Chicago Native Don 'D.C.' Curry to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up'

Chicago Native Don 'D.C.' Curry to Perform in 'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up'

'Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up' Airs on Starz Every Wednesday at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) Starting July 9

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Humorist and Chicago native Don "D.C." Curry will perform in the premiere episode of the Starz original stand-up comedy series "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" on Wednesday, July 9 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Born and raised in Chicago, Ill., Curry has performed on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" and BET's "Comic View." He has also appeared in movie sequels such as Next Friday and Friday After Next. Curry was the 1995 winner of the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition and took the title "Comedian of the Year" twice that year. Curry has also starred in the nationally touring stage play "Casino" and in the Gospel musical "If You Won't Tell, I Won't Tell."

"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. Filmed before a live audience in Washington, D.C. at the historic Lincoln Theatre, the show is hosted by comedian Doug Williams who adds his own style of comedy. Spinning the music is celebrated entertainer and DJ Biz Markie. 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.

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CONTACT: 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

Web site: http://www.starz.com/

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