Steven Wright

Due to artist concern for the ongoing global health crisis, Steven Wright on Thursday, March 31, 2022 has been rescheduled. The new concert date will be:

Steven Wright: Live In Concert
Thursday, October 06, 2022 at 7:30pm

We have sent email notification to all ticket holders. Your existing tickets will be good for the new date and you do not need to take additional action at this time.

*If you ARE NOT able to attend the new performance date, please email boxoffice(at)northshorecenter(dot)org with name, address and phone number on account with subject line I am NOT able to attend Steven Wright (Oct 06) to release your seats and process a full refund. A box office representative will be in touch to confirm the refund transaction.

We apologize for any inconvenience and sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding in this difficult environment for event planning.

 

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Steven Wright
Live in Concert

Steven Wright’s Autobiography
I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That’s still what I am doing. The end.

Biography
One of the true visionary and widely influential stand-up comedians, Academy Award winner, Steven Wright is a prototype comedian that many others continually try to follow. One of four children, Wright was raised in Burlington, MA. Upon graduating from Emerson College and holding a bevy of odd jobs, Steven attended an “open mic” audition and became a regular performer at Ding Ho’s Comedy Club and Chinese Restaurant in Cambridge, MA.

Wright and his deadpan delivery were an unexpected revelation when he hit stages in the 1980s and he quickly rose to star comedian status. Wright’s comedic legacy has grown over the years and his deadpan comedic descendants, like Mitch Hedberg, Demetri Martin, Ben Kronberg and even Zach Galifianakis owe much to their stylistic comedic forefather, Wright.

It was during this time that Steven got his big break and was booked for his first Tonight Show appearance on Friday, August 6, 1982. The king of late night enjoyed the performance so much he invited Steven to appear again the following Thursday, a rarity on The Tonight Show. His back-to-back appearances helped put his fledgling career into high gear. The comic soon found himself performing his off-beat routines on Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, and numerous trips back to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Wright expanded his comedy career to include comedy albums, film and television appearances. His 1985 debut album, I Have A Pony, earned him a Grammy nomination. In 1985, Steven starred in his first HBO Special A Steven Wright Special. In 1989, Steven was honored with an Academy Award for Best Short Film for his film entitled The Appointments of Dennis Jennings in which he starred and co-wrote. Other stars of the film included Roseanne’s Laurie Metcalf and British comedian, Rowan Atkinson. In September of 1990, Steven starred in his second stand-up special for HBO called Wicker Chairs and Gravity. The special included stand-up from The Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto and a short film shot on location in New York and New Jersey.

Steven has been seen in numerous films including Desperately Seeking Susan, Mike Meyers’ So I Married An Axe Murderer, Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers, and Nora Ephron’s Mixed Nuts. Steven was the voice of the DJ, K-Billy in Reservoir Dogs and starred with John Cleese and Jack Palance in New Line’s animated film, The Swan Princess as the voice of Speed, the turtle. Steve also appeared as a sitcom actor in MGM’s Speechless with Harry Shearer, and as a Mountie in the MGM release Canadian Bacon, opposite the late John Candy.

In 1999, Steven played a guest starring role in Albert Brooks’ film The Muse starring Brooks, Sharon Stone, Andie MacDowell, and Jeff Bridges. In 1998 he played a supporting role in Dave Chappelle’s Half-Baked and was a featured voice in Babe 2: Pig in the City.

Steven wrote, directed and stars in the 1999 short film, One Soldier, the story of a man obsessed with the unanswerable questions in life. The film was screened at numerous film festivals and can be seen on the Independent Film Channel.

Steven was also seen in the Jim Jarmusch film Coffee and Cigarettes and the film The Aristocrats.

In October of 2006, Steven premiered the hour special, When The Leaves Blow Away, on Comedy Central. The special was released on DVD in April 2006 and includes Steven’s 1999 short film One Soldier and a segment of a 1988 performance at a Boston comedy club.

Steven’s second CD, I Still Have A Pony, was released by Comedy Central Records on September 25, 2007. The CD earned Steven his second Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album.

Steven was honored as the first inductee into The Boston Comedy Hall of Fame on December 15, 2008. The ceremony included performances by legendary Boston comedians Tony V, Don Gavin, Lenny Clarke, Kenny Rogerson, Steve Sweeney, Mike Donovan, Barry Crimmins, Mike McDonald and Fran Solomita.

On June 2, 2009, Warner Bros. Records re-released Steven’s groundbreaking, Grammy nominated first CD, I Have A Pony, packaged with Steven’s first HBO special, A Steven Wright Special on DVD; part of Warner Bros. Records 50th anniversary celebration.

On June 15, 2013 Steven received The Johnny Carson Comedy Legend Award. The award is given each year to a celebrated comedian who has been influenced by Carson in some way and has left his or her own mark on the comedy world. In past years, award recipients have included Dick Cavett, Cloris Leachman and Ed Asner.

Steven voiced a character in the animated film, The Emoji Movie alongside TJ Miller, James Corden and Patrick Stewart, which was released on July 28, 2017. Steven is a regular guest with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers and continues touring the U.S., Canada and overseas.