Amy Schumer Kicks Off Comedy Tour at NJPAC

Amy Schumer will kick off the first leg of her new comedy tour on Thursday, September 20th at New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey. Featuring all new material, the tour will make additional stops in Nashville, Austin, and Atlanta. Additional dates will be announced soon.

Comedy superstar Amy Schumer - one of the entertainment industry's leading forces, as a stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and director - kicks off the first leg of her all-new comedy tour at NJPAC!

Amy Schumer is the creator, star, writer and executive producer of Comedy Central's award-winning Inside Amy Schumer, which earned the 2015 Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy/Variety Sketch series. That same year, the show was honored with the first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sketch Variety Series. Inside Amy Schumer has also earned awards from the Television Critics Association, the Critics' Choice Television Awards, and was the recipient of the prestigious Peabody Award in 2014.

Schumer's New York Times bestseller, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, earned her a 2017 GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album and was released in paperback in August 2017. Her big-screen credits include the smash hit Trainwreck, the mother-daughter comedy Snatched (in which she starred opposite Goldie Hawn), Jason Hall's drama Thank You for Your Service, and this summer's I Feel Pretty.

The Leather Special, Schumer's latest stand-up special, is currently streaming on Netflix. Her 2015 HBO special, Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (directed by Chris Rock), became HBO's most-watched Saturday night comedy special debut since 2009. She was recently nominated for a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in Steve Martin's Meteor Shower.Schumer also holds the distinction of being the only female comic to headline at Madison Square Garden, and is a proud founding member of Time's Up.

Tickets to see Amy Schumer at NJPAC go on sale Monday, August 27 at 10:00 a.m. at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) or by visiting the NJPAC Box Office.

Tickets for Amy Schumer's Fall Tour will go on sale Monday, August 27 at 10am local time. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit amyschumer.com or fans can also catch the Emmy-Award winning comedian on her Amy Schumer and Friends Tour. Tickets are available now at amyschumer.com.

Amy Schumer is a standup comedian, actress, writer, producer and director. Schumer is the creator, star, writer and executive producer of the award winning "Inside Amy Schumer," the popular Comedy Central television series, which premiered in April 2013 to the network's highest season premiere ratings of that year. "Inside Amy Schumer" won the 2015 Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy/Variety Sketch series. In 2015, the show was honored with the first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sketch Variety Series. Schumer was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. Schumerreceived honors for Individual Achievement in Comedy and Outstanding Achievement in Comedy from the Television Critics Association in 2015. Additionally, she was awarded the 2015 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Among the show's many accolades, it also received the prestigious Peabody Award in 2014.

Schumer's first book, The New York Times bestseller The Girl with The Lower Back Tattoo, earned her a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album and was released in paperback in August 2017. In 2017, Schumer starred alongside Goldie Hawn in the mother-daughter comedy Snatched, of which she also produced. That same year, she was seen in Jason Hall's drama Thank You For Your Service.

Most recently, Schumer starred and produced the STX comedy, I Feel Pretty, released April 20, 2018. She is currently traveling on her Amy Schumer and Friends tour, performing in cities around the country such as New York City and Las Vegas.

Schumer's Universal Pictures hit Trainwreck dominated the 2015 summer comedy worldwide box office. She won the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy and was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award in the category of Original Screenplay. That same year, the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) honored Schumer with The Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy. Schumer's latest one-hour Comedy special titled "The Leather Special" is currently streaming on Netflix. The special earned her a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Variety Special. Her one-hour HBO comedy special, "Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo" directed by Chris Rock, premiered on October 17, 2015, and was HBO's most watched Saturdaynight comedy special debut since December 2009. She is Tony nominated for her role in Steve Martin's "Meteor Shower". Schumer tours theaters and arenas all over the world. She is the only female comic to headline Madison Square Garden. She is a proud founding member of Time's Up.