Sugar Daddy, a new production of comedian and actor Sam Morrison’s hilariously funny, unexpectedly moving one-man show, will play the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills September 20-October 13, 2024 prior to Broadway in 2025. The production will be directed by Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Stephen Brackett (Broadway: A Strange Loop).
One summer in the gay paradise of Provincetown, MA., Sam met the sexy silver zaddy of his dreams, igniting a romance for the ages. But in the midst of the pandemic, the love of his life tragically died from COVID. Devastated, Sam realized the only way to cope was through comedy. Done live on stage. In front of thousands of strangers. All around the globe. And to call the show Sugar Daddy.
Join Sam as he shares his wild ride packed with big belly laughs and small tender kisses. Where seagull attacks are more vicious than a New York mugger. Where threesomes and steamy shower sex go head-to-head with Jehovah’s Witnesses. Oh, and where there’s a surprise diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. Along the way, Sam reminds us that the only thing sweeter than laughter is love.
Sugar Daddy was a hit at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and later played a critically acclaimed engagement that was extended three times at Off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse, directed by Ryan Cunningham, where it received Outer Critics Circle and Off Broadway Alliance nominations, and was called “the best new show in New York” by Daily Beast. It has since played throughout the United States and in London.
Sugar Daddy
The Wallis in association with Edgewood Entertainment
Lovelace Studio Theater
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills
September 20-October 13, 2024 (opening night September 29)
for tickets ($39-$95), call 310-746-4000 or visit The Wallis
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written by and starring Sam Morrison
directed by Stephen Brackett
scenic design by Arnulfo Maldonado
lighting design by Jennifer Schriever
sound design by Sinan Refik Zafar
video & projection design by Alex Basco Koch
Sam Morrison (Author/Performer) is a Los Angeles-based comedian and writer. He was named a New Face at the 2023 Just for Laughs Festival, made his late-night television debut on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” performed on “Comedy Central Featuring,” and his solo show Sugar Daddy played Off-Broadway for 14 weeks, after three encore engagements and a sold out run in London. He performed in the 2024 Netflix is a Joke Festival and the New York Comedy Festival five times, being selected for best of New Talent in 2019 and headlining in 2023. He is also a Stand-Up NBC Finalist, has performed on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” appeared on “Watch What Happens Live,” “Howard Stern,” and “Tamron Hall,” and was a staff writer on Bravo’s “Blind Date.”