Starting March 30, author David Sedaris ("Me Talk Pretty One Day") will begin on a 44-city world tour. The tour will be promoting his latest book, "Happy Go Lucky."
Sedaris appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" this week to promote the upcoming tour.
From Sedaris' website:
Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes.
But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he’s stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine.
As the world gradually settles into a new reality, Sedaris too finds himself changed. His offer to fix a stranger’s teeth rebuffed, he straightens his own, and ventures into the world with new confidence. Newly orphaned, he considers what it means, in his seventh decade, no longer to be someone’s son. And back on the road, he discovers a battle-scarred America: people weary, storefronts empty or festooned with Help Wanted signs, walls painted with graffiti reflecting the contradictory messages of our time: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter.
In Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about these recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them than the incomparable David Sedaris.
Tour dates listed below:
THU, MAR 30 AT 4:30 PM PDT
Frederick MD An Evening with David Sedaris
Weinberg Center for the Arts
FRI, MAR 31 AT 4:30 PM PDT
Lebanon NH An Evening with David Sedaris
Lebanon Opera House
SAT, APR 1 AT 4:30 PM PDT
New Bedford MA An Evening with David Sedaris
Zeiterion Theatre
SUN, APR 2 AT 4 PM PDT
Boston MA An Evening with David Sedaris
Symphony Hall Boston
MON, APR 3 AT 5 PM PDT
Patchogue NY An Evening with David Sedaris
Patchogue Theatre
TUE, APR 4 AT 4:30 PM PDT
New Brunswick NJ An Evening with David Sedaris
State Theatre New Jersey
THU, APR 6 AT 5 PM PDT
Ashland KY An Evening with David Sedaris
Paramount Arts Center
FRI, APR 7 AT 4 PM PDT
Knoxville TN An Evening with David Sedaris
Bijou Theatre
SAT, APR 8 AT 5 PM PDT
Nashville TN An Evening with David Sedaris
Polk Theatre
TUE, APR 11 AT 4 PM PDT
Chattanooga TN An Evening with David Sedaris
Tivoli Theatre • Walker Theatre • Memorial Auditorium
THU, APR 13 AT 4:30 PM PDT
Greenville SC An Evening with David Sedaris
Peace Center
FRI, APR 14 AT 5 PM PDT
GPB PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS
Miller Theater
SAT, APR 15 AT 8 PM PDT
An Evening With David Sedaris
The BJCC
SUN, APR 16 AT 5 PM PDT
Dallas TX An Evening with David Sedaris
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium - Southern Methodist University
TUE, APR 18 AT 4:30 PM PDT
An Evening With David Sedaris
The State Theatre
State College
WED, APR 19 AT 6:30 PM PDT
David Sedaris
Fisher Theatre
Detroit
THU, APR 20 AT 5 PM PDT
Alpena MI An Evening with David Sedaris
Alpena High School
FRI, APR 21 AT 5:30 PM PD
Iowa City, IA An Evening with David Sedaris
The Englert Theatre
Iowa City
SAT, APR 22 AT 5:30 PM PDT
Iowa City, IA An Evening with David Sedaris
The Englert Theatre
SUN, APR 23 AT 1 PM PDT
Glen Ellyn, IL An Evening with David Sedaris
McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
MON, APR 24 AT 5 PM PDT
Little Rock AR An Evening with David Sedaris
Robinson Center Music Hall
TUE, APR 25 AT 5 PM PDT
Fayetteville AR An Evening with David Sedaris
Walton Arts Center
WED, APR 26 AT 6:30 PM PDT
Durango CO An Evening with David Sedaris
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College
THU, APR 27 AT 6:30 PM PDT
Denver CO An Evening with David Sedaris
Paramount Denver
FRI, APR 28 AT 8 PM
Carmel CA An Evening with David Sedaris
Sunset Cultural Center
SAT, APR 29 AT 8:30 PM
Los Angeles CA (Night 1) An Evening with David Sedaris
The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA
SUN, APR 30 AT 7:30 PM
Los Angeles CA (Night 2) An Evening with David Sedaris
The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA
MON, MAY 1 AT 8 PM
Irvine CA An Evening with David Sedaris
Irvine Barclay Theatre
TUE, MAY 2 AT 8 PM
San Diego CA An Evening with David Sedaris
Balboa Theatre - San Diego
WED, MAY 3 AT 7 PM
Astoria OR An Evening with David Sedaris
Liberty Theatre
THU, MAY 4 AT 8 PM
Napa CA An Evening with David Sedaris
Uptown Theatre Napa
FRI, MAY 5 AT 7 PM PDT
David Sedaris
The Egyptian Theatre
Boise
SAT, MAY 6 AT 6 PM PDT
St. Cloud, MN | An Evening with David Sedaris
Paramount Center for the Arts
MON, MAY 8 AT 6 PM PDT
Eau Claire, WI | An Evening with David Sedaris
Pablo Center at the Confluence
TUE, MAY 9 AT 5 PM PDT
Viroqua WI An Evening with David Sedaris
The Historic Temple Theatre
WED, MAY 10 AT 5:30 PM PDT
An Evening with David Sedaris
Meyer Theatre
FRI, MAY 12 AT 5 PM PDT
An Evening with David Sedaris
Butler Arts & Events Center
SAT, MAY 13 AT 4:30 PM PDT
Pittsfield MA An Evening with David Sedaris
The Colonial Theatre
THU, MAY 18 AT 7 PM
New York, NY (Night 1) An Evening with David Sedaris
The Town Hall
FRI, MAY 19 AT 7 PM
New York, NY (Night 2) An Evening with David Sedaris
SAT, MAY 20 AT 7 PM
New York, NY (Night 3) An Evening with David Sedaris
The Town Hall
TUE, JUN 27 AT 10 AM PDT
Amsterdam Netherlands An Evening with David Sedaris
DeLaMar
· Amsterdam
TUE, JUN 27 AT 10 AM PDT
David Sedaris | Amsterdam
DeLaMar
· Amsterdam
WED, JUN 28 AT 10 AM PDT
Copenhagen Denmark An Evening with David Sedaris
Bremen Teater
SAT, JUL 1 AT 10 AM PDT
Ein Abend mit David Sedaris | Berlin
Urania Berlin
WED, JUL 19 AT 7 PM
Beaver Creek CO An Evening with David Sedaris
Vilar Performing Arts Center
FRI, JUL 21 AT 7 PM
Telluride CO An Evening with David Sedaris
721 W Colorado Ave, Telluride, CO 81435-9145, United States
SAT, OCT 28 AT 6 PM PDT
Fargo, ND | An Evening with David Sedaris
The Fargo Theatre
MON, OCT 30 AT 6 PM PDT
Sioux Falls, SD | An Evening with David Sedaris
Sioux Falls Orpheum Theater Center
THU, NOV 9 AT 7:30 PM
Flagstaff AZ An Evening with David Sedaris
NAU Prochnow Auditorium
FRI, NOV 10 AT 7:30 PM
Portland OR An Evening with David Sedaris
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall