PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 22, 2025--
Get ready for a night of laugh-out-loud storytelling as comedy veteran and internet sensation Anjelah Johnson-Reyes brings “The Family Reunion Tour” to Fishtown.
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Tickets for the performance on Thursday, Oct. 9, in The Event Center at Rivers Casino Philadelphia are on sale now, starting at $49. Showtime is 8 p.m.
It’s been a transformational few years for stand-up comedian, actress, author and podcaster Johnson-Reyes, whose comedy career was ignited after her “Nail Salon” stand-up bit went viral on YouTube over a decade ago. She has wrapped up a sold-out 100-plus-show stand-up comedy theater tour across the United States; self-produced and financed her sixth comedy special — “Say I Won’t” — at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, which racked up over 5.9 million views (and counting) on YouTube; and most importantly, became a mother for the first time.
“Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: The Family Reunion Tour” is a global stand-up comedy tour that is spanning 150-plus shows in major theaters around the world in 2025 and 2026. In this brand-new family-friendly hour of stand-up comedy, Johnson-Reyes finds herself at an exciting crossroads — moving toward a new season in her life as a mother and family matriarch. She joyfully frames her relatable new hour of comedy around diving headfirst into motherhood in her 40s while interweaving stories about the most important people in her life — her husband, daughter, family and friends.
“Family reunions are all about coming together — laughing, eating, drinking, catching up and remarking on how everyone has changed — and that’s exactly how my shows feel,” said Johnson-Reyes. “You all truly feel like family to me — you’ve been with me since the start, 17 years ago, when that one video blew up. In many ways, we’ve all grown up together, and now we’re officially the adults — the tias and tios! Couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate this next hour of comedy and tour than to host a family reunion in each city and celebrate with you all! So bring your entire family, and let’s have some fun and laugh together!”
In April 2023, Johnson-Reyes wrapped up her most successful comedy tour so far in major theaters across North America. In Los Angeles, she sold out The Wiltern four times, with over 8,000 tickets sold. In Texas, she sold over 25,000 tickets across Houston, Austin, Dallas, Lubbock, San Antonio and El Paso. As part of her special tapings, she sold out the historic Ryman Auditorium twice, with over 4,000 tickets sold.
Johnson-Reyes recently launched her comedy and wellness podcast — “Funjelah with Anjelah Johnson-Reyes” — on YouTube and all major audio platforms — where she and a guest recount the things that they are grateful for and dive deep into how those gratitudes affect their lives. She recently appeared opposite Eddie Murphy in the Amazon Prime holiday film “Candy Cane Lane” and in season two of Amy Schumer’s “Life & Beth” on Hulu. Earlier this year, she hosted the eight-episode Tubi original series “My Crazy Quince,” which premiered in May.
Her book, “Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams,” recently came out in paperback and contains stories of her growing up caught between her Mexican and American heritages, her rise to success in Hollywood and so much more. Those same relatable stories connect her in a meaningful way to her fans and have driven her social media engagement through the roof (she has over 1.3 million followers on Instagram, over 1.5 million on Facebook, over 680,000 on YouTube and over 3.2 million on TikTok).
Tickets to see “Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: The Family Reunion Tour” in The Event Center at Rivers Casino Philadelphia can be purchased at RiversCasino.com/Philadelphia.
ABOUT RIVERS CASINO PHILADELPHIA
Located along the Delaware River waterfront in Fishtown, Rivers Casino Philadelphia features more than 1,500 slots, 75 table games, 36 hybrid and automated gaming seats combined, a 28-table poker room, and a designated sportsbook area for live sports betting. Rita’s Italian Ice and Dunkin’ are among the popular grab-and-go locations in the casino’s Marketplace. The casino also offers an array of distinctive restaurants and bars — among them are Sapore, a welcoming Italian kitchen; Mian, featuring authentic Asian cuisine; Jack’s Bar + Grill; and FLIPT, which serves classic burgers and shakes. Guests will also enjoy riverfront views, live performances in The Event Center, free parking and daily promotions and giveaways. Riversuites at The Battery is the casino’s luxury boutique hotel. For additional information and current offers, please visit RiversCasino.com/Philadelphia.
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes will perform at Rivers Casino Philadelphia on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m.
