Vol. 5 No. 3, March 2008
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The World According to Wanda
Wanda Sykes performs 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. March 22 at Borgata’s Music Box. Tickets are $39.50.
Over the last five years, it’s been hard to rival Wanda Sykes’ catapult to fame. The versatile comic, who comes to Borgata’s Music Box for two shows March 22, is everywhere you look—in sitcoms, her own cable specials, movies, magazines or on stage.
With her biting sarcasm, Sykes has been called “one of the funniest stand-up comics” by her peers, and ranks among Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Funniest People in America.
When she comes to Borgata, expect some material from Sykes’ successful HBO comedy special, Wanda Sykes: Sick & Tired, which received a 2007 Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Whether she’s talking about politics, gay marriage, karma, health care, racial profiling, the pressure of being a woman or the perks of getting older, the comedian is always on target with her finely crafted routine.
But Sykes is more than just a stand-up phenomenon. She was recently seen in the feature films Evan Almighty, Monster-In-Law and My Super Ex-Girlfriend. She also lent her voice to the animated features Over The Hedge and Barnyard. She pads her busy schedule as a regular on the CBS comedy The New Adventures of Old Christine with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, produced the Comedy Central Show Wanda Does It, wrote a book of funny essays titled Yeah, I Said It, and even had her own Fox series, Wanda at Large.
Perhaps her best role is on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, where she’s always at the right place at the right time to foil series star and creator Larry David. The Virginia native and Emmy Award winner will certainly offer a night of side-splitting laughs.
