Roy Wood Jr.: Happy To Be Here
Schedule
Sat May 11 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
711 N Franklin St Tampa, FL, United States, Florida 33602 | Tampa, FL
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๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐Tampa Theatre and Live Nation Presents will welcome comedian Roy Wood Jr. to the Theatreโs historic stage at 7:00pm Saturday, May 11.
The Emmy-nominated Roy Wood Jr. has entertained millions across stage, television, and radio. In 2015, he joined โThe Best F#@ing News Teamโ as a correspondent on Comedy Centralโs Emmy-nominated ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฉ. Comedy Central continues its long-standing relationship with the talented comedian and actor, collaborating on two podcasts โRoyโs Job Fair and Beyond the Scenes โ as well as his third hour-long stand-up special, ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, now streaming on Paramount+.
Wood was the 2023 host of The White House Correspondents Dinner and most recently starred alongside Jon Hamm in the film ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ. He is set to executive produce the HBO Max project 1% ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ as well as an untitled medical field comedy for NBC. He will also executive produce, write and star in FOXโs untitled single-camera comedy about the National Guard, with Denis Leary attached as a producer. Royโs additional credits include ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ, ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐.๐., and the PBS documentary ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ, for which he served as executive producer and nominated for an Emmy.
Woodโs first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, debuted in 2017 โ the same year he was named the new host of the networkโs storytelling series ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. His 2019 Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ, remains the networkโs highest-rated original stand-up premiere. Entertainment Weekly has described his thought-provoking comedy as โcharismatic crankiness,โ Forbes declared him โone of comedyโs best journalists,โ and Variety named him โOne of 10 Comics to Watchโ in 2016.
Wood began his comedy career in 1998 at the age of 19 while attending Florida A&M University. In 2006, he debuted on network television on ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ. In 2008, he appeared on HBOโs historic ๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ฎ and was selected by America as one of the top three finalists on ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ on NBC. He has appeared on ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต and ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ. He also performed on numerous USO Tours for our troops stationed everywhere from Guam to Iraq to the Philippines.
During the global pandemic, Roy has spent time raising money for displaced waitstaff at comedy clubs through tipyourwaitstaff.com and Laugh Aid. In his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, his philanthropic endeavors include supporting Workshops Inc. (which helps those with disabilities and other employment barriers achieve their vocational potential), DUBS Baseball Academy (an investment in sports to change lives), STAIR of Birmingham (a tutoring program that empowers students to read and dream bigger), and I See Me Inc. (which dismantles the school-to-prison pipeline by increasing literacy rates in children of color.)
๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ $34.50-$49.50 ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐น๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ($42-$58 ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐น ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ & $45.75-$62.50 ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ), ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต 10:00๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ. 2.
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Where is it happening?
711 N Franklin St Tampa, FL, United States, Florida 33602, 711 N Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602-4435, United States,Tampa, FloridaEvent Location & Nearby Stays: