Harlem Native Rudy Rush to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up'...
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Harlem Native Rudy Rush to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment
Stand-up' on Aug. 6
'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every
Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Comedian and Harlem native Rudy
Rush will perform in the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin
Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, August 6 at 10 p.m.
(ET/PT).
Rush boasts television credits including "Def Comedy Jam," "LAFFAPALOOZA,"
"The Dave Chappelle Show" and has hosted "Showtime at the Apollo." He can be
heard on the radio show "The Ride" with Doug Banks and Dede McGuire on Star
105.3 FM. Twice nominated by the Black Comedy Awards as New Comedian of the
Year, Rush has also starred in multiple commercial spots including Champion
sportswear, ESPN and 7Up.
"Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" features the nation's
hottest and edgiest up-and-coming talent as well as star comics performing
before a live audience. Filmed in Washington, D.C. at the historic Lincoln
Theatre, the show is hosted by the hilarious Doug Williams who adds his own
style of comedy. Spinning the music is celebrated entertainer and DJ Biz
Markie. "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" is executive
produced by one of America's most popular actor/comedians, Martin Lawrence.
Now in its third season, the weekly series features 35 talented, explosive and
certainly not politically correct comedians who take the spotlight to tell it
like it is in their own hard-hitting style. Featured comedians are Rickey
Smiley ("Comic View"), Angelo Lozada ("Showtime at the Apollo"), Steve Brown
("Def Comedy Jam") and others.
Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in
the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R)
and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.8 million and 31.4 million
subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per
month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz
HD, Encore HD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz
HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play.
Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC,
which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is
attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty
Media Corporation.
Contact(s):
Rhiannon Hendrickson
Starz Entertainment
720.852.5802
rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com
Michele Gregoire-Langevin
Starz Entertainment
720.852.4504
michele.langevin@starz.com
Chelsye J. Burrows
Starz Entertainment
720.852.5838
chelsye.burrows@starz.com
SOURCE Starz Entertainment, LLC
Rhiannon Hendrickson, +1-720-852-5802, rhiannon.hendrickson@starz.com, or
Michele Gregoire-Langevin, +1-720-852-4504, michele.langevin@starz.com, or
Chelsye J. Burrows, +1-720-852-5838, chelsye.burrows@starz.com, all of Starz
Entertainment
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