We talked to Sebastian Maniscalco about his extended ‘It Ain’t Right’ tour
nypost.comgravy) lovers, “old-school Italians,” and stand-up comedy fans.Sebastian Maniscalco just announced he’s extending his ongoing ‘It Ain’t Right’ tour into 2025 with new dates at arenas all over North America.On the second leg of the nationwide run, the 51-year-old comic will swing into Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on March 7, Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on March 8 and Belmont Park, NY’s UBS Arena on March 15.This year, he’s slated to play five (!) back-to-back shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden from Sept.
18-22 — which gives him the title for the venue’s most consecutive performances and most shows ever performed by a comedian — and then drop into Albany’s MVP Arena on Oct.
3, Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena on Nov. 15, Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on Nov. 16 and Syracuse’s OnCenter on Nov. 17.“The production is a lot different than what we’ve seen in the past from me,” Maniscalco shared with the New York Post in an exclusive interview about the tour. “What I decided to do was reconfigure the stage and bring it lower to the ground in case I want to dip into the stage and come back.
It’s a more intimate environment for me as a performer.”At all shows, Maniscalco highlights the absurdities of modern life like nonexistent manners, soaring prices, and the chaos of spending every waking moment on social media.“Comedy is something people are yearning and thirsting for, especially with a political campaign on the horizon and people so divided,” he added. “My comedy is rooted in family and observation, and I’ve always believed that if people are coming to a comedy show, they want an escape from the world news, the killings, the politics — this, that, and the other thing.
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