Comedian Kevin Hart to perform in Louisville this spring

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Comedian Kevin Hart is scheduled to perform in Louisville this year.

The actor and comedian will perform at the Louisville Palace as part of his "Acting My Age" tour. He is scheduled to perform May 17 in downtown Louisville.

Tickets will be available for presale at 10 a.m. Jan. 29, and the general sale starts at 10 a.m. Jan. 31. To purchase tickets, click here.

Hart announced 13 additional tour stops, including Louisville, this week.

In 2023, Hart was chosen to receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in American humor, capping a three-decade career that has seen him rise from the open mics of Philadelphia to become one of his generation’s most successful performers.

Hart, 45, launched his career as a teenager performing at venues such as The Laff House in his native Philadelphia under the name of Lil Kev. He recalled his early stand-up performances as a string of brutal failures that included being booed off the stage multiple times and at one point, he claimed, having a piece of chicken thrown at him on stage.

Gradually, Hart honed a signature style that combined his diminutive stature, expressive face and motormouth delivery and made him a wildly successful touring act. He made his movie debut in the 2002 film “Paper Soldiers” and came to mainstream fame through a string of scene-stealing cameos in mega-hits such as 2005’s “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin.”

Hart has gone on to become one of the country’s most bankable and ubiquitous performers, with 11 of his films opening at No. 1 at the box office. All told, his films have grossed more than $4.23 billion in global revenue.