David Sedaris News

Symphony Space will present Wall to Wall Selected Shorts, employing the day-long-marathon approach of its Wall to Wall series in a monumental celebration of the organization’s pioneering literature-in-performance program, Selected Shorts, March 26 in Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp theater in New York City.

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) have announced finalists for the 2022 Audie Awards. Finalists include Cynthia Erivo for Best Female Narrator and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Best Male Narrator. Leslie Odom Jr., Annie Golden, Telly Leung, and Jason Tam are also featured on audiobooks that made the list. Check out the full list of nominations now!

Kings Theatre will host An Evening with David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor, on Thursday, June 2 at 8:00PM, following the release of his newest books The Best of Me and A Carnival of Snackery.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance, a home for contemporary performance, will be returning to Royce Hall and The Theatre at Ace Hotel starting this March. Tickets go on sale to CAP UCLA members next week, January 18 and 19 and will be available to the public starting Thursday, January 20.

Gales of laughter will boost spirits in Lowell this winter when Merrimack Repertory Theatre celebrates America’s funniest Mom ever with Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End by Allison Engel and Margaret Engel, featuring Karen MacDonald, from January 19 to February 6, according to Artistic Director Courtney Sale and Executive Director Bonnie J. Butkas.

Society for the Performing Arts presents writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 7:30 PM at Jones Hall. The evening will feature a 30-minute conversation with Houston personality and host Ernie Manouse, followed by a 60-minute audience Q&A and post-event book signing. 

Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and regular National Public Radio contributor will be appearing for one night only at Overture Hall on Saturday, Dec. 11.

WYSO PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at Victoria Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at daytonlive.org/david-sedaris and our Ticket Office Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at 937-228-3630.

You can expect to hear readings of new and unpublished stories-although, as regular attendees know, hearing Sedaris read any of his own work brings it to life in its own special way.

TADA productions, Inc. will present the hilarious holiday adult comedy The Santaland Diaries opening on December 9th at the award-winning TADA Theatre!

Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) welcomes the return of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, on Monday, January 17, 2022, 7:30 PM at Jones Hall.

Anchorage Concert Association has announced that all shows for its 2021/2022 line-up will be on sale November 16 at noon: global guitar phenoms International Guitar Night (Jan 14-15), cutting edge comedians The Second City (Jan.15), ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro (Jan. 29), live storytellers The Moth Mainstage (Feb. 9), Scottish folk powerhouse Talisk (Feb. 11), acapella sensation Straight No Chaser ( Mar. 5), cabaret diva Meow Meow (Mar. 18), folk-roots duo The Small Glories (Mar. 25), quintessential Cajun band BeauSoleil (Apr. 2), Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I (April 26-May 1), genre bending Postmodern Jukebox (May 7), and bestselling author David Sedaris (May 15). These will be in addition to the four upcoming shows that are currently on sale: Grammy Award-winning musician Chris Thile (Nov. 12), new gods of Irish music Lúnasa (Dec. 11), international sensation STOMP (Feb 1-6), and classical pop mashup masters The Piano Guys (May 14). All shows will be at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

David Sedaris has once again selected Seattle as the host city for a week-long series of workshop readings for his upcoming new book of essays. In eight shows over seven consecutive dates, Sedaris will delight Seattle audiences as he polishes the final manuscript for his soon to be-published book, Happy-Go-Lucky, due out in June 2022.

CAPA and WCBE present An Evening with David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor will be appearing for one night only at the Palace Theatre on Thursday, December 2, following the release of his newest books The Best of Me and A Carnival of Snackery.

This spring, the Staller Center for the Arts returns with a jam-packed season! Spring 2022 features performances from the best of the best, including RENT, the RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET, VIVA MOMIX, DAVID SEDARIS, and many more!  

Anchorage Concert Association, the state's largest arts and entertainment presenter, has announced 13 more shows for its 2021/2022 season line-up.

Whether it's his sardonic wit or famously reedy voice, bestselling author David Sedaris is one of the most observant writers of the human condition.  With essays in The New Yorker, bestselling books like Calypso, tours and readings on NPR, Sedaris is one of the most recognizable humorists in America today.  He returns to The Soraya for one night to read from his latest book, The Best of Me, a collection of 42 previously published stories and essays.

Four new shows have just been announced at Playhouse Square. Events include: An Evening with Anne Lamott, An Evening with Fran Lebowitz, An Evening with David Sedaris, and An Evening with Neil Gaiman.

The Soraya celebrates both its 10th Anniversary and Opening Night of the 2021-22 Season with a free performance—Grammy Award winner Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra performing his cross-border collaboration Fandango at the Wall.  

Following the release of his newest books The Best of Me and A Carnival of Snackery, David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and a regular National Public Radio contributor, will be appearing for one night only at The Bushnell.