Tickets go on sale Friday for comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s return to Tucson in September, his first show here in three years.
JS Touring announced last week that Seinfeld will perform his newest standup routine at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall at 7 p.m. Sept. 4.
In addition to touring this year — with Jim Gaffigan in some shows, but solo for his Tucson gig — Seinfeld most recently starred in, directed and co-wrote the 2024 comedy film “Unfrosted,” “loosely based on the true story of the creation of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries.”
Michigan, 1963. Kellogg's and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast. A tale of ambition, betrayal, sugar, and menacing milkmen, Unfrosted stars Jerry Seinfeld in his directorial debut.
Unfrosted is coming to Netflix on May 3.
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In a time when milk and cereal ruled breakfast, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry. A Pop-Tart comedy from Jerry Seinfeld.
His other projects in recent years included his latest Emmy-nominated Netflix projects, “Jerry Before Seinfeld” and “23 Hours to Kill”; his acclaimed web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”; and his latest best-selling book, “Is This Anything?”
But, of course, he is best known for the nine seasons of his NBC show “Seinfeld,” created with fellow comedian Larry David, which was named the greatest television show of all time in 2009 by TV Guide, and in 2012 was chosen as the best sitcom ever in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll.
In announcing this year’s tour, his website said: “Anticipate Jerry’s timeless sense of humor mixed with fresh contemporary materials. Jerry’s ability to keep up with current times guarantees that his new content will hold as much meaning as his classic pieces. Nobody does it better than him when it comes to turning everyday life scenarios into some funny stuff.”
At his 2017 show in Tucson, for instance, Seinfeld noted that “food and sex occupy 99% of our brains; the other 1% is responsible for all we accomplish in life, and hopefully it’s enough to lead us to the best restaurants with the sexiest people.”
But, speaking of the current times, he’s also gotten himself into some headlines in the past couple of years for political controversies. Early in 2024, he told the New Yorker in an interview that the “extreme left and PC crap” were the major barriers for comedians today and the reason television comedy was suffering.
He later recanted that statement during an appearance on comedian Tom Papa’s Breaking Bread podcast.
“I said that the ‘extreme left’ has suppressed the art of comedy. I did say that. That’s not true,” Seinfeld said on the podcast. “If you’re a champion skier, you can put the gates anywhere you want on the mountain and you’re going to make the gate. That’s comedy. Whatever the culture is, we make the gate. You don’t make the gate, you’re out of the game.”
“Does culture change and are their things that I used to say that (I can’t because) people are always moving (the gate)? Yes, but that’s the biggest and easiest target,” Seinfeld continued. “You can’t say certain words about groups. So what? The accuracy of your observation has to be 100 times finer than that just to be a comedian. … So I don’t think, as I said, the ‘extreme left’ has done anything to inhibit the art of comedy.”
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Also, after sparring a couple of times with pro-Palestinian protesters, longtime Israel supporter Seinfeld told host Bari Weiss on her podcast Honestly: “I love that these young people, they’re trying to get engaged with politics. We have to just correct their aim a little bit. They don’t seem to understand that, as comedians, we really don’t control anything.”
All of that comes back around to the quote Seinfeld leads his website with: “It’s not the easiest thing to try and put a smile on a face. But it’s always worth it.”
Tickets for the upcoming show at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall go on sale Friday, May 9, at 10 a.m., starting at $58.50. They will be available at the TCC Box Office or www.ticketmaster.
