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Seinfeld is coming to the Rialto

Seinfeld is coming to the Rialto

4:19 p.m. CDT, August 12, 2011

Tribune's TribLocal publication is reporting that comedian Jerry Seinfeld will play the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet on Oct. 28.

Tickets go on sale 9 a.m. Aug. 19 at 815-726-6600 or rialtosquare.com. Seinfeld is also the director of the show "Colin Quinn: Long Story Short," opening at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago on Aug. 24.

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Michael Urban at 11:50 PM August 12, 2011

His act will be very short.

Brompton at 7:44 PM August 12, 2011

Looks like he's had some plastic surgery since his 1990s TV show days-and maybe hair implants too.

chris jones

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