'Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride' plans Broadway run

The Emmy-nominated comedian will take his solo comedy show on a U.S. tour this summer before a planned premiere in NYC at a date and theatre to be announced.

Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride has announced plans for a Broadway premiere following an eight-stop summer tour from June 27 to July 27. Dates and a venue for the Broadway run have yet to be named.

Comedian Jeff Ross, nicknamed the "Roastmaster General," is known for his roasts of celebrities and pop culture. He earned an Emmy Award nomination for his special GROAT (Greatest Roast of All Time): Tom Brady and produced, wrote, and starred in Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year, both for Netflix. He has also performed numerous roasts on Comedy Central and appeared in the Amazon movie Ricky Stanicky and the Netflix series Kingdom.

Take A Banana For The Ride, named for Ross's grandfather's travel advice, shows a more personal side the comedian. The solo show provides rare insight into his life as he talks about human resilience and offers catharsis — and still plenty of roasts.

“Ever since my Aunt Bess took me to see Jackie Mason on Broadway when I was young, I’ve daydreamed about performing my own classy and uncensored one-man show,” said Ross in a statement. “I’m honored and excited by the opportunity to share my origin story of how I became the motherf*n Roastmaster General!

"This new show is designed to be a cathartic experience shared with others — I encourage you to bring friends that you care about, people that might be going through tough times. I will shake them out of it with an evening of uncensored jokes, uplifting stories, songs and even some live roasting of the bravest volunteers."

The show was workshopped at the 2024 Netflix Is a Joke Festival, where Jimmy Kimmel praised Ross for staging “a very moving, very personal story... this beautiful show unveils a side of Jeff you will not forget,” and John Stamos said, “to see him master both the art of humor and the depth of drama is nothing short of remarkable.”

Photo credit: Jeff Ross. (Photo courtesy of production)