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Wanda Sykes Announces ‘Please & Thank You’ Comedy Tour for 2024 (EXCLUSIVE)

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Wanda Sykes will embark on her “Please & Thank You” comedy tour in 2024, the veteran stand-up comedian’s first major tour in six years, Variety can report exclusively.

The first 29 dates of the tour will begin on March 1 in Concord, N.H., and carry through June 15 in Kansas City, Mo., with more dates to be added into the fall. Artist presales will start on Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. local time, with tickets available to the general public on Oct. 27 at the same time, all on Sykes’ website.

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Fri., March 1, 2024 — Chubb Theatre at Capitol Center for the Arts — Concord, NH 

Sat., March 2, 2024 — Tarrytown Music Hall — Tarrytown, NY 

Sun., March 3, 2024 — The VETS — Providence, RI 

Fri., March 15, 2024 — Chrysler Hall — Norfolk, VA 

Sat., March 16, 2024 — Dominion Energy Center — Richmond, VA 

Sun., March 17, 2024 — Crown Theatre — Fayetteville, NC 

Sat., April 6, 2024 — Hawaii Theatre Center — Honolulu, HI 

Fri., April 12, 2024 — Kodak Center Main Theater — Rochester, NY 

Sat., April 13, 2024 — Ulster Performing Arts Center — Kingston, NY 

Sat., April 20, 2024 — Warner Theatre — Washington, DC 

Sun., April 21, 2024 — Count Basie Center for the Arts — Red Bank, NJ 

Fri., May 3, 2024 — Silver Legacy Resort Casino — Reno, NV 

Sat., May 4, 2024 — Emerald Queen Casino & Hotel — Tacoma, WA 

Thurs., May 9, 2024 — Ovens Auditorium — Charlotte, NC 

Fri., May 10, 2024 — Atlanta Symphony Hall — Atlanta, GA 

Thurs., May 16, 2024 — Clowes Memorial Hall — Indianapolis, IN 

Fri., May 17, 2024 — The Fillmore Detroit — Detroit, MI 

Sat., May 18, 2024 — The Chicago Theatre — Chicago, IL 

Fri., May 31, 2024 — Jackson Hall (UC Davis) — Davis, CA

Sat., June 1, 2024 — Paramount Theatre — Denver, CO 

Sun., June 2, 2024 — Fox Tucson Theatre — Tucson, AZ

Thurs., June 6, 2024 — McCallum Theatre — Palm Desert, CA 

Fri., June 7, 2024 — Luther Burbank Center for the Arts — Santa Rosa, CA 

Sat., June 8, 2024 — The Masonic — San Francisco, CA 

Sun., June 9, 2024 — Sycuan Casino Resort — El Cajon, CA 

Thurs., June 13, 2024 — Lexington Opera House — Lexington, KY

Fri., June 14, 2024 — Stifel Theatre — St. Louis, MO 

Sat., June 15, 2024 — Music Hall Kansas City — Kansas City, MO

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Wanda Sykes returns to the road with her Please & Thank You tour coming to Anchorage at the Atwood Concert Hall on May 5th!

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Sykes is nominated for two 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards for her latest Netflix Special Wanda Sykes; I’m and Entertainer - “ Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” 

“I’ve been doing dates sporadically throughout the years, but this time I’m doing a legit tour, and I’m very excited about it" said Sykes.

ABOUT WANDA SYKES:

WANDA SYKES is an Emmy winning, fourteen-time nominated stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer. She can currently be seen in season four of the Netflix comedy The Upshaws which she co- show runs and stars in.  In 2020, she was nominated for an Emmy for her role as ‘Moms Mabley’ in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and for her voice work as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers , a role she originated in 2004. Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth standup special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal , streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards; “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination.

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• Date May 10 , 2024
• Event Starts 7:30PM
• Venue Atlanta Symphony Hall
• Doors Open 6:30pm

This event will be a phone-free experience.  Use of phones, smart watches, and accessories will not be permitted in the performance space. Upon arrival at the venue, all phones, smart watches, and accessories will be secured in individual Yondr pouches that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their devices at all times, and can access them throughout the event only in designated Phone Use Areas within the venue. All devices will be re-secured in Yondr pouches before returning to the performance space. Anyone seen using a device (phone, smart watch or accessories) during the performance will be escorted out of the venue.

