City Winery Atlanta presents J Anthony Brown & Friends live on August 1st at 8:30pm!Veteran comedian, actor and established radio personality J. Anthony Brown has performed stand-up comedy all over the country as well as internationally. The self-styled tailor-turned comedian launched his comedy career in a gong show contest in Atlanta. Soon after his comedy debut, Brown moved to Los Angeles to work in television and became a writer on The Arsenio Hall Show, and became a writer as well for such sitcoms as The Parenthood and Me and The Boys. Brown hosted two consecutive seasons of BET’s top-rated Comic View and has performed on Vibe, Def Comedy Jam, It’s Showtime at the Apollo, An Evening at the Improv and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Brown joined The Steve Harvey Morning Show as one of its dynamic co-hosts in 2017. Based in Los Angeles, he brings his comedic stylings and hilarious cast of on-air characters to the top-rated, award-winning radio program. He was a writer as well on Steve Harvey’s hit daytime TV talk show. Previously, for more than 20 years Brown featured his signature brand of comedy as co-host of The Tom Joyner Morning Show. As an actor, he’s had recurring roles on Moesha, Living Single, and The Parenthood, as well as guest star roles on Greenleaf, Mann, and Wife, The Rickey Smiley Show, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, The Parkers and Sparks.