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the Arctic island of Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it and suggestions that the U.S. could take it by force.
The island is a semiautonomous region of Denmark, and Denmark's foreign minister said Wednesday after a meeting at the White House that a “ fundamental disagreement ” remains with Trump over the island.
The crisis is dominating the lives of Greenlanders and "people are not sleeping, children are afraid, and it just fills everything these days. And we can’t really understand it,” Naaja Nathanielsen, a Greenlandic minister said at a meeting with lawmakers in Britain’s Parliament this week.
Here's a look at what Greenlanders have been saying:
Trump has dismissed Denmark’s defenses in Greenland, suggesting it’s “two dog sleds.”
By saying that, Trump is “undermining us as a people,” Mari Laursen told AP.
Laursen said she used to work on a fishing trawler but is now studying law. She approached AP to say she thought previous examples of cooperation between Greenlanders and Americans are “often overlooked when Trump talks about dog sleds.”
She said during World War II, Greenlandic hunters on their dog sleds worked in conjunction with the U.S. military to detect Nazi German forces on the island.
“The Arctic climate and environment is so different from maybe what they (Americans) are used to with the warships and helicopters and tanks. A dog sled is more efficient. It can go where no warship and helicopter can go,” Laursen said.
Trump has repeatedly claimed Russian and Chinese ships are swarming the seas around Greenland. Plenty of Greenlanders who spoke to AP dismissed that claim.
“I think he (Trump) should mind his own business,” said Lars Vintner, a heating engineer.
“What's he going to do with Greenland? He speaks of Russians and Chinese and everything in Greenlandic waters or in our country. We are only 57,000 people. The only Chinese I see is when I go to the fast food market. And every summer we go sailing and we go hunting and I never saw Russian or Chinese ships here in Greenland,” he said.
Down at Nuuk's small harbor, Gerth Josefsen spoke to AP as he attached small fish as bait to his lines. He said, “I don't see them (the ships)” and said he had only seen “a Russian fishing boat ten years ago.”
Maya Martinsen, 21, a shop worker, told AP she doesn't believe Trump wants Greenland to enhance America's security.
“I know it’s not national security. I think it’s for the oils and minerals that we have that are untouched,” she said, suggesting the Americans are treating her home like a “business trade.”
She said she thought it was good that American, Greenlandic and Danish officials met in the White House Wednesday and said she believes that “the Danish and Greenlandic people are mostly on the same side,” despite some Greenlanders wanting independence.
“It is nerve-wrecking, that the Americans aren’t changing their mind,” she said, adding that she welcomed the news that Denmark and its allies would be sending troops to Greenland because “it’s important that the people we work closest with, that they send support.”
Tuuta Mikaelsen, a 22-year-old student, told AP that she hopes the U.S. got the message from Danish and Greenlandic officials to “back off.”
She said she didn't want to join the United States because in Greenland “there are laws and stuff, and health insurance .. .we can go to the doctors and nurses ... we don’t have to pay anything,” she said adding "I don’t want the U.S. to take that away from us.”
In Greenland's parliament, Juno Berthelsen, MP for the Naleraq opposition party that campaigns for independence in the Greenlandic parliament told AP that he has done multiple media interviews every day for the last two weeks.
When asked by AP what he would say to Trump and Vice President JD Vance if he had the chance, Berthelsen said:
“I would tell them, of course, that — as we’ve seen — a lot of Republicans as well as Democrats are not in favor of having such an aggressive rhetoric and talk about military intervention, invasion. So we would tell them to move beyond that and continue this diplomatic dialogue and making sure that the Greenlandic people are the ones who are at the very center of this conversation.”
“It is our country,” he said. “Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people.”
Kwiyeon Ha and Evgeniy Maloletka contributed to this report.
FILE - A woman pushes a stroller with her children in Nuuk, Greenland, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Military vessel HDMS Knud Rasmussen of the Royal Danish Navy patrols near Nuuk, Greenland, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Juno Berthelsen, MP for the Naleraq opposition party that campaigns for independence in the Greenlandic parliament poses for photo at his office in Nuuk, Greenland, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Fisherman Gerth Josefsen prepares fishing lines at the harbour of Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A woman walks on a street past a Greenlandic national flag in Nuuk, Greenland, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
