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VIDEO: Lewis Black Talks Presidential Election, New Broadway Play on LATE NIGHT

By: Sep. 15, 2016
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On last night's LATE NIGHT, Lewis Black stopped by to talk about his new Broadway play BLACK TO THE FUTURE and shares that Donald Trump is making it hard for comedians now that the news is already funny. He also reveals that he turned to comedy in his 40's after he couldn't make it to Broadway as a playwright. Watch clips from the appearance below!

Grammy Award winning stand-up comedian Lewis Black is back on Broadway in his latest show Lewis Black: BLACK TO THE FUTURE. This is a limited engagement at the Marquis Theatre in New York City for six total performances only: Sept 12, 19, 26 and Oct 10, with additional shows Oct 17 and Oct 24.

Lewis Black's live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. He is a passionate performer who is a more pissed-off optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon. Lewis is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about the absurdity of our world.

Lewis Black came into national prominence with his appearances on THE DAILY SHOW in 1996. Those appearances led to comedy specials on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and Epix.

In 2001, he won the Best Male Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards. He has released eight comedy albums, including the 2007 Grammy-Award winning "The Carnegie HallPerformance." Lewis Black won his second Grammy Award for his album "Stark Raving Black." Lewis has written three best selling books, Nothing's Sacred (Simon and Schuster, 2005), Me of Little Faith (Riverhead Books 2008) and I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Riverhead Books 2010).

In 2016, Lewis voiced "Anger" in the Academy award winning Pixar film, "Inside Out." He has also joined the cast of the new Woody Allen series for Amazon scheduled for release later this year. As a playwright, much of his work has been produced around the country. The Deal, a dark comedy about business, was made into a short film in 1998 and picked up by the Sundance Channel.




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