Rodney Carrington coming to Civic Center

(Credit: special to Metromix)

Actor-comedian Rodney Carrington will come to Des Moines Sept. 17 for a show at the Civic Center. Tickets ($44) go on sale 10 a.m. Friday at the Civic Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster locations, charge-by-phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at CivicCenter.org.

In addition to recording six comedy albums, Carrington starred in his own self-titled TV sitcom, which ran on ABC for two seasons and most recently co-wrote and co-starred with Toby Keith in the award winning "Beer for My Horses." His new all-music CD on Capitol Nashville, "El Nino Loco," is scheduled to be in stores on June 16th.