Tony Rock is best-known as the host of the newly revamped talent show, Apollo Live, as well as one of the stars of the sitcom All of Us. But at heart he is stand-up comic, like his brother Chris. More subdued than his sibling, Rock is just as adept at observing human foibles, often by way of a hilarious story. “There’s nothing more important than family,” Rock tells an audience, “and no one will do you worse than family. My brothers owe me so much money, it’s not even like I loaned them money, it was like a bailout.”
Showtimes Thursday, July 31-Sunday, Aug. 3. $10-$15. Funny Bone on the Levee, Newport, Ky., 859-957-2000, funnyboneonthelevee.com.
This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2014.
