Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour @ The Emerald

New York Times Critic’s Pick (2024)

Vulture’s Top Comics You Should Know (2023)

After a seven week run Off-Broadway in NYC with two extensions and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, the bad boy of clown Zach Zucker is coming to Kansas City with his award-winning, alter-ego: Jack Tucker

A well-respected journeyman and bonafide legend on the Upstate New York regional comedy scene, Jack Tucker is the ultimate comedian's comedian. Fighting to save his marriage, regain the respect of his son, and pay off countless loansharks looking to collect their debts, Tucker (Jack) will do whatever it takes to make you laugh. If the joke doesn't land, it's not because it isn't funny - you just didn't get it. Nothing can stop him... except himself.

This show has sold out in New York, London, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and Mumbai, achieving a total of 498 walkouts worldwide.

Created and Performed by Zach Zucker

Directed by Jonny Woolley

Co-Devised by Zach Zucker, Jonny Woolley and Dylan Woodley

★★★★★ "A rip-roaring hour of top-notch clowning" Edinburgh Festivals

★★★★1⁄2 “A raucously funny 60 minute” Chortle

★★★★ “The character is not remotely believable” Beyond the Joke

★★★ “washed up” Guardian

★★ “Terrible comic” The Times

★ “A fraud completely out of his depth” Skinny“

Raucously funny… A triumph” Jason Zinoman, New York Times

The Emerald is in a historic building in the West Bottoms. We are on the second floor without elevator access.

Host or Publisher The Emerald