'Ali Wong: Don Wong', filmed at Basie in Red Bank, releasing Valentine's Day on Netflix
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Forget Don Juan this Valentine's Day — Don Wong is here.
“Ali Wong: Don Wong,” a new stand-up special from Wong filmed at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, is releasing at 3 a.m. Monday, Feb. 14, on Netflix.
“Just in time for Valentine's Day, Ali reveals her wildest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy, and how she really feels about single people,” says Netlix.
Wong filmed the special in November at the Basie.
“Trying to film my THIRD stand-up special in a global pandemic has been quite the journey,” said Wong at the time in her Instagram page. “But it's finally happening in RED BANK, NJ! And for the first time, I will not be pregnant for this one ... hopefully (prayer emoji).”
Wong was expecting for her previous two Netflix specials, “Baby Cobra” and “Hard Knock Wife.”
“Working with Ms. Wong, her team, Netflix, her agents at United Talent Agency and everyone else who made this event possible was nothing short of a pleasure,” said Izzy Sackowitz, Chief Operating Officer, Count Basie Center for the Arts, in a statement. “Tracy Morgan chose the Basie Center as the spot for his own Netflix taping in 2016, so we were honored and pleased when we learned Ali Wong wanted to follow suit.”
Wong's feature film, “Always Be My Maybe,” debuted on Netflix in May 2019 and was seen by 32 million people. Wong's book, “Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life,” was a New York Times bestseller.
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“Like everyone else, we’ve heard Netflix is interested in purchasing property in the area, so we’d like to think that they’ve found our region to be hospitable to the entertainment, film and technology sectors,” Sackowitz said.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com.
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: 'Ali Wong: Don Wong' movie out Valentine's Day on Netflix
