Iliza Shlesinger is back in Orlando for some stand-up with new material and new perspectives

Stand-up comic Iliza Shlesinger has blessed Orlando stages nearly yearly since the pandemic and this week finds her back on the heels of her new stand-up special, A Different Animal.

On it, Shlesinger holds court onstage against a backdrop of her first name in all-caps, just like Liza Minnelli or Dolly Parton in their primes woulda done it, and holds forth on motherhood, sex, generational divides and her changing views of feminism as she nears 40.

You can expect some of that material Saturday, sure, but Shlesinger probably has a completely new set by now. Either way this is a welcome return for a bold and uncompromising comic voice in an age of mid bro podcasters.

7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, Hard Rock Live, $42-$146.

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This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2025.