San Antonio Current - Comedy venue opening in San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre, with big names on the way!

More than 20 local comedians will kick off Woodlawn Comedy's opening this weekend — and the first New venue Woodlawn Comedy is opening this weekend in the former Woodlawn Theatre, with its owners promising to bring big laughs and big names to the renovated space.

The operators of the relaunched theater — located at 1920 Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio's burgeoning Deco District — will christen it with performances by more than 20 local comedians this weekend. The first 500 tickets to Friday's show are free with 300 already spoken for, they said. The rest of the tickets for Friday's show, as well as Saturday's, are going for $10 each.

The rest of Woodlawn Comedy's calendar is starting to fill up with comedians with enough stature to headline the 1,000-capacity venue on their own, co-owner Shane Quade told the Current.

Comedian Pauly Shore, known '90s comedy movies including Encino Man and Son in Law, will perform twice on Saturday, April 12 with shows at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tom Cotter, a breakout star from Season 7 of America's Got Talent, will follow on Saturday, May 3, co-headlining with Last Comic Standing finalist Kerri Louise.

Though venue officials aren't ready to announce other big names on the way, Quade said some have sold out venues as large as the Majestic Theatre and Frost Bank Center.

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