Jamie Foxx is returning to the East Bay theater that launched his career for two live comedy tapings set to stream on Hulu.
The Grammy- and Academy Award-winning entertainer is scheduled to perform two stand-up shows at the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts’ Calvin Simmons Theater in Oakland on Thursday-Friday, April 16-17, to record a Hulu special. The local stop will mark a full-circle moment for Foxx, who competed in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition in the same 1,350-seat venue more than three decades ago, a moment he credits with helping him break through in the creative arts.
“This Hulu special taping isn’t a milestone. It’s alignment. Timing, experience, and location locking in all at once,” the show’s description reads. “Oakland isn’t just hosting the night, it’s sealing it.”…