"I Was Blown Away" Glowacki Fulfills Dream With Wilbur Theater Performance

“I was blown away,” Nantucket native Brian Glowacki said on Sunday, reflecting on the new pinnacle of his career as a stand-up comedian.

After 11 years on the stand-up comedy circuit, Glowacki headlined his own show Saturday night at The Wilbur Theater in Boston. He sold more than 700 tickets, and many of those in attendance had made the trip from Nantucket to see him.

“I’m overwhelmed by how many people showed up to it, and how many Nantucket people came,” Glowacki said. “When the host announced me, he announced me as ‘Brian Glowacki from Nantucket, Massachusetts.’ When he said that the theater got so loud.”

Glowacki told the Current last month that the opportunity to headline The Wilbur came about through his connections with the comedian Bob Marley - “the one from Maine, not Jamaica” - who he has opened for in the past. He fostered relationships for years with the same people who did bookings for Marley, and recently went to them with his idea.

“They started to take notice of my hustle, so when I approached them with it, they said ‘do you think you can do it’?” Glowacki said.

After grinding through more than a decade at comedy clubs all over New England and beyond, his answer was definitely “yes.”

After Saturday’s show, Glowacki said he wasn’t thinking about what comes next in his career, but instead was simply taking some time to let it all sink in following the banner night in Boston.

“For once in my life, I think I’m going to take a second and be proud of my hard work,” Glowacki said. “I might come home and sit on the beach for week.”