{"id":213909,"date":"2026-04-01T01:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213909\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T01:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T01:41:09","slug":"ali-wong-is-doing-two-nights-of-standup-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213909\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Wong is doing two nights of standup in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"411\" data-attachment-id=\"356158\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/ali-wong-is-doing-two-nights-of-standup-in-st-pete\/attachment\/ali-wong-single-lady-2024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ali_Wong__Single_Lady_n_00_31_08_04_R-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1347&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1347\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Courtesy of Netflix&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;ALI WONG: SINGLE LADY. Ali Wong of ALI WONG: SINGLE LADY. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix \\u00a9\\u00a02024&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1724348816&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9\\u00a02024 Netflix, Inc.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;ALI WONG: SINGLE LADY (2024)&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ALI WONG: SINGLE LADY (2024)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ali_Wong__Single_Lady_n_00_31_08_04_R-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ali_Wong__Single_Lady_n_00_31_08_04_R-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ali_Wong__Single_Lady_n_00_31_08_04_R.jpg\" alt=\"Ali Wong smiling and holding a mic in front of a purple background in her &quot;Ali Wong: Single Lady&quot; Netflix standup special\" class=\"wp-image-356158\"  \/>Credit: Terence Patrick\/ Courtesy of Netflix<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 10 years since a massively pregnant Ali Wong made her Netflix standup special debut with iconic lines about not wanting to work. She\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVebrY1kk69\/?img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">selling t-shirts<\/a> with the line, \u201cI don\u2019t want to lean in, I want to lie down\u201d\u2014and she\u2019s still working pretty damn hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Emmy-winning comedian, actress, writer and producer is bringing her signature unfiltered humor to Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater for a nearly sold-out weekend of stand-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Known for her hit Netflix specials \u201cBaby Cobra,\u201d \u201cHard Knock Wife,\u201d \u201cDon Wong\u201d and \u201cAli Wong: Single Lady,\u201d Wong has built a reputation for turning relationships, motherhood and her Asian American identity into comedy that\u2019s witty, honest and lovably disgusting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wong also starred in the 2019 rom-com \u201cAlways Be My Maybe\u201d and most recently led the Netflix and A24 series \u201cBeef,\u201d which earned eight Emmys. Wong took home major honors, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe, for her performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, she\u2019s bringing that same energy back to the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s show has limited tickets remaining, while the Sunday performance is already sold out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/ali-wong-live-2nd-show-20901210\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets start at $87.70 for Ali Wong Live on Saturday, April 4 in St. Petersburg.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/static_social_facebookpr_1200x630_aliwong_2025_regional_dukeenergycenter-mahaffeytheater_0405.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/mar-26-apr-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar. 26 \u2013 Apr. 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/selene\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Terence Patrick\/ Courtesy of Netflix It\u2019s been 10 years since a massively pregnant Ali Wong made her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[93865,55481,28762,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-213909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-ali-wong","9":"tag-duke-energy-center-for-the-arts-at-mahaffey-theater","10":"tag-mahaffey-theater","11":"tag-st-pete","12":"tag-st-pete-headlines","13":"tag-st-pete-news","14":"tag-st-petersburg","15":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","16":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}