Name: Roy Wood Jr.: Happy To Be Here
Start: 2024-05-11T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 711 N Franklin St Tampa, FL, United States, Florida 33602

𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘
Tampa Theatre and Live Nation Presents will welcome comedian Roy Wood Jr. to the Theatre’s 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 “The Best F#@ing News Team” as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s Emmy-nominated 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘢𝘩. Comedy Central continues its long-standing relationship with the talented comedian and actor, collaborating on two podcasts –Roy’s Job Fair and Beyond the Scenes – as well as his third hour-long stand-up special, 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 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 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘍𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩. He is set to executive produce the HBO Max project 1% 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 as well as an untitled medical field comedy for NBC. He will also executive produce, write and star in FOX’s untitled single-camera comedy about the National Guard, with Denis Leary attached as a producer. Roy’s additional credits include 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘭, 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘖.𝘎., and the PBS documentary 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, for which he served as executive producer and nominated for an Emmy.
Wood’s first Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦, debuted in 2017 – the same year he was named the new host of the network’s storytelling series 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. His 2019 Comedy Central one-hour stand-up special, 𝘕𝘰 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘠𝘰𝘶, remains the network’s highest-rated original stand-up premiere. Entertainment Weekly has described his thought-provoking comedy as “charismatic crankiness,” Forbes declared him “one of comedy’s best journalists,” and Variety named him “One of 10 Comics to Watch” 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 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯. In 2008, he appeared on HBO’s historic 𝘋𝘦𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘮 and was selected by America as one of the top three finalists on 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 on NBC. He has appeared on 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 and 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯. 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.)
𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 $34.50-$49.50 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘴 ($42-$58 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘹 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 & $45.75-$62.50 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦), 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 10:00𝘢𝘮 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘍𝘦𝘣. 2.