America" tour, their first in 26 years. That same night, comic and CNN personality D.L. Hughley opens a three-night stand at the Pittsburgh Improv at the Waterfront in Homestead. Saturday, pretty and profane Margaret Cho gives her fans a Pacific rim shot at the Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead.

By William Loeffler, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, March 4, 2009