UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND CROWDRISE
LAUNCH
“THE TRAINWRECK
COMEDY TOUR,”
FEATURING BRILLIANT TALENT FROM THE NEW COMEDY STARRING AND WRITTEN BY AMY
SCHUMER AND DIRECTED BY JUDD APATOW
All Proceeds from Tour Featuring One of the
Greatest Lineups in Comedy History to Benefit Various Charities as
Schumer, Apatow, Colin Quinn, Mike Birbiglia, Vanessa Bayer and Dave Attell Hit
the Stage across the U.S. and Canada
Seven-City Tour Kicks Off at
Boston’s The Wilbur on June 14
Universal Pictures and
CrowdRise today announced the launch of the upcoming “The Trainwreck Comedy Tour,”
presented by Live Nation, a tour of some of the greatest comics of this
generation, which kicks off at Boston’s The Wilbur on June 14, and concludes in
Los Angeles at The Wiltern on June 21. All proceeds will benefit various
nonprofits and charities across the United States and Canada that have been
brought together by CrowdRise,
the largest and fastest-growing online platform for charitable
fundraising. Tickets for the tour are on sale now. Trainwreck will arrive in theaters
on July 17.
Comprised
of the phenomenal talent from Trainwreck, the new comedy starring and written by Amy Schumer
(TV’s Inside Amy Schumer) and directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Schumer, Colin Quinn (HBO’s Girls, TV’s Saturday Night Live), Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk with
Me, The Fault in
Our Stars), Vanessa
Bayer (Saturday Night Live, TV’s Portlandia) and Dave Attell (TV’s Insomniac with Dave Attell, Arrested Development)—and Apatow, “The Trainwreck Comedy
Tour” will crisscross the U.S. and Toronto on a fast
seven-cities-in-eight-nights sprint from June 14 - 21.
Schumer
has turned Inside Amy Schumer into a legitimate cultural phenomenon. The
Emmy-nominated and 2015 Peabody Award-winning program was lauded by the body’s
jurors with praise including “Schumer’s wholesome, disarming Brady Bunch looks belie and enhance a comic
intelligence that’s smart, distinctively female and amiably profane, whether
she’s applying it to sketch comedy, stand-up, or person-on-the-street
interviews.”
Schumer
will be joined on the tour by legendary comic Quinn, who redefined SNL’s “Weekend Update,” has performed
his one-man shows on Broadway and around the country, and whose book “The
Coloring Book” is being released on June 9; as well as
writer/director/comic—and beloved This American Life contributor—Birbiglia; Bayer, whom
HitFix praises is part of SNL’s current “unstoppable trio” alongside Kate McKinnon and
Aidy Bryant; and Attell, a no-holds-barred mainstay of the stand-up circuit and
host of Comedy Central’s Comedy Underground with Dave Attell. They are joined by the Emmy,
BAFTA and AFI award-winner Apatow, one of the most sought-after minds in the
comedy business and the director whom The Washington Post has crowned “the godfather of blockbuster
comedies.”
Tour
dates include: June 14 at Boston’s The Wilbur, benefitting Boston Health Care
for the Homeless Program; June 15 at New York City’s Beacon Theatre,
benefitting the National MS Society; June 17 at Toronto’s Massey Hall,
benefitting the David Lynch Foundation; June 18 at Chicago’s Harris Theater,
benefitting Youth Guidance and YCMA Chicago’s Urban Warriors; June 19 at San
Francisco’s The Nourse, benefitting 826 National and 826 Valencia; June 20 at
Seattle’s Moore Theatre, supporting Hilarity for Charity benefiting the
Alzheimer’s Association; and June 21 at Los Angeles’ The Wiltern, benefitting
the Rape Treatment Center’s Stuart House serving child victims. For
additional information, tickets and links to the nonprofit organizations, visit
www.crowdrise.com/Trainwreck
and www.trainwreckmovie.com/tour.
“I
am so excited about ‘The Trainwreck Comedy Tour,’ said Apatow. “I only made this film as
an excuse to do the tour one day. And now that day has come!”
Said
Schumer: “I am so grateful that Judd made this movie as a way to trick us into
doing this tour! The shows will be great fun. Can’t wait!”
About CrowdRise
CrowdRise is the world’s largest and fastest growing
online platform dedicated exclusively to charitable fundraising.
CrowdRise is used by millions of individuals, tens of thousands of
charities, hundreds of companies and many of the most famous artists and
athletes in the world to creatively leverage their resources and networks to unlock
the power of crowds and raise hundreds of millions of dollars to support
positive social missions. CrowdRise’s unique functionalities as a
platform for individual activists engaging in peer-to-peer fundraising and its
strategic innovations as a high level partner for companies, foundations and
major events…alongside its widely publicized success at making giving back
fun, cool and aspirational…has unlocked huge pools of previously untapped
support for charitable efforts, delivered with revolutionary cost-efficiency.
Founded by actor Edward Norton, film producer Shauna
Robertson and Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe, CrowdRise has conceived, implemented
and powered campaigns that have raised over $250 million to date
and is on track to raise $200 million in 2015 alone.
CrowdRise’s major partners include the New York City
Marathon, the Boston Marathon, Red Cross, UNICEF, IRONMAN, United Airlines,
Huffington Post, Eventbrite, Square, the Skoll Foundation, the Clinton
Foundation, CAA, UTA, as well as artists like John Legend, Sean Penn, Seth
Rogen, Jonah Hill, Ian Sommerhalder, Sophia Bush, Paul Rudd, Olivia Wilde and
many more.
The
CrowdRise community was named a “Top 25 Best Global Philanthropist” by
Barron’s.
About
Live Nation
Live
Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment
company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts,
Live Nation Media & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. For
additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
About
Trainwreck
No
contemporary filmmaker has chronicled the messy human experience with the eye
and ear of a comedic cultural anthropologist like Judd Apatow. Hits as
varied as those he’s directed, like Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and those he’s produced, like Superbad and Bridesmaids, are all unified by their honest,
unflinching, comic look at how complicated it is to grow up in the modern
world.
Apatow
has also built a history of helping break distinctive new comedy voices into
the mainstream, from Seth Rogen to Lena Dunham among many others. Now, in
his fifth feature film as a director, Apatow again brings a portrait of an
unforgettable character, and a portrayal by a breakout new comedy star,
together in Trainwreck, written by and starring Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer) as a woman who lives her life
without apologies, even when maybe she should apologize.
Since
she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s (Schumer) head by her
rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine
writer, Amy lives by that credo—enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life
free from stifling, boring romantic commitment—but in actuality, she’s kind of
in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the
new article she’s writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron
Conners (Bill Hader), Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this
guy who really seems to like her, might be on to something.
The
comedy, from a script written by Schumer, co-stars Brie Larson, John Cena,
Tilda Swinton and LeBron James. Apatow produces Trainwreck through his Apatow Productions
alongside Barry Mendel (Bridesmaids, This Is 40). www.trainwreckmovie.com
About
Universal Pictures
Universal
Pictures is a division of Universal Studios (
www.universalstudios.com). Universal
Studios is part of NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is one of the world’s
leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and
marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience.
NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment
networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production
operations, a leading television stations group and world-renowned theme
parks. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
