Running on Empty: Lewis Black on Broadway

The NY Times reports that comedian Lewis Black is to return to Broadway for one week, with his political satire show Running on Empty at the Richard Rodgers Theatre from 9 - 14 Oct 2012.

Black said about the timing of his new show that it comes "Smack in the middle of another election year, so what better time. Why Broadway? It's close to my apartment, just blocks away, and frankly I'm too tired to go anywhere else. These guys are exhausting me. Democrats. Republicans. The Tea Party. Just shut up. Enough is enough."

Lewis Black is Lewis Blacks, second Broadway show, he made his Broadway debut in 2004 with his show 'Black on Broadway,' which was broadcast on HBO.

Lewis Black's previous Stand-Up shows include 'Red, White, and Screwed,' 'In God We Rust' and 'Stark Raving Black.' He hosted the Comedy Central series 'Lewis Black's Root of All Evil,' and makes regular appearances on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart delivering his 'Back in Black' commentary segment. He was voted 51st of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time by Comedy Central in 2004, and was voted 5th in Comedy Central's Stand`Up Showdown in 2008 and 11th in 2010.

Black has won two Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album, the first in 2007 for 'The Carnegie Hall Performance' and again in 2011 for 'Stark Raving Black.'