Larry King planning one-man stage show

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Larry King, who recently retired as host of his CNN talk show, says he is planning a U.S. tour of a one-man stage show called "Larry King: Standing Up."

King, 77, wrapped up his 25th and final season of cable TV's "Larry King Live" last year.

The producers of his forthcoming stage show said in a release it is a comedic look at King's "life growing up as a street-smart kid in Brooklyn" and storied career as a broadcast journalist.

King is expected to participate in question and answer sessions with audience members after each performance, The New York Times said.

He is to begin his live stage tour in Torrington, Conn., April 14. Stops are also planned in Westbury, N.Y., Baltimore, Atlantic City and Las Vegas, with other dates to be announced soon, the Times said.