WANDA SYKES is an Emmy winning stand up comic, writer, actress and producer who has been entertaining audiences for over twenty years. She has ranked among Entertainment Weekly's “25 Funniest People in America” and her peers have called her “one of the funniest stand-up comics” in the field.

In 2023 Wanda was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Nominations; Two for her Netflix special Wanda Sykes; I’m an Entertainer (her sixth stand-up special) and another for her role as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers , a role she originated in 2004. In 2020, she received Emmy nominations for both her role as real-life comic ‘Moms Mabley’ in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and for her voice work as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers . Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth standup special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal , is streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards; “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination.

Wanda can currently be seen in season 4 of the Netflix’s comedy The Upshaws , which she is writing, co-showruning and starring in. The Upshaws centers on a working-class African American family in Indiana struggling to make it work and make it right without any blueprints. The show was recently picked up for a fourth season with 12 episodes. Season one was nominated for a People’s Choice Award and a 2022 NAACP Image Award. Sykes was also nominated for and NAACP Image award for supporting actress. In 2022, she was seen starring in the Hulu / Mel Brooks series History of the World PT2 which she also writes and produces with Nick Kroll and Ike Barinholtz. She recently produced and was a part of the Apple TV+ 5-part documentary series Visible; Out on Television , about how the LGBTQ movement has shaped the history of the medium. Each hour-long episode explores themes of homophobia, the evolution of the LGBTQ character, and coming out in the television industry. Wanda spent five years on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine co-starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as well as HBO's critically acclaimed The Chris Rock Show (the latter of which earned her two Emmy nominations and one win). She has appeared in Broad City, House of Lies, Curb Your Enthusiasm , and many more hit television shows. Other TV credits include Fox's Wanda at Large which she wrote, produced and starred in, Wanda Does It on Comedy Central, and Crank Yankers . Wanda even starred on her own late-night talk show on Fox, The Wanda Sykes Show .

In 2017, Wanda was seen in the feature comedy Snatched , opposite Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn. She was also seen in Evan Almighty (sequel to Bruce Almighty ), in which she co-starred with Steve Carell, the cult-hit Monster-In-Law with Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Pootie Tang, Nutty Professor 2; The Klumps, Down to Earth and many more.

Wanda has had four comedy specials prior to Not Normal; 2016’s What Happened...Ms. Sykes ? which premiered on Epix, 2009’s Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me on HBO, nominated for two Emmys, HBO’s 2006 comedy special Wanda Sykes: Sick & Tired , nominated for a 2007 Emmy for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special,” and her first, 2003’s Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied , which premiered on Comedy Central. Her stand up has tackled everything from politics and marriage to racial profiling and parenting.

In 2012, Wanda joined forces with veteran producer Page Hurwitz to form Push It Productions, a production company dedicated to creating quality, comedy-based programming for network and cable television outlets. The company's diverse slate of projects includes sketch comedy, concerts, reality talk/variety, and competition formats. In just its first year, Push It made a first look production deal with NBC, had a new series on OWN ( Herlarious , which was the recipient of a 2014 Gracie Award), and the company currently has shows in development with NickMom (Comedy Camp) and Comcast. Push It Productions produced the 8th and 9th seasons of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and the second season of Talk Show The Game Show , which premiered on TruTV in February 2018. They also helmed the second season of Face Value , hosted by Deon Cole, which returned to BET in spring 2018. Push It received two Primetime Emmy nominations in 2020 for “Outstanding Variety Special” for Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah and for “Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series” for Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready .

Wanda can be heard in many animated feature films and television shows, such as Fox’s Ice Ace: Collision Course (reprising her role as ‘Granny’ from Ice Age: Continental Drift ) Dreamworks’ Over the Hedge and Paramount’s The Barnyard , as well as children's shows Vampirina and Doc McStuffins . Wanda’s first book, Yeah, I Said It, published by Simon and Schuster, hit bookstores in September 2004. Yeah, I Said It is a hilarious collection of essays touching on life, family and the current events of the time.

