By OnMilwaukee Staff Writers   Published May 13, 2011 at 3:23 PM

Comedy legend Bill Cosby will perform at The Riverside Theater Sunday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $35 and $55. Pre-sales start Wednesday, May 18 at noon for eMembers. 

Cosby has earned unprecedented acclaim over the five decades of his professional performing career, which includes stand up, movies, Grammy Award-winning comedy albums and numerous television credits. 

He is best known for his role as Cliff Huxtable in "The Cosby Show" and as a spokesman for Jell-O, as well as his bestselling book "Fatherhood."