Judd Apatow News

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the legendary and acclaimed comedian Julia Scotti will perform live on the Bay Street stage as part of the return of Comedy Club, Bay Street's showcase of talented comedians and storytellers.

Soho Theatre has announced that one of India's top comics and global sensation Vir Das is embarking on a UK tour with his new show Wanted. Beginning in Manchester on 1st September 2022 and concluding in London at The Hayes Beck Theatre on 13th September 2022.

Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser announced today that she will bring her 2022 One Night with Nikki Glaser Tour to The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by Hilton, on Friday, September 2, 2022 for one night only over Labor Day Weekend.

The SHU Community Theatre welcomes comedian Maria Bamford. Talk show host Stephen Colbert called her his “favorite comedian on earth” and writer/director Judd Apatow said she is “the funniest woman in the world.”

From the ferocious comic mind of Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street, 2019's The Lion King, Difficult People, Impeachment: American Crime Story) and the hitmaking brilliance of filmmakers Nicholas Stoller (the Neighbors films, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Judd Apatow (The King of Staten Island, Trainwreck, The Big Sick).

Documentary features a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival material including archival films, photos, audio recordings, letters, and diaries and interviews with Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt, Stephen Colbert, Bill Burr, Bette Midler, W. Kamau Bell, Sam Jay, Judy Gold, Jon Stewart, and others.

Mixing an incisive wit with scathing sarcasm, Greg Fitzsimmons has achieved success as a stand-up, an Emmy Award winning writer and host on TV, radio and his own podcast. Greg is host of the hugely popular FitzDog Radio podcast and The Greg Fitzsimmons Show, on SiriusXM's Howard 101. A regular with Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel, Greg has made more than 50 visits to The Howard Stern Show. 

Read all the reviews of the new 2022 American Buffalo Broadway Revival to see what all the critics thought of the David Mamet play in a new production starring Sam Rockwell, Darren Criss and Laurence Fishburne.

Invention Studios will develop and produce projects, including television, new media, and podcasts. Lorenzo De Maio of De Maio Entertainment was instrumental in bringing the deal together. De Maio Entertainment will be a strategic advisor and partner across the slate, using their extensive experience to maximize each project's impact and success.

With a strong voice and perspective, Ricky Velez is one of the most captivating young comedians in New York City! 

The Den Theatre presents comedian, actress (Crashing), author and Emmy Award-winning producer (Ted Lasso) Jamie Lee for four stand-up performances April 22 – 23, 2022 on The Heath Mainstage.

The weekly podcast reunites Bill with one of the original Politically Incorrect writers, Chris Case and, former PI producer Chuck LaBella, both of whom will exec produce the podcast alongside Bill. Upcoming guests include William Shatner, Quentin Tarantino, rap artist Freddie Gibbs, YouTube's Hannah Stocking, Bella Thorne, Judd Apatow, and more.

 The Huntington has announced the world premiere of Our Daughters, Like Pillars, written by Obie Award-winning playwright and Huntington Playwriting Fellow Kirsten Greenidge (Luck of the Irish, Milk Like Sugar at The Huntington).

The cast of the upcoming Netflix comedy The Bubble met for a photo call yesterday at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. The film is set to debut on April 1st. It is a comedy about a group of actors and actresses that are stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel while they attempt to complete a sequel to an action franchise film about flying dinosaurs.

Comedy Works Entertainment presents AMY SCHUMER LIVE coming to Paramount Theatre in Denver on Sunday, April 3.

George Carlin's American Dream, a two-part documentary directed by Judd Apatow (HBO’s “Girls,” “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling”) and Michael Bonfiglio (HBO’s “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”). George Carlin's American Dream chronicles the life and work of legendary comedian George Carlin.

Alex Edelman’s critically acclaimed new show Just For Us will play an encore engagement this spring at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street, NYC), producer Mike Birbiglia announced today. Due to popular demand, the one-man comedy moves to the SoHo Playhouse for six weeks only, playing March 14 - April 23, 2022.

The Den Theatre has postponed comedian Jamie Lee's winter stand-up engagement, due to the current surge of the Omicron variant.

According to Deadline, Time and Space will be the next project that the life partners will embark on. Judd Apatow is set to produce via Apatow Productions, along with Stephanie Allyne and Tig Notaro's production company, Something Fierce. Notaro will star in the film. Allyne's screenplay for Time and Space will be developed around a story that she and Notaro wrote together.

Oscar Kightley's feature documentary Dawn Raid  is the untold story of New Zealand music label Dawn Raid Entertainment and its founders, Andy Murnane and Brotha D, featuring Tanielu “Brotha D” Leaosavaii, Andy Murnane, Judd Apatow, Savage, Mareko, Adeaze and Aaradhna, with exclusive archive footage of Akon, Wu-Tang Clan and other hip-hop legends.