Tyler Perry‘s infamous Madea character will be pounding the pavement soon. No… Tyler hasn’t retired the grey haired matronly character, but is returning her to her roots. The chitlin circuit. Tyler announced recently via his email message blog (yeah he’s old school), that a new Madea play will be headed on tour in several cities nationwide.

I wanted to tell you this before the tickets went on sale in most places?.Madea is officially going on tour! ?That’s right, a Madea play, live on tour! ?I have managed to carve out about a year to go on the road and see you all again.

I gotta tell you, I have missed you. ?There is nothing like a live performance and if you’ve never seen a Madea play, then you haven’t seen Madea at all. ?It is an experience, just ask someone who’s seen it?..SMILE

It’s been 5 years since I’ve been on the road and the timing just happened to fall right into place. ?I needed to get away from Hollywood for a second?clear my head. ?There is no better way to do that than to come out and see your faces and be reminded of where this all started.

The show is called MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY. ?I’m going to come through as many cities as I can. ?I know I can’t get to all of them but I’ll try and get as close as I can.

Did he actually type “smile”? I can’t. 😆

Regardless of the countless criticism received, the Madea saga just keeps right on rolling. I guess nothing can stop a wealthy Black man in a dress! Check out a list of planned tour dates below:

Denver, CO – January 5 – Pepsi Arena
Colorado Springs, CO – January 6 – World Arena
Sacramento, CA – January 8 – Arco Arena
Seattle, WA – January 10 – Key Arena
Portland, OR – January 11 – Memorial Coliseum
San Diego, CA – January 13 – Sports Arena
Fresno, CA – January 14 – Save Mart Center
Oakland, CA – January 16-18 – Paramount Theatre
Los Angeles, CA – January 20-24 – Kodak Theatre
New York, NY – January 28-31 – WAMU
Raleigh, NC – February 3-5 – RBC Center
Fayetteville, NC – February 6 – Crown Coliseum
Charlotte, NC – February 7 – Crickett Arena
Macon, GA – February 9 – Macon Centreplex Coliseum
Charleston, SC – February 10-11 – North Charleston Coliseum
Columbia, SC – February 12-13 – Colonial Life Arena
Augusta, GA – February 14 – James Brown Arena
Nashville, TN – February 25 – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Memphis, TN – Febuary 27-28 – Orpheum Theatre
Chicago, IL – March 2-6 – Arie Crown Theatre
Milwaukee, WI – March 16 – US Cellular Arena
Hartford, CT – March 19-21 – The Bushnell Theatre
Greenville, SC – March 25-26 – Bi-Lo Center
Dayton, OH – April 6 – Nutter Center
Cincinnati, OH – April 7 – Cintas Center
Louisville, KY – April 8 – Freedom Hall
Chicago, IL – April 9-11 – Arie Crown Theatre
Atlanta, GA – April 13-18 – Fox Theatre
Baltimore, MD – April 22-25 – Lyric Theatre
Philadelphia, PA – April 27-May 2 – Liacouras Center
Detroit, MI – May 6-9 – Fox Theatre

Wow! Tyler’s gonna be tied up with that play for 4 months straight! I bet Spike Lee is sitting somewhere pissed off right about now…