AMY SCHUMER: LIVE FROM THE APOLLO, featuring the comedy star in her first
HBO stand-up special, debuts TONIGHT, OCT. 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m.ET/PT). Directed by
Chris Rock and taped May 29 before a live audience at New York's iconic Apollo Theater, the one-hour special features Schumer talking about her life.
Amy Schumer is the creator, star, writer and executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy(R)-nominated series "Inside
Amy Schumer." She won a Critics' Choice Television Award for the series this year. Schumer can currently be seen in the feature film "Trainwreck," which she wrote and stars in. Her one-hour stand-up special, "Mostly Sex Stuff," stands as the highest-rated
Comedy Central original stand-up special since 2011. Schumer's other credits include "Louie," "Delocated" and HBO's "Girls" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Chris Rock directed and starred in the critically acclaimed film "Top Five."
Schumer joins a long list of stellar comedians who have starred in
HBO stand-up specials, including
Louis C.K.,
Chris Rock,
Tracy Morgan,
Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin,
Jamie Foxx,
Jerry Seinfeld,
George Lopez,
Sarah Silverman,
Bill Maher, Katt Williams,
Wanda Sykes and
Lewis Black.
AMY SCHUMER: LIVE FROM THE APOLLO is directed by
Chris Rock; written by
Amy Schumer; executive produced by
Mike Berkowitz, Jimmy Miller,
Amy Schumer,
Tony Hernandez, Steven Ast; produced by John Skidmore; producers, Kim Caramele,
Kevin Kane.
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