Wanda was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and raised in Maryland. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University. Her stand up career began at a Coors Light Super talent Showcase in Washington, D.C. where she performed for the first time in front of a live audience.

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Wanda Sykes is an Emmy® winning stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer who has been entertaining audiences for more than 20 years. She has ranked among Entertainment Weekly’s “25 Funniest People in America,” and her peers have called her “one of the funniest stand-up comics” in the field. In 2023, Wanda was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Nominations; two for her Netflix special Wanda Sykes; I’m an Entertainer (her sixth stand-up special) and another for her role as Gladys Murphy in Crank Yankers , a role she originated in 2004.

In 2020, she received Emmy® nominations for both her role as real-life comic Moms Mabley in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and for her voice work as Gladys Murphy in Crank Yankers . Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth standup special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal , is streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards: “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination. Wanda currently is writing, co-showruning and starring in season 4 of the Netflix’s comedy The Upshaws . Season one was nominated for a People’s Choice Award and a 2022 NAACP Image Award. Sykes was also nominated for and NAACP Image award for supporting actress.

In 2022, she starred in the Hulu / Mel Brooks series History of the World PT2 which she also writes and produces with Nick Kroll and Ike Barinholtz. She recently produced and was a part of the Apple TV+ 5-part documentary series Visible; Out on Television , about how the LGBTQ movement has shaped the history of the medium. Wanda spent five years on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, co-starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, as well as HBO’s critically acclaimed The Chris Rock Show . She has appeared in Broad City, House of Lies, Curb Your Enthusiasm , and many more hit television shows. Other TV credits include Fox’s Wanda at Large and Wanda Does It on Comedy Central , and her own late-night talk show on Fox, The Wanda Sykes Show . In 2017, Wanda was in the feature comedy Snatched , opposite Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, Evan Almighty , in which she co-starred with Steve Carell, the cult-hit Monster-In-Law with Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Pootie Tang, Nutty Professor 2; The Klumps, Down to Earth and many more.

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“This event will be a phone-free experience. Use of phones, smart watches, and accessories will not be permitted in the performance space. Upon arrival at the venue, all phones, smart watches, and accessories will be secured in individual Yondr pouches that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their devices at all times, and can access them throughout the event only in designated Phone Use Areas within the venue. All devices will be re-secured in Yondr pouches before returning to the performance space. Anyone seen using a device (phone, smart watch or accessories) during the performance will be escorted out of the venue.”

WANDA SYKES owns all rights in the content and materials delivered during her performance (the “Materials”). Any use of the Materials without the express prior written consent of WANDA SYKES is strictly prohibited and is punishable to the full extent of the law.

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Wanda Sykes is an Emmy®-winning stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer who has been entertaining audiences for over twenty years.  She has ranked among Entertainment Weekly’s “25 Funniest People in America” and her peers have called her “one of the funniest stand-up comics” in the field. Wanda has starred in several comedy specials and her stand-up tackles everything from politics and marriage to racial profiling and parenting. She has been seen on television in the Netflix comedy, The Upshaws, History of the World PT2, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Chris Rock Show, Broad City, House of Lies, Curb Your Enthusiasm and many more hit TV shows.  She even starred on her own late-night talk show on Fox, The Wanda Sykes Show. Her film credits include Snatched, Evan Almighty, Monster-in-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Pootie Tang, Nutty Professor 2, The Klumps, Down to Earth and many more. She has been nominated for seventeen Emmy® Awards.  Make sure you don’t miss the hilarious Wanda Sykes on tour!

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This event will be a phone-free experience. Use of phones, smart watches, and accessories will not be permitted in the performance space. Upon arrival at the venue, all phones, smart watches, and accessories will be secured in individual Yondr pouches that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their devices at all times, and can access them throughout the event only in designated Phone Use Areas within the venue. All devices will be re-secured in Yondr pouches before returning to the performance space. Anyone seen using a device (phone, smart watch or accessories) during the performance will be escorted out of the venue.

