Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Friday and can be purchased online at iuauditorium.com and at the auditorium’s box office. Brett Bassock, Union Board director of Live Entertainment, said in an email that tickets can be charged to the Bursar on iuauditorium.com.
Tickets are $48 for students with a valid IU-Bloomington ID and $58 for non-students.
“Kevin Hart has been on our short list of performers we have wanted to bring to IU for some time now,” Bassock said. “When this opportunity finally presented itself, IU Auditorium and Union Board worked diligently together to make sure the show came to fruition.”
Kevin Hart made his name in various feature films including “40-year old Virgin,” “Think Like a Man” and “Along Came Polly.”
Hart began his career in a small Philadelphia comedy club, where he performed a stand-up routine and was hooked, according to an IU Auditorium press release.
After his debut, he quit his job as a shoe salesman and started performing comedy full-time.
“In today’s comedy, it simply doesn’t get better than Kevin Hart,” IU Auditorium Director Doug Booher said in a press release. “Kevin has his finger on the pulse of what is real and hilarious about life today, and I think his performance is especially going to resonate with the IU student population. We could not be happier to be partnering with Union Board to bring him to the auditorium.”
IU Auditorium and Union Board paired to present Kevin Hart’s performance, which is intended for mature audiences, according to the release.
Bassock announced that there would be another event for students to look out for.
“There will also be a special screening of his latest film ‘The Wedding Ringer’ in the Indiana Memorial Union Whittenberger Auditorium, and we will be announcing more details about the screening very soon,” he said. “We expect both the film screening and the IU Auditorium performance to create a high demand for tickets.”
This event is expected to draw a high volume of students and community members alike.
“Kevin Hart is making this trip to IU to perform a show specifically catered to students and has worked with us to make sure that it is a strong student audience by having affordable student ticket prices,” he said. “Students should expect a memorable performance intended specifically for our demographic."
Alison Graham contributed reporting.
