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Wayne Brady, Wanda Sykes to Play Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in October

Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes

Wayne Brady will bring his improv-based show Making It Up to the CHI Showroom at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on October 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8:30pm, while four-time Emmy Award winner Wanda Sykes will bring her stand up comedy back to the venue on Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16 at 8pm.

Brady was seen on Broadway in Chicago. He is best known from his work on such television shows as Whose Line is it Anyway? and Let’s Make a Deal, as well as his eponymous syndicated talk show. He recently performed Making It Up at Vegas’ Venetian Hotel.

As previously reported, Sykes will play the role of Miss Hannigan in Media Theatre’s production of the musical Annie, in Pennsylvania later this fall and winter. She received two 2010 Emmy Awards nominations for her HBO comedy special I’ma Be Me, and won four Emmy Awards, in 1999 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Special for The Chris Rock Show and three more (in 2002, 2004, and 2005) for her work on Inside the NFL.

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