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WANDA SYKES ANNOUNCES PLEASE & THANK YOU TOUR IS COMING TO DOMINION ENERGY CENTER ON MARCH 16

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TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, AT 10AM LOCAL

(OCTOBER 25 - RICHMOND, VA) Wanda Sykes returns to the road with her Please & Thank You tour coming to Dominion Energy Center on March 16, 2024 . Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October 27, at 10:00AM. Tickets can be purchased at dominionenergycenter.com.

Sykes is nominated for two 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards for her latest Netflix Special Wanda Sykes; I’m and Entertainer - “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” 

“I’ve been doing dates sporadically throughout the years, but this time I’m doing a legit tour, and I’m very excited about it" said Sykes.

Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, October 27, at 10:00AM. Tickets will be available online at dominionenergycenter.com, by phone at (800) 514-3849 via Etix, or in-person at the Altria Theater Box Office, located at 6 N. Laurel Street, open Monday-Friday, 10AM-2PM local.

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WANDA SYKES is an Emmy winning, fourteen-time nominated stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer. She can currently be seen in season four of the Netflix comedy The Upshaws which she co- show runs and stars in.  In 2020, she was nominated for an Emmy for her role as ‘Moms Mabley’ in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and for her voice work as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in Crank Yankers , a role she originated in 2004. Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s Black-ish also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth standup special, Wanda Sykes: Not Normal , streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards; “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination.

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In 2023 Sykes is nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for her latest Netflix Special Wanda Sykes; I’m and Entertainer – “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.”

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‘Only God can say – That’s enough’: Wanda Sykes, the uncancellable standup superstar

She ditched life as a government agent to become a comedian, one so fearless she even has a ‘tampon lasso’. The comic legend discusses cancelled men, coming out – and calling out Roseanne

A bout halfway through her new Netflix special, Wanda Sykes squats down and mimes pulling a tampon out from between her legs. To the noisy delight of her sold-out live audience, she swings the imaginary sanitary product round her head like a lasso. It’s not just an anarchic attempt to sum up the kind of bad behaviour that goes on in public toilets – it’s also a takedown of transphobic moral panic. After all, these spaces that people are freaking out about admitting trans women to – they’re not exactly the most pleasant places in the world. “I welcome my trans sisters into the ladies’ room,” she shrugs to the crowd. “Maybe you’ll make us do better, y’know?”

At 59, and with 30 years’ standup experience behind her, Wanda Sykes can segue from the personal to the political, and back again, in a hot flash. Her latest special, I’m an Entertainer, has material on her family life, how medical sexism has let down menopausal women and why Black people can’t be “weird” for fear of being murdered in the street – (“We have to fit the stereotype … [but] white people do weird shit all the time. Renaissance fairs – what the fuck is that?”) – which she switches between with the effortless groove of a Soul Train line dancer. Is she ever not enjoying herself? “In the early stages, when I’m trying new stuff, I’m anxious to see what it’s gonna do,” she muses from her Pennsylvania home. “But once it’s all there … Man . That’s when it’s fun.”

“Tampon lasso”, as it shall henceforth be known, is also the moment when the truth of Sykes’s recent statement “Only God can cancel me” becomes most evident. This was her magnificent retort during an appearance on Kevin Hart’s podcast, when the host attempted to draw her on the vexed issue of “cancel culture”. Hart, who lost out on the Oscars hosting gig in 2019 after a series of his old homophobic tweets resurfaced, expressed anxiety about comedy’s overly “political” climate, but Sykes was having none of it. And she still isn’t: “To me, the whole complaint about cancel culture is a lot of men – especially straight men – who are just pissed that they can’t say things any more, y’know?” she says, adopting her usual onstage tone – calm, commonsensical and mildly sarcastic. “And it’s not like you can’t say these things. You can say them, but now there’s just consequences. So that’s why I say I can’t get cancelled. Only God can say: ‘All right, Wanda, that’s enough.’”

