Day: October 2, 2016

For a time, Sebastian Maniscalco went by just his first name. Not his best look, really. Sebastian doesn’t make you think stand-up comedy. Magician, maybe. Hairstylist? Model? Despite your ability to compliment him on his looks or his stage presence, he’s a Maniscalco by name and by heritage, and in his third Showtime stand-up special, he not only leans into his Italian-American upbringing but also owns it fully and completely. Why Would You Do That? Opens with footage from his family’s home movies back in Cefalu, Sicily, in the 1950s as the comedian provides voiceover narration. “What a simpler...