HBO has announced a new stand-up comedy special featuring Marc Maron, set to debut in 2023. The special, which will feature all-new material, will be taped in front of a live audience at New York Cityâs Town Hall on Thursday, December 8.
âIâve wanted to do an HBO special my entire life. Literally my entire life. Not since I started doing comedy, but since I started watching comedy as a kid. It was where the real comedy happened. Always. Iâm honored to be working with them. Itâs been a hard few years and the hour Iâve been working on is very provocative and personal. I trust HBO to present it properly because they have the courage to have a point of view as a network. AND they get the deep funny.â â Marc Maron
âWeâre long-time fans of everything Marc does, from his iconic podcast to his fearless standup. His new hour is deeply personal and darkly funny. This long overdue collaboration is an extra special one for us.â â Nina Rosenstein, Executive Vice President, HBO ProgrammingÂ
About Marc Maron:
Marc Maron has four hit stand-up comedy specials including âMore Laterâ (2015) on Epix, and âThinky Painâ (2013), âMarc Maron: Too Realâ (2017) and âEnd Times Funâ (2020), on Netflix which was nominated for a 2021 Criticsâ Choice Award. His landmark podcast âWTF with Marc Maron,â that launched in 2009 and receives 55 million listens per year, has become a phenomenon in the podcasting space. Over the years, Marc has interviewed cultural icons such as former U.S. President Barack Obama, Keith Richards, Kate Winslet, and Robin Williams â which, earlier this year, became the first one-on-one podcast episode inducted into Americaâs National Recording Registry. Marc has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series âGlow,“ and his scripted series âMaronâ which aired for four seasons on IFC. Heâs had recent roles in films âJoker,â âSpenser Confidential,â âSword of Trust,â âStardust,â and the 2021 Aretha Franklin biopic, âRespectâ alongside Jennifer Hudson. Marc also stars in the feature, âTo Leslie,â starring Andrea Riseborough and Allison Janney, that premiered at SXSW and was released this past October.. He portrayed Mr. Snake the Dreamworks animated feature, âThe Bad Guys,â alongside Sam Rockwell and Lex Luthor in âDC League of Super-Pets,âalongside Dwayne Johnson, Keanu Reeves, and Kevin Hart.
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