Twenty-year stand up comedy veteran, actor, writer and television and radio host Tom Papa brings the laughs to the Suncoast Showroom today, March 20 and tomorrow, March 21.
After touring with
Jerry Seinfeld for several years, Seinfeld personally selected Papa to be the host of The Marriage Ref, which ran for two seasons on NBC. In 2013, Papa portrayed Ray Arnett in Steven Soderbergh's Emmy Award-winning HBO film Behind the Candelabra. He also appeared on Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer, The New Adventures of Old Christine and with Clive Owen this season on The Knick.
On the big screen, he has made appearances in movies such as Analyze That with Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal, Comedian with
Jerry Seinfeld and alongside Matt Damon in The Informant! He also provided voices and worked as a writer on 2007's Bee Movie.
Papa's first hour-long special,
Tom Papa Live in New York City, premiered on Comedy Central in January 2012. His Rob Zombie-directed second stand-up special, Tom Papa: Freaked Out, was named one of the 10 Best Comedy Albums of 2013 by
Laughspin.com. His hit SiriusXM show, Come to Papa, airs weekly on channel 99.
Showtime each evening is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from $15.95, plus tax and fees, and can be purchased at any Boyd Gaming box office, by calling
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