Peters, who returns to Peacock Theater on Saturday night, talks about near misses with landing sitcoms and why staying true to himself as a comedian is worth more than mainstream success.

Peters: This is Russell in his happy place, so it’ll be good. It’s always nice to be in your happy place when you’re on stage. It’s not as in your face as you may expect it to be.

Canada’s own comedy rockstar, the unbelievably versatile and talented comedian Russel Peters hosts this stand-up comedy special. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners.

Russell Peters has done the requisite Netflix stand-up specials (and a Prime Video one to boot), but he was making a point in 2016 when he called his second one “Almost Famous.” The Canadian ...