Wed. April 29

Two Toms - Hamilton and Menino are just two of the local personalities - one plays bass for one of Boston's most famous bands, Aerosmith - and the other is trying to keep the city running on tax fumes - back for "Banned in Boston." The event, in its 14th year, used to be at Avalon and then, when Avalon shuttered, moved to an MIT theater last year, where it didn't work so well. Seats. No cocktails during the show. A little stiff. All should be fine when it returns to 15 Lansdowne Street, this time at the House of Blues.  How to describe? It's sketch comedy, parody songs, stuff that skewers the local and national political stars and the pop culture boldfacers. It's the non-professional revue of Boston pols and celebs, who put themselves on the line to benefit Urban Improv. Which is the youth program that uses interactive, improvisational theater to promote positive youth development as a catalyst for violence prevention and social
change. Lotta words there. Just think: Good cause, good fun. We've covered this event more than a few times and we can assure you that you will laugh and you will groan, and sometimes you won't be sure what sound is coming from you (or from the stage.) Expect Governor Deval Patrick - trying to make the state run on tax fumes, too - Atty. General Martha Coakley, Click 'n Clack the "Car Talk" guys, Pulitzer Prize
Winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin (she's in the photo of last year's production, with Tom Hamilton)  "Hair" Director Diane Paulus, auto kingpin and rhyhtm guitarist for Ernie and the Automatics, Ernie Boch, Jr. Also: Diane Paulus, the A.R.T.'s new Artistic Director and Director of Broadway's "Hair," host Emily Rooney of WGBH's "Greater Boston, " Charlie Baker from Harvard Pilgrim, Nick Paleologos, who heads up the Mass. Film Office. You want food? Food you got. From Upstairs on the Square, Eastern Standard, The Catered Affair, Sel de la Terre and many more. It's Wed. April 29 and it starts at 6 with drinks and dinner with the performance starting at 7:30. Tix: $200, if you're between 21-40 it's $100.

15 Lansdowne St., 617-524-7049 www.urbanimprov.org