Back in the spring of 2015, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco booked two shows at Governor’s Comedy Club in Levittown. They sold out so fast that they kept adding on dates.

"We ended up doing 12 shows in six nights. I’ve never seen anything like it," says comedian John Ziegler, of Lindenhurst, who served as the opening act. "They could have added 20 shows and he would have kept selling out. It felt like I was opening for The Beatles."

Fast forward 10 years, Maniscalco is now one of the biggest comedians in the country with a massive fan base. On Aug. 15, the 52-year-old stand-up will headline Northwell at Jones Beach Theater for the first time.

"This wasn’t even planned on our tour. I thought it sounded kind of interesting, so we did it on a whim," Maniscalco says in a telephone inte

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