Emmy Award-winner Wanda Sykes, ranked among Entertainment Weekly’s 25 Funniest People in America, will bring her distinctive comedy style to the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 at 9 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 17 and can be purchased by contacting VIP Services at 800-711-5882. Ticket prices range from $40-$65.
Known for her television and movie appearances, Sykes first came to prominence during her five years as a performer and writer on the “Chris Rock Show,” where she was nominated for three Emmy Awards and in 1999 won for “Outstanding Writing for Variety, Music or Comedy Special.”Sykes also starred for five seasons on the CBS sitcom “New Adventures of Old Christine,” had her own late-night talk show for Fox, “The Wanda Sykes Show,” wrote, produced and starred in Fox’s “Wanda at Large,” and has appeared on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
On the big screen, Sykes has appeared in “Evan Almighty,” “Monster-In-Law,” and “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” and she can be heard in several recent animated features, including “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” “Rio,” “Over the Hedge,” and “The Barnyard.”
Sykes, an American Comedy Award winner, has been the star of two HBO specials (“Wanda Sykes: Sick and Tired” in 2006 and “I’ma Be Me” in 2009). Her first special, “Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied” premiered on Comedy Central in 2003.
Born in Portsmouth, Va., and raised in Maryland, Sykes graduated from Hampton University in Hampton, Va. In 2010, Sykes won a GLAAD award for her efforts to promote equal rights for gays and lesbians. In 2012, Sykes, along with veteran producer Page Hurwitz, formed Push It Productions, a company creating comedy-based programming for network and cable television outlets. The company’s first set of specials, “Herlarious,” aired in 2013 and 2014 on OWN and was the recipient of a 2014 Gracie Award.
To purchase tickets, or for more information on Dover Downs Hotel & Casino events, contact VIP services at 800-711-5882.
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Owned by Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: DDE), Dover Downs Hotel & Casino® is a premier gaming entertainment resort destination in Delaware. Operations consist of a 500-room, AAA-rated Four Diamond hotel with full service spa/salon and gaming options including slots, tables, poker, online gambling, Keno, professional football parlay betting, nationwide horse racing simulcasts and live harness racing November through April. Amenities include the Rollins Center® ballroom, 41,500 sq. ft. of event space, 13 restaurants/bars/lounges, and retail shops. For more information, please visit www.doverdowns.com.
