EMBRACING ETHNICITY: George Lopez, known for his career in television, film, and stand-up comedy, is a trailblazer for Latino comics. He will be at the State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick on April 18. (Photo by JSquared Photography)

State Theatre New Jersey presents George Lopez on Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $46-$140.

Lopez’s multi-faceted career encompasses television, film, stand-up comedy, and late-night television. Lopez has broken ground for Latino comics by embracing his ethnicity, confronting racial stereotypes, and fighting for his community on and off the stage.

Lopez stars in his multi-camera comedy series for NBC, Lopez vs Lopez, with his real-life daughter, Mayan Lopez. The family sitcom, which has been renewed for its second season, follows George and Mayan in a fictionalized version of their real-life father-daughter relationship, exploring dysfunction, reconnection, and all the pain and joy in between.

Lopez can be seen in Snoop Dogg’s Amazon MGM sports comedy, The Underdoggs, and in the independent holiday comedy How the Gringo Stole Christmas, directed by Angel Gracia. Lopez joined the DC Extended Universe last summer, starring in the Warner Bros. Latin superhero film, Blue Beetle. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto and featuring a predominantly Latino cast, the film follows its first-ever Mexican American teenager turned superhero.

Lopez has four HBO specials. On television, he produced and starred in Lopez, a semi-autobiographical single-camera sitcom for two seasons on TV Land. In 2014, Lopez co-created and starred in the multi-camera ensemble comedy Saint George for FX. He hosted TBS’ inaugural late-night talk show, Lopez Tonight, for two seasons. His sitcom George Lopez ran for six seasons on ABC.

Lopez is the author of Why You Crying? and I’m Not Gonna Lie And Other Lies You Tell When You Turn 50.

State Theatre New Jersey is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Visit Stnj.org.