I don't care how late it is. If I'm up flipping through the channels in the wee hours and I find a D.L. Hughley comedy special, I'm stopping to watch. You may be familiar with his name from his four-year sitcom, The Hughleys, on ABC, or from his stint on NBC's short-lived Studio 60, but the stand-up circuit is where he really shines. Hughley is a comic with an infectious sense of glee who approaches some of the typical comedy tropes (childhood, marriage, politics) with his unique insight, occasional self-deprecation and go-for-broke energy. He's one of those comics who laughs at his own jokes, but with good reason. He's that funny. If you go, prepare for his hilarious end-of-the-show heckling of audience members. Sun., Nov. 4, 8 p.m., Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center-Ferguson Hall, 1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa, $38.75, 813-229-STAR, tbpac.org.
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2007.