Editor’s Note: It’s the same thing we all know in love when it comes to Vanyaland’s recurring weekly live comedy rundown, Mic’d Up — just a slightly different face. We’ll be hyping club shows, theater and arena gigs, open mics, and whatever else to help fill your free time with some much-needed laughter.
The bad news is, shit is still crazy out there, to describe it lightly. The good news, though? Ziwe is making her way back home for a night to add some levity to the situation, and help us through it all, one laugh at a time.
Bringing her new live show Ziwe’s America to home turf on Friday (May 9) for one night at The Wilbur, the Lawrence native isn’t just equipped with a dangerously sharp wit that has had audiences all over the map tuning in to her stand-up and TV career to get their fix of top-tier comedy and social commentary. She’s also continuing to bolster her nearly flawless penchant for harvesting gems of thought and conversation, while also presenting some cold, hard truths along the way that may be tough to digest, but prove to be vital to the discussion at hand.
As an accomplished comedian, television host and writer, Ziwe has proven to be a strong voice in the current climate, and as a collective, there’s a lot of pride in the fact that she represents all the best parts of her home city. So, taking the time to check out what she has to say in the stand-up spotlight isn’t just a remedy to having some much needed laughs, but also to just help make a little bit more sense of the goings on in this continuous dumpster fire.
ZIWE :: Friday, May 9 at The Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St. in Boston, MA :: 6:30 p.m., $35 to $55 :: Advance tickets