The present goes on — and on — for acclaimed comic, actor and author Atsuko Okatsuka.
On account of ticket demand within the wake of her Hulu particular, Atsuko Okatsuka: Father, the Taiwanese-Japanese giggle grasp with the distinctive bowl haircut has added reveals to her Large Bowl Tour in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Seattle this fall — cities, excluding New York, the place she has already booked a number of dates which have bought out or the place ticket stock is low.
Father debuted as a part of Hulu’s month-to-month Hularious stand-up comedy collection in June and continues to be obtainable on the Disney-owned streaming service. The particular explores, partly, the themes of household and relationships, which, for Okatsuka, have been hardly typical.
Born in Taiwan and raised in Japan, her mother and father divorced when she was younger and her mom developed schizophrenia. Custody of Atsuko was awarded to her father within the divorce, however whereas nonetheless a toddler, her grandmother introduced her to the US to be along with her mom. In her first comedy particular, Intruder, which aired on HBO in 2022, Okatsuka talked about her mom’s schizophrenia, her relationship along with her grandmother and assembly her husband, whose mom additionally suffers from the situation.
Okatsuka can also be the inventor of the viral #DropChallenge, a squat bop carried out to Beyoncé’s “Partition.” Different celebrities who took the problem included former first girl Michelle Obama, the solid of Hamilton, Lizzo, Mike Birbiglia and Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
Under are the added dates. Extra details about the Large Bowl tour could be discovered on her website.
- Sept. 26: The Masonic, San Francisco
- Sept. 28: Newmark Theater, Portland, Ore.
- Oct. 19: Beacon Theatre, New York
- Nov. 9: Meridian Corridor, Toronto, Ontario