Columbus Summer Fun 2022: Tracy Morgan, Celeste Barber bringing laughs to area

Comedians will bring their latest, hottest standup acts to town, while Columbus’ longest-running local improv-comedy troupe will take its act on the road.

Among the touring comedians: Celeste Barber, hailed as the Australian Queen of Comedy; “Real Housewives” socialite Sonja Morgan, accompanied by her variety show of drag queens and standup comedians; and Tracy Morgan will visit Columbus.

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Meanwhile, FFN, Columbus’ veteran improv-comedy troupe and now independent of MadLab Theatre, will take audience suggestions for an improv evening at Abbey Theater of Dublin.

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Abbey Theater of Dublin

5600 Post Road, Dublin

• FFN, Improv Show, 8 p.m. June 16-18: Formed in 1993, FFN, Columbus's longest-running improv comedy troupe, will take audience suggestions (anything from simple variables to real-life stories) and use them to create original comedy plays, made up on the spot.

Contact: 614-410-4550, dublinohiousa.gov/abbey-theater

Funny Bone Comedy Club

Easton Town Center

• Among the comedy club’s visiting comedians: Sommore (June 24-26); Chico Bean (July 8-10); Joe Gatto (July 22-23); The Real Irish Comedy Tour (Aug. 4); and Tracy Morgan (who played Tracy Jordan on “30 Rock”), on his Working It Out Tour (Aug. 5-6).

Contact: 614-471-5653, www.columbus.funnybone.com

CAPA theaters

Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St.

• Celeste Barber, 7 p.m. July 16: The Australian comedian, billed as the Australian Queen of Comedy and the 2017 winner of a “Funniest Lady on Instagram” award, wrote the bestselling book “Challenge Accepted,” also a 2019 Showtime special of the same name; and has been cast as the lead of “Wellmania,” Netflix’s new comedy-drama series.

Riffe Center’s Davidson Theatre, 77 S. High St.

• Sonja Morgan, “Sonja in Your City,” 8 p.m. June 25: The socialite and TV personality, who had a long-running main-cast role on the reality-TV series “The Real Housewives of New York City,” headlines a touring variety show with standup comedians, drag artists and her own improvisational comedy.

Contact: 614-469-0939, www.cbusarts.com

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Red Herring Theater Company

3723 S. High St.

• It’s All Been Done Presents, “It's All Been Done Radio Hour,” 5 p.m. June 25, July 16, Aug. 13: The monthly series of the geeky comedy program is performed in the style of old-time radio serials, with company-created serials from “The Topnotch Tanglers” and “Morning Show” to “The Scary Dead” and “Pornstar Detectives” and the sci-fi-oriented “Universe Journey.”

Contact: 614-916-6043, www.iabdpresents.com

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Summer comedy in Columbus: Tracy Morgan, Celeste Barber