So far, God shows no sign She’s tiring of Wanda. Since getting her big break in 1997 as a writer-performer on The Chris Rock Show (alongside a pre-#MeToo Louis CK), Sykes has gigged regularly, produced multiple standup specials and had scene-stealing roles in hit movies and cult sitcoms. Recently, she played an eccentric law professor in The Good Fight and reprised her role as slick publicist Shuli Kucerac in The Other Two . Next up, she’s seeking projects that show off her skills as a serious dramatic actor. “I’m working on that now! I can’t say much about it, but it’s a film and it’s already been written, so we’ll see.”

If Sykes is uncancellable, then, it’s not because she’s any more risk-averse than her peers. Indeed, her whole career has been one giant leap into the unknown – certainly from the perspective of her banker mum and US Army colonel dad. She describes them as “typically African American parents – y’know; it was church and it was strict”, and says they were terrified when she decided to leave her “good government job” at the National Security Agency (NSA). She had top-level security clearance, but insists it was dull office-based work. (“Anything I knew then that was top secret is probably on Wikipedia by now,” she has said.) Still, her parents were alarmed by her career about-turn . “They thought I’d lost it. They just prayed a lot.” Even in childhood, Sykes remembers her family being distinctly unimpressed by the budding comic in their midst. “I did a lot of observational material, but I didn’t have the punchlines yet. Like, if my mother’s friend had a wig that was crooked, I would point that out, but I didn’t have a joke for it … That got me in a lot of trouble.”

From humble beginnings, Sykes developed a full comedic skillset and aside from being a prolific actor and writer in other people’s shows, she now runs her own. The Upshaws is a working-class Black family sitcom set in Indianapolis, which will soon launch its fourth season on Netflix. “I do enjoy working with a group,” she says of her role as co-creator, co-star and executive producer. “It’s fun when it’s a family … Standup is my first love and it’s what pretty much got me everything else, but it’s also a little lonely at times.”

Such statements suggest that Sykes may be that rarest of showbiz phenomena: an emotionally healthy and well-adjusted comedian. This derives in part, she says, from the huge creative liberation of coming out as a lesbian in 2008, aged 44: “You don’t want to be on stage trying to be funny and having that other little piece of your brain being occupied by: ‘Are they gonna find out? What if I slip up?’ Now I’m just 100% there.” She stopped chemically relaxing her hair around the same time. “I got tired of getting my hair done. As a kid I always wanted an afro like the Jackson 5. So it got to a point where I was like y’know what? Fuck this … let’s go natural and see what happens!” What happened was the emergence of her signature look, iconic enough that a 30ft hair silhouette is the stage backdrop in the new special.

Other aspects of her mid-life reinvention were trickier. Because Sykes was already famous when she came out, it was a two-step process – first personal, then public. Telling her parents was by far the scariest part: “It took them a while to accept, and for us to rebuild our relationship.” Fifteen years on, she’s still happily married to her wife – an interior designer from France – and they’re raising 14-year-old twins Olivia and Lucas in a level of comfort and privilege that sharply contrasts with Sykes’s own upbringing. “It’s the thing of, do you push them to get into honours classes? Or do you just let them do their thing, because – I’m gonna sound like an asshole for saying this – getting into a great college, for them, does not mean success or failure. They’re set up pretty nicely now, right?”

Being married to a French woman also helps to maintain that work-life balance: “They love vacation. I mean, they live for it. It’s like a right for them.” But while Sykes appreciates the continental influence on her lifestyle, as an ex-NSA operative and the daughter of a US Army colonel, she will for ever be a US patriot. She’s so patriotic she even wears a red, white and blue jacket on stage for the special. “I feel like with as much blood of my ancestors that has been shed to build this country, this is my country. I feel like I have more of a right here than anyone else.”

