Earlier in her life and career, Taylor Tomlinson had a picture of where she would be at 29. She thought for sure she’d be married. Maybe she’d have put out an hourlong stand-up special by then. She didn’t think she’d be touring venues as large as the Wang Theatre, riding a wave of popularity on the strength of two Netflix specials, and preparing to shoot a third, all before turning 30.
“Life, for better and worse, does not go the way you might have envisioned when you were 16,” she says. “And I would not change anything about my life.”
Tomlinson is currently on her Have It All Tour, which comes to the Boch Center Wang Theatre for four shows Feb. 1-3. The shows are all but sold out; as of this writing, roughly 100 tickets total remained. A Wang spokesman says Tomlinson has smashed the record for ticket sales by a female comedian at the theater.
The title of Tomlinson’s tour refers to her current search for balance between personal and professional success. “Now that I have my dream job, my friends are less sympathetic to my dating troubles,” she says. “I think it’s easy to feel like one area of your life isn’t going the way you want it to. And if another area of your life is going the way you want it to, you feel guilty for wanting the other area to go well, too.”
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For comedian Taylor Tomlinson, stand-up success means having it all