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It’s a kind of patriotism too that compels Sykes to speak out on issues others consider “too political” for comedy. There’s an element of self-parody in her turns on Curb Your Enthusiasm – she typically pops up out of nowhere to side-eye Larry’s casual or accidental racism – but Sykes really is the person who’ll call out her comedy peers when necessary. She proved that in 2018, when Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about a senior member of the Obama administration, and Sykes was the first to publicly disassociate herself from the then-hit Roseanne reboot. “Honestly, I never, like, fell out with her. I just made a statement that I could no longer be on that show, because of the comment.”

She is similarly straightforward – never scolding – in her approach to gender identity. This isn’t new ground for Netflix specials, but while the likes of Dave Chappelle and Ricky Gervais generated controversy by ridiculing trans people, Sykes’s I’m an Entertainer takes a markedly different tack. “I want the community to know that I’m with them. I think it’s important to let people know where you stand, especially with all the comments everyone else has been making.”

So while other comedians tie themselves up in anguished knots over what you can and can’t say these days, the uncancellable Wanda Sykes just gets on with being funny. After all, she faces racism, sexism and homophobia on a daily basis – all of which are far scarier than falling foul of social media moralists. “I don’t have that fear – I think it’s just knowing who you are and what you will say and won’t say.” Wanda Sykes knows who she is. It is, after all, the title of her new show.

Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer is on Netflix on 23 May

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Wanda Sykes Announces Please & Thank You Tour Is Coming To The VETS

Providence, RI – OCTOBER 25, 2023 –   Wanda Sykes returns to the road with her  Please & Thank You  tour coming to  The VETS  in  Providence  on  March 3, 2024

Tickets go on presale beginning Thursday, October 26th at 10am local and general on sale starts Friday, October 27th at 10AM local at  > TheVetsRI.com   and  > wandasykes.com . 

Sykes is nominated for two 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards for her latest Netflix  Special Wanda Sykes; I’m and Entertainer - “ Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” 

“I’ve been doing dates sporadically throughout the years, but this time I’m doing a legit tour, and I’m very excited about it" said Sykes.

ABOUT WANDA SYKES:

WANDA SYKES  is an Emmy winning, fourteen-time nominated stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer. She can currently be seen in season four of the Netflix comedy  The Upshaws  which she co- show runs and stars in.  In 2020, she was nominated for an Emmy for her role as ‘Moms Mabley’ in  The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel  and for her voice work as ‘Gladys Murphy’ in  Crank Yankers , a role she originated in 2004. Wanda’s guest-starring role on ABC’s  Black-ish  also brought her two back-to-back Emmy nominations for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” in 2017 and 2018. Her fifth standup special,  Wanda Sykes: Not Normal , streaming on Netflix and was nominated for two 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards; “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special” and “Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special.” The special also received a Broadcast Critic Award nomination.

Wanda Sykes Lands Second Netflix Standup Special ‘I’m an Entertainer’

The award-winning comedian’s hourlong event will premiere globally on the streamer on May 23

Award-winning comedian Wanda Sykes will return to Netflix with a new hourlong comedy special premiering globally May 23.

The special, titled “I’m an Entertainer,” is directed by Linda Mendoza and was filmed in early February at the Miller Theater in Philadelphia.

“From the challenges of raising Gen Z teens to the dilemmas of being a liberal in a hyper charged political climate, Sykes, renowned for her social commentary, delivers her insightful and ferocious wit and candor audiences have come to know and love,” the official logline states.

The upcoming special comes after Sykes’ “Not Normal” in 2019, which was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Sykes and Page Hurwitz will serve as executive producers on “I’m an Entertainer” under their Push It Productions banner

Push It Productions has produced a number of Netflix’s award-winning comedies, including “Michelle Buteau: Welcome Buteaupia,” “Fortune Feimster: Sweet & Salty,” “Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah,” “Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready,” “The Upshaws” and “Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration” special, the largest-ever gathering of LGBTQ+ comics recorded at Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival in 2022.

Sykes’ other recent credits include Netflix’s “Q-Force” and “The Upshaws,” plus “Velma” on HBO Max. She is also part of the core cast of Hulu’s upcoming eight-episode television series, “History of the World: Part II ,” a follow-up to the 1982 Mel Brooks film, which will release its first two episodes on March 6.